overall objective

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Overall Objective

The main objective of e-NVISION is the development and validation of an innovative e-Business platform enabling SMEs to model and adapt particular business scenarios; to integrate all their enterprise applications and to incorporate legal, economic, social and cultural services, ….

with the final goal of facilitating SMEs participation in the Future European e-Business Scenario.

The e-Business platformwill be validated in theConstruction and Building Industry Sector taking as reference several cases executed in 4 differentEuropean Countries


Partner Location

e-NVISION Consortium

Spain: LABEIN- TECNALIASOFTECASEFAVE

France: CSTBBBS-SLAMA

Lithuania: EUROPARAMAHRONO statybaKTUITERIJA

Poland: ASMK-PSIATUTORPROCHEM

Slovenia: ZRMKCCSNEOSYS


Consortium expertise

BusinessProcessSemanticModelling

• OWL-S• WSDL• BPEL

InformationCommunication

Technologies

• XML• Data

Bases• DBE• eBXML

ConstructionProcess

• Tender• Order / Inquire• Process• Site coordination• Subcontracting

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IST-028267-LAB-PRE-200703-1-v01Project co-funded by the European Commission within the 6th FP (2002-2006)This presentation only reflects the author’s view and the Commission is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein

Construction Processes and Scenarios Selection


Trends and Future of e-business in construction

CONSTRUCTION TRENDS Common construction model and product description Industrialization Common certifications and marks Electronic infrastructure User Requirements Final Private User


Construction Processes

Current construction processes PM-01. TENDER AND AGREEMENT WITH THE GENERAL

CONTRACTOR PM-02. CONTROL OF DESIGN DOCUMENTATION. PM-03. PLANNING AND SCHEDULING PM-04. CONSTRUCTION COORDINATION PM-05. INVESTOR’S SUPERVISION PM-06. MARSHALLING OF MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT DELIVERIES PM-07. ORGANISATION OF PROCESS START-UP PM-08. PREPARING REPORTS PM-09. CONTROL OF COSTS AND FINANCIAL SETTLEMENTS PM-10. FINAL ACCEPTANCE AND REPORT PM-11.DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY

ASSURANCE PROGRAMME PM-12. SUPERVISION OF SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK MATTERS


Scenarios selection

PM-01. TENDER AND AGREEMENT WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR E-Tendering: this scenario focuses on two of the main concerns of the

government bodies and institutions which are to encourage more SMEs to respond to tender notices as well as to ensure transparency in public processes.

PM-04. CONSTRUCTION COORDINATION E-site: this scenario deals with delays in the construction works and tries

to solve this problem by improving the coordination of companies during construction. Any incident in the construction site will be automatically reported to the interested partners so that they can react as soon as possible.

PM-06. MARSHALLING OF MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT DELIVERIES E-Procurement: this scenario provides an effective and rational supplier

selection model to discover, evaluate and select potential providers. PM11.DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY

ASSURANCE PROGRAMME E-Quality: instead of developing a specific quality model compliant with

the country where regulation is applied, it was agreed to include the quality concepts in the other data models. The e-Quality Scenario includes only the envisioning storytelling.

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e-NVISION General Approach


SMESME

e-BusinessPlatform

e-BusinessPlatform

e-NVISION Architecture

Legal Org.Legal Org. ClusterAssociations

ClusterAssociations

Public Admin.

Public Admin.

Enterprise ApplicationsEnterprise Applications

ERPERP CRMCRM Log.Log.

Contextual Integration

Internal Integration

SMESME

SMESMEMarketplac

e

Marketplace

Suppliers

Suppliers

Customer

Customer

Suppliers

Suppliers

Customer

Customer

Customer

Customer


e-Business Semantic Platform

e-Business Technological Platform Nowadays there are several initiatives in the development of e-Business platforms.

DBE Platform. SOA and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). ebXML (Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language):

e-Business Model Data Models Internal Business Processes

Dynamics Decision points Connection to external and integration services

Semantic e-Business Model Data Models formalised as ontologies Dynamics of the business process

Semantic composition of services. Automatic workflow generation.

“Intelligent” decision points Semantic integration and external services

Our approach Data models formalised as ontologies Predefined workflow (Not semantic composition) But … “Action Boxes” in the workflow are semantic based.

Semantic services (integration and external) Some intelligent decision points


e-NVISION Contribution

Not focused on the development of another platform. Pre-requisite Not the main issue (DBE Cluster) Integration of existing technology Open-Source

The contributions of the e-NVISION: Envisioning construction e-Business scenarios

Taking into account SMEs’ needs and expectations Pre-requisites needed to make the scenarios possible.

Development of specific data models Provide the basis for the standardisation of the concepts managed in construction processes.

Business models needed to deploy the scenarios BPM: Internal organization SOA: External and integration services

Definition and Development of external services that help SMEs to participate in e-Business transactions.

These services will include among others, legal, economic and trust aspects.

Development of integration services. Facilitating the integration with the SMES’ backend enterprise applications.


Why e-Business?

PMC centralized construction management application. Include all construction phases Specific interface

Web Based (Instead of services based)

Too complex for most SMEs SMEs are involved only in a few construction stages.

Only considers PMC’s point of view SMEs can be working in several construction projects with different

scheduling constraints (providing services, materials or equipment)

E-Business approach isolates SMEs e-Business interfaces independent of the PMC management system SMEs only deal with the information they need


Example: Scheduling

Construction company(PMC)

Internal Services

e-Sitee-Scheduling

B2B Platform

Document Management

System

GeneralDesigner

Change

Changes (Events)

SME(Product or Service Provider)

Internal Services

e-Scheduling

B2B Platform

WorkingDocuments


WP2 – e-Business Model Definition Approach

From current construction processes To envisioning story telling

External and internal needs

e-Business models

D2.1 e-Business Scenarios for the Future

D2.2 Future SMEs Requirements and Needs for the future Electronic Business

D2.3 Service-based reference e-Business Model for SMEs


From current construction processes To envisioning story telling

Current construction processes 12 different processes

Current trends (external sources) ECTP: European Construction Technology Platform eBusiness Watch: Construction Sector European Regulation Trends

Selection of most appropriate ones e-Tendering e-Procurement e-Site e-Quality

Story tellings Points of view

PMC Other participants (SMEs)

Current - Envisioning


Requirements and Needs

Internal need: anything that the SME should adopt internally in order to take part in the e-NVISION scenario.

External need: Anything external to the SME without which the SME cannot take part in the scenario, that is, all the data models, external services, agents, etc… which are necessary for the future deployment of the e-NVISION scenarios.

Internal context Infrastructure Internal services Organization Socio-cultural changes

External context Data models External services Socio-cultural needs


SME external needs


SME internal needs


e-Business Model

Data models Business processes

Dynamics Decision points Connection with

external and integration services