ASia V-Chain
Advanced Strategies and Tools for Virtual Supply Chain Management in Asian environment
ASIA IT&C Programme
GENERAL AIMS The European Commission (EC) launched the Asia IT&C Programme in 1999 in order to: • co-finance mutually beneficial partnerships in ICT between Europe and Asia • improve the quality of Europe-Asia partnerships • link the two regions in the search for innovative and compatible solutions in IT&C
V-CHAIN Project: MAIN OBJECTIVES
• Develop a framework (methodology, architecture, reference model and technologies) for supply chain management in a Virtual Enterprise context
V-CHAIN Project: CONSORTIUM
Scientific Partners
Polytechnic of Valencia
University of Udine
National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (France)
• Analyse and provide means and a migration path to move from an Extended Enterprise AS-IS state to a Virtual Enterprise TO-BE state
V-CHAIN Project: MAIN OBJECTIVES
ASIA V-CHAIN Project – Hong Kong Team
Jeff Yeung Xiande Zhao 徐學軍教授 Xie Jinxing Zha 清華大學 清華大學
General Aims
•facilitating the access of Asian companies to EU advanced and innovative organisational methodologies and ICT solutions designed for a more efficient management of industrial processes (negotiation, planning, scheduling, delivery etc.) and flows (materials, information, etc.).
University of Udine – Department of Electronic, Managerial and Mechanical Engineering Prof. Alberto Felice De Toni (Project manager)
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia – Department of Business Organisation, Financial Economy & Accounting Prof. Angel Ortiz Bas
AREAS OF ACTIVITY - Society - Transport - Tourism
- e-Commerce - Health - i-Manufacturing
- Education - Agricolture
ASIA V-CHAIN Project
Applicant: Unit co-ordinator: European partner: Unit co-ordinator:
•Develop algorithms that allow to define global objectives (supply chain-wide) based on constraints of all involved actors
• Analyse and apply recent technological innovation ICT trends to solve VE problems and develop a supporting technological framework
•providing information and tools for helping Asian companies to implement innovative approaches in the field of Supply Chain Management
•focussing on upstream physical, information and economic values flows, with particular reference to complex industrial situations, such as Inter-firm Networks.
Asian partner: Unit co-ordinator:
The Chinese University of Hong Kong – Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics
Prof. Jeff Hoi-yan Yeung, Prof. Xiande Zhao