A Design Methodology for B2B Systems - Case of an e-Procurement System

Khoutir Bouchbout, Jacky Akoka, Zaia Alimazighi

2013

Abstract

As corporations rely more on collaboration with partners to enhance their position in the business world, they transcend their traditional information system boundaries. They use IT-based inter-organizational information systems (B2B systems - Business to Business) as a powerful strategic tool to link with their partners in their supply chain. The B2B systems are critical for businesses in the current intensive and competitive market. By considering the concepts of inter-organizational business process (IOBP), this paper proposes an MDA-based methodology for B2B systems development which relies on the principles of BPM (Business Process Management) and SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). Thus, our methodology considers three levels in a top-down manner: collaborative business (organizational), business process (conceptual) and process execution (technological). We have proposed an UML AD profile for IOBP modelling. Then, the specific partner’s processes are derived based on MDA-based model transformations. Finally, the B2B interactions are represented using Web services technology. In addition, we validate the practicability of our methodology with the implementation of an e-procurement system.

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Bouchbout K., Akoka J. and Alimazighi Z. (2013). A Design Methodology for B2B Systems - Case of an e-Procurement System . In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8565-60-0, pages 459-466. DOI: 10.5220/0004439104590466


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@conference{iceis13,
author={Khoutir Bouchbout and Jacky Akoka and Zaia Alimazighi},
title={A Design Methodology for B2B Systems - Case of an e-Procurement System},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2013},
pages={459-466},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004439104590466},
isbn={978-989-8565-60-0},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - A Design Methodology for B2B Systems - Case of an e-Procurement System
SN - 978-989-8565-60-0
AU - Bouchbout K.
AU - Akoka J.
AU - Alimazighi Z.
PY - 2013
SP - 459
EP - 466
DO - 10.5220/0004439104590466