Collaborative Workflow Management for Logistics Consortium

Leo Pudhota, Elizabeth Chang, Jon Davis, John Venable

2004

Abstract

Logistics activities require strong information systems and computer support. This IT support requirements has expanded with the advent of e-commerce; utilizing B2B (Business to Business) and P2P (Partner to Partner) e-commerce. There has been an increasing tendency to set up consortia that represent several players in a given field collaborating with one another to form a large logistics consortium in order to form one organization to compete with larger competitors and/or extend beyond their region of operation. This paper deals with the management of collaborative workflow changes in such consortia and the adaptation of these changes to existing workflow systems. We also discuss issues of adaptation to new systems, workflow mining techniques for adaptation and a proposed prototype to capture the meta-data to implement the workflow system.

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Pudhota L., Chang E., Davis J. and Venable J. (2004). Collaborative Workflow Management for Logistics Consortium . In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Computer Supported Activity Coordination - CSAC, (ICEIS 2004) ISBN 972-8865-08-2, pages 246-252. DOI: 10.5220/0002675802460252


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@conference{csac04,
author={Leo Pudhota and Elizabeth Chang and Jon Davis and John Venable},
title={Collaborative Workflow Management for Logistics Consortium},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Computer Supported Activity Coordination - CSAC, (ICEIS 2004)},
year={2004},
pages={246-252},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002675802460252},
isbn={972-8865-08-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Computer Supported Activity Coordination - CSAC, (ICEIS 2004)
TI - Collaborative Workflow Management for Logistics Consortium
SN - 972-8865-08-2
AU - Pudhota L.
AU - Chang E.
AU - Davis J.
AU - Venable J.
PY - 2004
SP - 246
EP - 252
DO - 10.5220/0002675802460252