Strategy, Model, and Platform for Collaborative Commerce

Globalization and rapid development of information technologies have set a new stage for business. Collaborative commerce has become a strategic necessity to develop high quality products at low cost and with quick response times to market demand. This paper proposes an integrated solution for CC including the collaborative strategy, model and platform. The reference processes and strategy of CC is derived using a structural top-down analysis approach. According to the analysis of collaborative commerce activities, the collaborative meta-model is put forward to support the description of complex collaborative relationship in CC environment. On the foundation of collaborative meta-model, the collaborative model of CC can be established. Finally, the SOA and MDA based platform for CC is developed to enable value-added collaboration between partners by providing new technical solutions, best practices, and collaboration tools. The platform represents a virtual, model-driven and service-oriented integration environment accessible to the involved companies within CC.