An Enterprise Architecture Approach for Designing an Integrated Wood Supply Management System

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. F. Marques ◽  
J. G. Borges ◽  
P. M. Sousa ◽  
M. Fonseca ◽  
J. Gonçalves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Management System ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Supply Management ◽  
Wood Supply ◽  
It Alignment ◽  
Architecture Framework ◽  
Systems Requirements

The wood supply chains encompass a multitude of agents with independent business processes and information systems. The network of interrelationships and information flows among the agents is often neglected when designing information systems. Common processes and automatic data exchanges can enhance collaboration as well as improve IT alignment with business needs across multiple organizations in the supply chain. This article proposes an Enterprise Architecture methodological approach for designing an integrated modular Wood Supply Management System. Both Process Architecture Framework and Information Architecture were developed and used to define individual systems and integration requirements, discussed on the Applications Architecture. The Technological Architecture was further addressed. Results of its application to the Portuguese pulpwood, biomass and lumber-based supply chains are presented. Results show that this approach can effectively specify individual systems requirements driven from the processes descriptions built in collaboration with the agents. It further shows that a Service-Oriented Architecture can be derived, ensuring systems integration and interoperability.

An Enterprise Architecture Approach for Designing an Integrated Wood Supply Management System

2012 ◽  
pp. 434-453
Author(s):  
A. F. Marques ◽  
J. G. Borges ◽  
P. M. Sousa ◽  
M. Fonseca ◽  
J. Gonçalves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Management System ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Supply Management ◽  
Wood Supply ◽  
It Alignment ◽  
Architecture Framework ◽  
Systems Requirements

The wood supply chains encompass a multitude of agents with independent business processes and information systems. The network of interrelationships and information flows among the agents is often neglected when designing information systems. Common processes and automatic data exchanges can enhance collaboration as well as improve IT alignment with business needs across multiple organizations in the supply chain. This article proposes an Enterprise Architecture methodological approach for designing an integrated modular Wood Supply Management System. Both Process Architecture Framework and Information Architecture were developed and used to define individual systems and integration requirements, discussed on the Applications Architecture. The Technological Architecture was further addressed. Results of its application to the Portuguese pulpwood, biomass and lumber-based supply chains are presented. Results show that this approach can effectively specify individual systems requirements driven from the processes descriptions built in collaboration with the agents. It further shows that a Service-Oriented Architecture can be derived, ensuring systems integration and interoperability.

Methods and Techniques of Effective Management of Complexity in Aviation

2020 ◽  
pp. 438-459
Author(s):  
Maksym Yastrub ◽  
Mario Boyero Pérez ◽  
Svetlana Kredentsar
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Air Traffic Management ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Architecture Framework ◽  
Modern Enterprise ◽  
Methods And Techniques ◽  
Architecture Frameworks ◽  
Traffic Management System

This chapter presents the use of enterprise architecture to manage the growing complexity in aviation. Any aviation organization or air traffic management system can be considered as a complex enterprise which involves different stakeholders and uses various systems to execute its business needs. The complexity of such an enterprise makes it quite challenging to introduce any change since it might have an impact on various stakeholders as well as on different systems inside of the enterprise. That is why there is a need for a technique to manage the enterprise and to anticipate, plan, and support the transformation of the enterprise to execute its strategy. This technique can be provided by enterprise architecture, a relatively new discipline that focuses on describing the enterprise current and future states as well as providing a holistic view of it. The authors describe the modern enterprise architecture frameworks and provide an example of an application of one of them (European ATM Architecture framework) to identify and manage changes in aviation.

scholarly journals Development of Transportation Management System with the Use of Ontological and Architectural Approaches to Ensure Trucking Reliability

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8504
Author(s):  
Aleksey Dorofeev ◽  
Natalya Altukhova ◽  
Nadejda Filippova ◽  
Tatyana Pashkova ◽  
Mikhail Ponomarev
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Department Of Defense ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Reference Architecture ◽  
Case Scenario ◽  
Service Market ◽  
Architecture Framework

