Abstract :
This paper proposes a multilevel flow model of supply chains that reflects new requirements for interconnected flows of material, information, and money. The internal organization of each sphere is an assembly of five areas - collection, processing, creation, release, and communication - that form stages of internal streams of flow. To illustrate the applicability of the model, an application is discussed in terms of a high-level description proposed by the Web services interoperability organization as a standard case model for supply chain management.
Keywords :
Web services; production engineering computing; supply chain management; Web services interoperability organization; flow-based supply chains; high-level description; multilevel flow model; supply chain management; Companies; Enterprise resource planning; Home appliances; Internet; Manufacturing processes; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Virtual manufacturing; Web services; XML; information flow; material flow; model; money flow; supply chains;
