Office Virtual Enterprise

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Office Virtual Enterprise

• INFS 770 Knowledge Management for E-Business
• Drs. Kerschberg Brodsky

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Office Virtual Enterprise

• Business Entities such as Staples, OfficeMax,
  Specialty Stores, GMU_Suppliers, etc.,
• Manufacturers of office supplies,
• Small and medium sized businesses that purchase
  office supplies,
• Transportation/Shipment, e.g., UPS, FedEx, USPS,
  etc.
• Financial services such as banks, and credit card
  companies,
• Decision-support Broker using Adaptive Enterprise
  Optimization Server www.adaptivetrade.com

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Key Virtual Enterprise Services

• Publish products, services and pricing
  information,
• Search and discovery of products, services, and
  providers
• Decision support for optimal buy/sell decisions,
• Perform business transactions.

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Key Solution Components

• Business Requirements including specific business
  entities, their products, services, pricing, and
  basic workflow.
• Decision Support for buy/sell recommendations,
• Web Service Framework to support business
  activities
• Yellow Pages, UDDI, SOAP, etc.
• Standard Business Processes, e.g, ebXML or
  RosettaNet
• Application Layer and User Interface

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Complementary Virtual Services

• Catalog Management,
• Data Warehousing and Performance Monitoring of
  the Virtual Enterprise,
• Financial Services such as credit card clearance
  and money transfers,
• Ontology management and feature-based search
• Interface with bCentral.com