With the wide variety of information systems and applications for motor transport and transport logistics control we have today, one may think we are already living in the digital era of general welfare, and digital tools would easily ensure sustainable development and prosperity of businesses. However, the experience of deployment and introduction of such solutions shows that their value for transport business is significantly lower than expected. Moreover, in some projects, business performance of transport companies had no correlation with introduction of information systems. In the best-case scenario, they provided for a slight decrease in document flow transaction costs. The change of the strategic status of a company in the transportation service market is a fairly complicated task, which, as analysis of literary sources shows, is achievable for few enterprises, primarily small and medium-sized businesses. Such situations show that information solutions were introduced without analyzing or assessing the business models of certain companies which could be used a basis for digital landscape of business as a whole. In recent years, the basic concept of forming a single information space of an enterprise has been the enterprise architecture. It provided for coordination between all the business processes in order to achieve a company’s strategic goals. The fundamentals of the concept were developed by J. Zachman in his famous Zachman Framework, and it was later developed with numerous models of enterprise architecture (e.g., TOGAF (Department of Defense Architecture Framework), GERAM (Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology), DoDAF (Department of Defense Architecture Framework)). However, currently some researchers note that sustainable corporate development should stem not only from a “correct assembly” of all its business elements, which was the purpose of enterprise architecture, but also from the interaction of these elements when reaching the emergence effect. In this context, one should pay attention to comprehensive activity analysis of a transport and logistics business using ontological and architecture approaches.

scholarly journals TOGAF for designing the enterprise architecture of LAZISMU

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jefree Fahana ◽  
Ahmad Azhari
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Business Goals ◽  
Architecture Framework ◽  
Application Architecture ◽  
Organization Analysis ◽  
Architecture Development

LAZISMU as an amil zakat institution has an important role in collecting and managing zakat for public welfare. The existence of Law No. 23 of 2011 and the Minister of Religion Regulation No. 333 of 2015 on Guidelines for Granting Permits for the Establishment of Zakat Institutions requires that the management of zakat, infaq, and sadaq (ZIS) funds be transparent, accountable and prioritize professional principles. For this reason, there needs to be support from information systems and information technology to achieve these business goals. Information systems and technology will be utilized optimally if the development is aligned with the business objectives of the organization. Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a bridge to harmonize the business needs of an organization with Information Systems and Information Technology. Enterprise architecture planning at the LAZ has been designed using The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) with Architecture Development Method (ADM). Data collection is done by interviewing and making direct observations of the organization. Analysis tools used are the Unified Modelling Language (UML) method and the Value Chain method. The results of this study are blue print business architecture, data architecture, application architecture so that it can support the business processes that exist in LAZISMU.

A Comparative Analysis of the Integration of SOA Elements in Widely-Used Enterprise Architecture Frameworks

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayed Alwadain ◽  
Erwin Fielt ◽  
Axel Korthaus ◽  
Michael Rosemann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
It Alignment ◽  
Architecture Framework ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Architecture Frameworks ◽  
Enterprise Architecture Framework ◽  
Over Time

In recent years, enterprise architecture (EA) has captured increasing interest as a means to systematically consolidate and manage various enterprise artefacts in order to provide holistic decision support for business/IT alignment and business/IT landscapes management. To provide a holistic perspective on the enterprise over time, EA frameworks need to co-evolve with the changes in the enterprise and its IT over time. In this paper the authors focus on the emergence of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). There is a need to integrate SOA with EA to keep EA relevant and to use EA products to help drive successful SOA. This paper investigates and compares the integration of SOA elements in five widely used EA frameworks: Archimate, The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF), Department of Defence Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and the Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (MODAF). It identifies what SOA elements are considered and their relative position in the overall structure. The results show that services and related elements are far from being well-integrated constructs in current EA frameworks and that the different EA frameworks integrated SOA elements in substantially different ways. The results can support the academic EA and SOA communities with a closer and more consistent integration of EA and SOA and support practitioners in identifying an EA framework that provides the SOA support that matches their requirements.

