EXPLORING

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EXPLORING COLLABORATIVE NETWORKED ORGANISATIONS
IN ECOLEAD
Mitja Jermol based on Luis M. Camarinha-Matos
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ABOUT ECOLEAD

• ECOLEAD - European Collaborative Organisations
  LEADership Initiative
• Proposal Number IP 506958
• Number of partners 20
• Duration 4 years
• Total costs 14 Mio (10 Mio)
• Work load 1262 person months

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CONSORTIUM

• VTT Technical Research Center (Coordinator) -
  FIN
• UNINOVA Institute for the development of new
  technologies P
• UvA University of Amsterdam NL
• CEC Concurrent Consulting I
• Software AG E
• BIBA Bremen Institute of Industrial Technology
  and Applied Work Science - DE
• Gruppo Formula (Enterprise Application Solution
  Providers) - I
• TXT eSolutions (SW and system integration
  vendor) SCM, CRM - I
• Virtuelle Fabrik association of 100 companies
  in CH, DE, A, FL
• ENCIMA SCM developer DE
• UFSC - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  BR
• JSI - SI
• CTU - Czech Technical University in Prague - CZ
• CERTICON - CertiCon a.s. SW developer - CZ
• ITESM Instituto Technologico y de Estudios
  Superiores de Monterrey MEX
• Logica CMG IT Consultant - NL
• France Telecom F
• Siemens Siemens Program and System Engineering
  (PSE) DE
• AIESEC International Student Organisation

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CONSORTIUM
UvA
UFSC
UvA
JSI
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CONTEXT
Collaborative networked organization
Business ecosystem
Breeding environment
E-Business
Virtual lab
Virtual organization
Professional virtual community
Virtual enterprise
Virtual team
Virtual community
Extended enterprise
Community of practice
Supply chain
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CONTEXT
Common
references
Collaborative Networks level ?
goals
Services
Products
Inter
-
enterprise level
Intra
-
enterprise level
Shop floor level
Cell Level
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80
90
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HISTORIC CONTEXT
Collaborative Networks
NEW DISCIPLINES
Enterprise Engineering
Manufacturing / Industrial Automation
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CONTEXT ...
Ubiquitous or Pervasive computing Ambient
intelligence
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CONTEXT ...
Widening scope ... Multiplication of tools
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A LARGE HISTORY OF VE/VO PROJECTS
VE (Past)
Supply Chain Management
Virtual Organizations
Accompanying Measures
ESPRIT
BIDSAVER Business Architect ECAMP JASMINE STARFISH
eLEGAL VIVA SOSS E-ARBITRATION-T ENTER AESOP B-MA
N MARKET MAKER OBELIX PLEXUS GLOBEMEN
CE-NET CHAMAN COBIP COVE COWORK DELPHI
ELSEwise EVENT FREE GLOBEMAN 21
ICAS LogSME MARVEL OUS MASSYVE PLENT PRODNET
II SCM SPARS VEGA VENTO VIRTEC X-CITTIC ...
ADRENALIN APM CHAINFEED DAMASCOS CO-OPERATE SMARTI
SAN
THINKcreative VOSTER CE-NET II ALIVE VOSTER UEML V
Omap
IST
INCO
ALFA
Others
Collaboration
SMART SMARTCAST PATTERNS SOL-EU-NET DISRUPT IT
EXTERNAL ECOLNET E-COLLEG DYCONET WHALES SCOOP LEN
SIS LINK3D
IMS
NIIIP
more TeleCARE FETISH-ETF
National programs
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COLLABORATION vs TRANSACTIONS
Transactions
Collaboration
Enterprise
e-Commerce
Virtual Enterprise / Virtual Organization
B2B
Enterprise
Customer
Enterprise
B2C
VE / SC
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COLLABORATION

• Network intelligence
• from Egoism to Altruism
• from Self to Group
• from Taking to Sharing
• Is the society ready for collaboration?

