Measurement Ontology for the Supply Chain

ALICIA BOHM; GABRIELA HENNING; HORACIO LEONE

Mendoza, ARGENTINA

Simposio; Jornadas Argentinas de Informática Industrial; 2006

Sociedad Argentina de Informática e Investigación Operativa

Nowadays companies are moving towards more integrated supply chains to remain competitive. In this situation, integrating activities into key supply chain processes, removing of unnecessary costs in key functional areas, and establishing performance measurement systems that provide data on whether the supply chain is performing appropriately, is essential for success. However, to allow these activities and the effective communication between the stakeholders involved in the supply chain, it is first necessary to acquire a common understanding and a unified view of the supply chain processes, structure, and measurement concepts. With this motivation an ontology is proposed, which specifies the shared concepts about the supply chain and, in particular, about the associated performance measurement concepts.