Facet of Modeling Web Information Systems from a Document-Centric View

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 57-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bálint Molnár ◽  
András Benczúr
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Web Information ◽  
Architecture Framework ◽  
Activity Modeling ◽  
Formal Framework ◽  
Algebra Approach ◽  
Web Information Systems ◽  
Enterprise Architecture Framework

The modeling of Information Systems in general, and Web Information Systems (WIS) especially, is a permanent issue so that there have been already several attempts and proposals for representing various facets of WIS. In our proposed approach, we focus on the organizational and business activity modeling and we concentrate on documents that represent the information of enterprises in the form of unstructured and semi-structured documents. The compilation of documents mirrors implicitly or explicitly the structure of enterprises, the interrelationship of business processes, and activities and tasks within processes. The documents represent, at the same time, the system roles along with tasks and activities. Our modeling approach concentrates on the co-existence and co-operation of documents and activities of business. The Story Algebra, or more generally the process algebra approach provides a formal framework that promises a formal describing method for modeling precisely the event triggered processes coupled with data in document format within an Enterprise Architecture Framework.

scholarly journals Enterprise Architecture Planning Using TOGAF Version 9 (Case Study Of Badan Pengelolaan Pendapatan Daerah Kab.Sumedang)

SISFOTENIKA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Dian Hermawan ◽  
Fathoni Mahardika ◽  
Yopi Hidayatul Akbar
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Registration Data ◽  
Architecture Framework ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Architectural Planning ◽  
Architecture Development

Bappenda currently utilizes Information Systems as the main driver in its activities which include the process of registration, data collection, determination, acceptance, billing, and reporting, in supporting its activities Bappenda needs to have an Information System strategic planning that can identify computer-based application portfolios in carrying out business processes, by therefore we need a tool that can be used to provide a basic organizational structure for the company as a whole using Enterprise Architecture. The method used in architectural planning is The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), which can provide techniques on how to build, manage and implement enterprise architecture and information systems called the Architecture Development Method (ADM). Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the application of the TOGAF method in Bappenda can improve the performance of the system applied by a percentage of 57.29%. The suggestion for implementing TOGAF in Bappenda is to be able to develop gradually according to the existing stages in TOGAF and explain how to find an organization's enterprise architecture specifically based on business needs and processes

scholarly journals Using Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology to Develop IS Strategic Planning

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 633-638
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Management System ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Theory Model ◽  
Unified Theory ◽  
Warehouse Management ◽  
New Model ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Warehouse Management System

PT. Republic Express is one of the companies in Indonesia engaged in the one stop logistics field which has been working for more than 30 years and located in South Jakarta. The current conditions at that company do not have a good Information Systems strategy, less use of Information Systems use and the company only makes a work plan based on the project plan to be taken. Therefore, PT. Republic Express requires an IS Strategic Planning using Enterprise Architecture. Before implementing the warehouse management system at company, first analyze the readiness of the implementation of the warehouse management system by distributing questionnaires to 200 employee respondents. The model used for this study uses Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) Theory. The purpose of this study is look for indicators, and new factors which will later be used to build a new model based on the results of the respondent questionnaire. from the theory model developed into a new model that will form new factors and indicators. From the some factors used then the data the results of the questionnaire processed using factor analysis resulted in 5 new factors, namely, after obtaining 5 new factors, then processed into a new model that has been analyzed using linear regression

Value and Intention Based Information Systems Engineering

2011 ◽  
pp. 66-96
Author(s):  
Paul Johannesson ◽  
Prasad Jayaweera
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Light Weight ◽  
Major Question ◽  
Architecture Framework ◽  
Enterprise Architecture Framework ◽  
Context Models

In order to cope with increasingly complex business and IT environments, organisations need effective instruments for managing their knowledge about these environments. Essential among these instruments are models, i.e. representations of aspects of reality including the domain of work, the processes, and their context. Models come in a variety of forms, formal or informal; describing static or dynamic aspects; representing agents, data, goals, processes, or resources; focusing on business or IT aspects. A major question is how to organise and relate the different models that are needed for representing and visualising enterprises and their environments, and this issue has been addressed within the area of enterprise architecture. In this chapter, we propose a light-weight enterprise architecture framework based on linguistic theories and organizational metaphors. The concepts and entities of an organization are categorized into three groups concerning resources and resource exchanges, contracts and commitments, and authorities and roles. The activities and processes in organizations are divided into three levels based on how they affect physical, communicative and social aspects of organizations.

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