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COLLABORATION
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GOING NET-COLLABORATIVE
And... ? ... And ... ?
How shall I behave in a CNO?
What do you mean by VO ?
What do I benefit from it ?
PVC
VO
How do I measure it?
Can I establish my VO in 1 day?
Extended Enterprise
Business Ecosystem
VE
So, is this simply a management issue?
SCM
?
Which tools do I need?
?
Where can I buy them?
What about my life maintenance?
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TECHNOLOGICAL TURBULENCE
Fast evolution of ICT technologies with reduced
life cycles and the need to cope with
technologies with different life cycles and at
different stages of the corresponding life cycle
represent a major difficulty Enabling and
disabling technologies? gt some efforts are too
biased by short-term technologies, which might
represent an obstacle for non-ICT SMEs
TCP/IP, CORBA-IIOP, HTTP, RMI, SOAP
J2EE Framework, CORBA Framework, ActiveX
Framework EJBs, OAG and OMGs Business Objects
and Components UML, UEML, WfMC XML-based
Business Language JDBC, WfMC, OMG-JointFlow,
XML-WfMC standards ODBC, JDBC, FIPA,
OMG-MASIF, Mobile Objects JMS, MS-Message
Server, MQSeries, FIPA-ACC BizTalk, CBL, OASIS,
ICE, RosettaNET, OBI, WIDL, ebXML, Servlets, JSP,
MS-ASP, XSL, WSDL, Oceano WiFi, Leased Line,
ADSL, UMTS, !!!
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WHAT WE UNDERSTAND BY CNO
Collaborative Networks (CN)
Collaborative Networked Organizations (CNO)
Virtual Laboratory (VL)
Virtual Organization (VO)
Virtual Enterprise (VE)
Professional Virtual Community (PVC)
Extended
Enterprise
CNO Breeding Environment
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WHAT WE UNDERSTAND BY CNO
Network ...

• Constituted by a variety of entities (e.g.
  organizations and people)that are
• largely autonomous
• geographically distributed
• heterogeneous in terms of their operating
  environment, culture, social capital and goals
• Nevertheless these entities collaborate to better
  achieve common or compatible goals
• The collaborative interactions are supported by a
  computer network.

Unlike other networks, in CNO collaboration is an
intentional property that derives from the
shared belief that together the network members
can achieve goals that would not be possible or
would have a higher cost if attempted by them
individually
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NOW THEN
THEN
Sustainable collaborative networks
Well-founded models theory Reference
models Generic (invisible) infrastructures Replica
ble VBE Controlled emerging behavior Re-utilizable
toolbox Social responsibility
NOW
Manifestations collaborative networks
Ad-hoc cases No interoperability No reference
model Ill-understood behavior Lack of support
services ...
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STRATEGIC GOAL
ECOLEAD aims at creating the necessary strong
foundations and mechanisms for establishing an
advanced collaborative and network-based industry
society in Europe.
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HOLISTIC APPROACH
Preventing the limitations of fragmented research
...

• A holistic approach combining
• Breeding environments
• Management of (dynamic) VOs
• Professional Virtual Communities
• Horizontal Infrastructures for collaboration
• Theoretical foundation

towards the establishment of collaborative
networks as a new scientific discipline
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ECOLEAD FOCUS AREAS
VO
Opportunity driven
Preparedness
VBE
Long-term strategy
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ECOLEAD FOCUS AREAS
VBE Intended to increase the level of
preparedness of organizations to participate in
(dynamic) VOs VOM Support (dynamic) VOs through
their life cycle PVC Putting the focus on human
collaboration and corresponding value
creation TF The theoretical foundation shall
provide the basis for technology-independent
understanding of the area and its
phenomena. ICT-I The existence of an invisible,
low-cost ICT infrastructure is a pre-condition
for the establishment of truly dynamic
collaborative networks.
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VO BREADING ENVIRONMENTS
The operating principles of VO breeding
environments are understood and formalized, the
framework and services to support the full life
cycle of the collaborative networks are developed
in a generic way but coping with different
specificities and SME needs
VBE reference framework - Entities,
structure, roles, behavior Competencies
management Ontology evolution Trust management
support VO creation framework VBE management
tools
VBE Creation
VBE Operation
VBE Metamorphosis
VBE Evolution
VBE Dissolution
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VO MANAGEMENT
Well-defined business models and tools for
systematic VO management (planning, control,
organization and leadership), taking into account
the social mechanisms in multi-interest
collaboration networks, as well as the
transitional nature of VO.

• Dimensions
• Behavior / processes
• Resources / assets
• Dynamics
• Structure, actors, roles
• Network-centric models
• Performance indicators
• supervision
• Value systems
• Business models
• Support tools

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PROFESSIONAL VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES
The human centered management and exploitation of
knowledge and value creation are leveraged by
well-supported Professional Virtual Communities
(PVC), which are synergistically integrated in
the business ecosystem.
Organizational forms Behavior, roles,
rules Skills competencies Support
institutions Value systems Benefits,
performance, ... Business models Collaboration
platform tools
VALUE
People
Knowledge
Technology
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HORIZONTAL INFRASTRUCTURES FOR COLLABORATION
The ICT infrastructure will be developed as an
open, transparent, easy to use, and affordable
enabler of collaborative behaviors in networked
organizations.
Support Service
Support Service
Support Service
Support Service
ECOLEAD and others
Sliding borders
ICT Infrastructure
Networking, Web, ...
ebXML ?
RosettaNET ?
GRID MAS?
Intermmediate support for collaboration Technology
independence and prototyping Require specific
business models
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THEORETICAL FOUNDATION
Understand and model the principles of
collaboration, emerging behavior and
self-organization in collaborative networks
Modeling foundation
Reference models of CNOs
New scientific discipline Collaborative Networks
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A NEW SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE

