Abstract

ProcessWeb™: Web-enabled Process Support
for Planning the Formation of a Virtual Enterprise

Azad M. Madni, Ph.D. and Carla Conaway Madni
Intelligent Systems Technology, Inc.

Cliff Stogdill
Wright-Patterson AFB

Abstract

Forming or participating in a virtual enterprise is considered an effective strategy to exploit market opportunities that cannot be pursued individually by the partnering organizations. In practice, however, virtual enterprise formation is quite complicated. There are no systematic methodologies or tools to assist decisionmakers in: (a) planning and analyzing the formation of a virtual enterprise; and (b) selecting compatible partners/suppliers with the requisite core competencies. This paper presents ProcessWeb™, a web-based, process-enabled, decision support system that assists decisionmakers in evaluating potential partnering and outsourcing options.

From:

Madni, A.M., Madni, C.C., and Stogdill, C., Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Diego, California, October 11-14, 1998, pp. 2591-2596.