©NGEBIS WORKSHOP 2013Short Paper 9 - AIDIMAF. GiganteJune 2013 1 Analysis of Information Resources for the Furniture Industry in BIVEE Fernando Gigante,

©NGEBIS WORKSHOP 2013 Short Paper 9 - AIDIMA F. Gigante June 2013 1

Analysis of Information Resources for the Furniture

Industry in BIVEE

Fernando Gigante, Pau Crespí {AIDIMA}Ali Anil Sinaci, R. Volkan Basar {SRDC}

18th June 2013

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New Generation Enterprise and Business InnovationNGEBIS 2013


Summary

Introduction

Selection of Furniture Companies

Available Information Resources in the AS-IS

Use of Information Resources in the TO-BE

Conclusions


Introduction (I)

The analysis described in this short paper is focused on the improvement on production activities in the SMEs

Information systems

Documentation

Some challenges detected while doing the analysisNo complete enough information systems in many SMEs

Semi-formalized information resources


Introduction (II)

Detection of the Key Resources to be analysed on the “road to improvement”

Business processes

Actors involved

Documentation flow

Key Performance Indicators -> Production Activities

The ways to obtain this information have beenTechnical / no-technical Interviews

Questionnaires

Information from ERP (processes / documents / KPI)


Selection of SMEs - Furniture companies

Selection criteriaDesired level of reflection of the furniture sectorProduction activities based on a Virtual Enterprise approachImplanted ERP or Production Information SystemEnough production information in their current systems


Information Resources Available ‘AS-IS’

GdP – ERP Production Management Software Areas



GdP – ERP Production Configuration Workflow



KPI measurement through GdP - ERP


Information Resources ‘TO-BE’

Problems detectedERP has not enough information about management and external processesERP is focused on internal production operations and dataNo production processes formalization found in the companies

Actions takenTechnical meetings / interviews with production companiesAnalysis of internal / external processesFormal definition of production processesMatching with different stakeholders



Production processes modelling (supported by ADONIS© software)



Identification of Production DocumentsERP and not-linked documentationMatching between different furniture companiesFocus on exchanging documents



The funStep ontology is based on the international standard ISO 10303-236 for furniture and wood industryComposed and cross-checked against books, interviews and regulationsDefinition of a common furniture vocabulary

ProductsAccessoriesMaterials

Developed under OWL DLFurniture knowledgeAutomatic inferencesConsistency checking


Conclusions

Top Hindering FactorsSpecial training requiredFear of changeMistrust in the new methodsLack of information about scope and benefits

Many SMEs do not have a mechanism to manage changesAnalysis of impact on the current business processesCurrent systems should be able to manage the achieved improvementsManagement of new processes / resources


Thanks for your attention !

Questions?

Fernando Gigante [email protected]

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