• The establishment of a scientific discipline for
  collaborative networks is a strong instrument to
• consolidate and synthesize the existing knowledge
  
• set a sound foundation for the future research
  and development in this area

A discipline of collaborative networks shall
focus on the structure, behavior, and evolving
dynamics of networks of autonomous entities that
collaborate to better achieve common or
compatible goals
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DEMONSTRATION IMPACT CREATION
Pilot validation of models and tools in
front-runner collaborative networks of SMEs
Achieve a robust framework for the successful
take up and exploitation of project
results Multipliers base collaboration
synergies Publications in high quality channels
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TRAINING
Creation of Virtual Learning Community Training
plans actions Reference curricula for
CNO Training actions and repository of support
materials
http//seminars.ijs.si/ecolead Tutorials
(43) Training content Content market Community
services
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ECOLEAD SOCIETY
SOCIETY
ECOLEAD
Requirements
Integrated framework for establishment and
operation of CNOs
Governments Policy decision makers
Facilitation of CNOs growth
Increase knowledge implantation of CNOs
Validation feedback
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ECOLEAD IMPACTS
Science
Industry
Improved performance involvement of SMEs in
collaborative networks
New models of self-organizing collaborative
networks
Theoretical foundation
Sound Decision-making and assessment
Basis for advanced tools
Recognition as discipline
New models of business ecosystems
New metrics value systems
New knowledge skills and aptitudes regarding
competence management
New metrics and value systems
New models of synergy among BE, VO, and PVC
Improved competitiveness
Support networks of SMEs
Basis for business exploitation of PVCs
ECOLEAD Impacts
New frameworks for collaborative PVC
New collaborative problem solving methods
New technology development opportunities
Increased sustainable regional business
ecosystems
Better support from industry associations to VOs
Basis for plug-and-do-business
New concepts, principles and reference
architectures for horizontal infrastructures
Guidance for new institutions to support
collaboration
Basis for new collaborative applications
Sound framework for knowledge workers / e-lancers
Generic models for VO operation assessment New
ways of work
Better structured approaches for collaborative
communities
Greater availability of connectivity potential
Better education on modeling formalisms
Wider collaboration among organizations
Society
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STRATEGIC RESULTS

• VO Breeding Environment Organization Framework
• VO Creation Framework
• VO Operation and Management Models and Services
• PVC Business Model
• PVC Collaboration Platform
• Business Model for Collaboration Infrastructures
• Plug and Play Collaboration Infrastructure
• Theoretical Foundation for CNOs
• Training program for CNOs

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STRATEGIC KEY RESULTS
Business models for collaborative
infrastructures
Value system and metrics for VO breeding
environments
VO operational governance models
Formal and semi-formal modeling foundation for
CNOs
Business models guidelines
Business models for Professional Virtual
Communities
Reference models for CNOs
Theoretical foundation for CNOs
VO Breeding Environment Organization Framework
Value system and metrics for PVC
Models interoperability basis
CNO set-up and management guidelines
VO Creation Framework
Soft modeling foundation
VBE reference framework
Lively update of ECOLEAD strategic and results
roadmaps
VO Operation Management Models and Services
Roadmapping for strategic research
Dynamic VO management models
Long-term strategic roadmap for CNOs
Reference models architectures
PVC reference framework
PVC Business Model
Model of impact creation process methodology
for results assessment
Reference architecture for collaborative
infrastructures
Pilot validation models and tools in
front-runner CN of SMEs
PVC Collaboration Platform
Reference architecture for collaboration
e-services
Impact creation plan and mechanisms
Validation and Industrial impacts
Plug Play infrastructure for collaboration
Established links with impact multipliers base
Business Model for Collaboration Infrastructures
ICT collaboration infrastructures
Dynamic multi-level security mechanisms
Specific actions in collaboration with impact
multipliers
Plug and Play Collaboration Infrastructure
VBE management services
Virtual Learning Community
Dynamic VO creation assistance tool
European training program on CNO
Training education
Theoretical Foundation for CNOs
Contract negotiation wizard
Training workshops and summer schools
VO performance measurement tool
Training program on CNOs
Distance learning materials on CNO
ICT collaboration Support e-srvices
Collaborative distributed business process
supervision tool
Publications in conferences
ECOLEAD strategic results
Dissemination
VO management e-services
Publications in journals
Advanced collaboration platform for PVCs
Collaborative problem solving support e-services
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WORK PROGRAM
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CONCLUSIONS
Collaborative networked organizations is a strong
socio-economic movement ECOLEAD is based on a
strategic vision towards leadership in
collaborative networks ECOLEAD relies on a
multi-disciplinary consortium and effective
coordination team ECOLEAD Info resources
http//www.ecolead.org