Collaborative workflow management using service oriented approach

Collaborative workflow systems in large logistics companies require a well integrated information systems infrastructure and a strong communication network to meet major new challenges and opportunities. Agile infrastructure, enabled by integration, can have substantial impact on the overall success of a business, these IT integration requirements are expanding considerably with the advent of ebusiness; utilizing B2B (Business to Business) web services and P2P (Partner to Partner) e-commerce. This paper deals with change management of collaborative workflow in such consortia and proposes integration architecture for synchronization of these changes through the process of service modules integration where by existing workflow systems are adapted to the changes. This paper will describe conceptual framework and implementation strategy resulting in new collaborative workflow adaptation

Management of dynamic and adaptive workflow business processes

Collaborative and dynamic workflow management systems in logistic companies require strong information systems and computer support. Business processes in such industries generally compose of several parts, a structured operational part and an unstructured operational part, or they could be composed of semistructured parts with some given and some unknown details. Unpredictable situations may occur as a result of changes in decisions made by the management. The inability to deal with various changes greatly limits the applicability of workflow systems in real industrial and commercial operations. This paper deals with adaptation management of collaborative workflow changes in such consortia and proposes architecture for implementation of these changes through the process of component integration and synchronization where by existing workflow systems adapt to the changes. This paper describes conceptual framework required for prototype implementation resulting in new collaborative workflow adaptation

Coloured petrinet for flexible business workflow modelling

Etrinet diagrams are a recognized form of modelling real time systems and have been included in the list of UML techniques for modelling the dynamic aspects of Object Oriented Systems. In this paper, we explain how workflow techniques can be used for developing models for larger independent systems. These chunks or independent systems which are part of the large systems are expressed through the use of worklets. This can then be used as the basis of modelling systems where timeliness is of importance. However, this requires extending workflow ideas to incorporate flexibility, handling of exceptions and adaptability. Extensions of the petrinet diagrams are then proposed for expressing the models obtained from such workflow techniques

Service agents based collaborative workflow management implementation

Workflow management systems in collaborative logistic companies require strong information systems to support in a distributed environment. These IT integration requirements have expanded considerably with the advent of collaborative e-business; utilizing B2B (Business to Business) and P2P (Partner to Partner) e-commerce. This paper deals with adaptation management of collaborative workflow changes in such consortia and proposes architecture for implementation of these changes through the process of component integration and agent based workflow management system where by existing workflow systems adapt to the changes. This paper describes conceptual framework required for prototype implementation resulting in new collaborative workflow adaptation

Service oriented model driven architecture for dynamic workflow changes

Collaborative workflow management systems in logistic companies require strong information systems and computer support. These IT integration requirements have expanded considerably with the advent of e-business; utilizing web services for B2B (Business to Business) and P2P (Partner to Partner) e-commerce. This paper proposes service oriented model driven architecture for dynamic workflow changes and strategy for implementation of these changes by isolation of services and business processes where by existing workflow systems can easily incorporate and integrate the changes following a step by step process replacement synchronization in workflow. This paper will also describe conceptual framework for prototype implementation resulting in dynamic collaborative workflow management

Services integration monitor for collaborative workflow management

Collaborative workflow management systems in logistic companies require strong information systems and computer network support. These IT integration requirements have expanded considerably with the advent of e-business; utilizing web services and Partner to Partner ecommerce. This paper deals with change management of collaborative workflow in such consortia and proposes architecture for synchronization and monitoring of these services where existing workflow systems are adapted to the changes requested by management. This paper describes conceptual framework of the services monitor which is used to monitor and edit changes resulting in new collaborative workflows

Collaborative workflow modelling based on activity diagrams, coloured petri-nets and system dynamics

This thesis addresses one of the most challenging issues in today‘s dynamic, complex and fast changing business environment: Collaborative Workflow Management. It provides methods on how to model complex, large-scale collaborative business processes, inter-dependent relationships between the organisations, and heterogeneous collaboration entities, to help re-engineer IT-based Workflow Management Systems, and to enable inter-operability and information sharing to overcome traditional closed-wall-based legacy systems which cannot easily work together and cause lower productivity.This thesis defines different types of collaborative workflows, namely: intra-organisation collaborative workflow, inter-organisation collaborative workflow, and heterogeneous organisation collaborative workflow, and the challenges each of these are facing. The contribution of this thesis is that it developed several techniques to support collaborative workflow modelling, design, implementation and management of large-scale, complex collaborative environments including Extended Activities Diagrams, Coloured Petri-nets, System Dynamics Modelling, Managerial Administrative Operational (MAO) Workflow Model, Service Oriented and Self-organisation Workflow Management.In order to provide proof of concept, the thesis chose the transport logistics industry as a test-bed. The practical issues were drawn from two industry collaborators, namely: Seapower Resource International on the Central Coast, NSW, and a virtual collaborative logistics consortium partnership and Fremantle Port Vehicle Congestion Management. The long overdue core issue has been the provision of seamless information communication and real-time information sharing between big or small-medium logistics enterprises for productivity management, and the underlying challenge has been the provision of a virtual infrastructure that virtually integrate the partners with effective IT-based workflow management, so that it can effectively facilitate the coordination, and cooperation as well as real-time tracking and tracing of goods and services across the supply chain in the regions and beyond borders in collaborative partnership businesses. This thesis also laid out the challenges of existing work and possible future solutions

Workflow change management through synchronization

Collaborative workflow management systems in logistic companies require strong information systems and computer network support. These IT integration requirements have expanded considerably with the advent of e-business; utilizing B2B (Business to Business) web services and P2P (Partner to Partner) e-commerce. This paper deals with change management of collaborative workflow in such consortia and proposes architecture for synchronization of these changes through the process of component integration where by existing workflow systems are adapted to the changes. This paper will describe conceptual framework and prototype implementation resulting in new collaborative workflow adaptation

Production Management

Service agents based collaborative workflo

Services management in component based collaborative workflow processes

Collaborative and dynamic workflow management systems in logistic companies require strong information systems and computer support. Business processes in such industries generally compose of several parts, a structured operational part and an unstructured operational part, or they could be composed of semi-structured parts with some given and some unknown details. Unpredictable situations may occur as a result of changes in decisions made by the management. The inability to deal with various changes greatly limits the applicability of workflow systems in real industrial and commercial operations. This paper deals with adaptation management of collaborative workflow changes in such consortia and proposes architecture for implementation of these changes through the process of component integration and synchronization where by existing workflow systems adapt to the changes. This paper describes conceptual framework required for prototype implementation resulting in new collaborative workflow adaptation