Architecture for Cross-Organizational Business Processes

Yigal Hoffner; Heiko Ludwig; Ceki Gülcü; P.W.P.J. Grefen

doi:10.1109/WECWIS.2000.853853

Architecture for Cross-Organizational Business Processes

Yigal Hoffner, Heiko Ludwig, Ceki Gülcü, P.W.P.J. Grefen

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Abstract

Efficient means of electronic interaction are an essential requirement for the integration of different companies' business processes along the value chain. Until recently, this interaction relied on expensive, complex and inflexible solutions, mostly based on EDI or some proprietary means. The high set-up costs and time associated with this type of infrastructure prohibits the dynamic forging of business partnerships, which is of utmost importance to the services industry. The CrossFlow architecture supports the dynamic establishment and enactment of a business relationship between two organizations, based on a contract that specifies this relationship. This is achieved by creating an electronic market where advertising and searching for compatible business partners takes place. This is further enhanced by automating the set-up of the contract enactment and supervision infrastructure, and by connecting them together to allow the business processes of the partners to cross their organizational boundaries.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	2nd International Workshop on Advanced Issues of E-Commerce and Web-Based Information Systems (WECWIS)
Place of Publication	Milpitas, USA
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	2-11
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	0-7695-0610-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WECWIS.2000.853853
Publication status	Published - Jun 2000

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Name
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society

Keywords

SCS-Services
B2B e-commerce
Contract matchmaking
electronic contracts
METIS-119623
cross-organizational processes
virtual markets
EWI-10560
IR-61816
Workflow Management

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Hoffner, Y., Ludwig, H., Gülcü, C., & Grefen, P. W. P. J. (2000). Architecture for Cross-Organizational Business Processes. In 2nd International Workshop on Advanced Issues of E-Commerce and Web-Based Information Systems (WECWIS) (pp. 2-11). Milpitas, USA: IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/WECWIS.2000.853853

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2nd International Workshop on Advanced Issues of E-Commerce and Web-Based Information Systems (WECWIS). Milpitas, USA : IEEE Computer Society, 2000. p. 2-11.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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