A Transaction-Oriented Architecture for Enterprise Systems

Polovina, Simon

doi:10.4018/ijiit.2013100105

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“…This conceptual modeling grammar for the business domain overarches the supply chain and enterprise domains of business information systems and provides a conceptual basis for both information systems development and integration. The modeling grammar was committed 1 to the REA ontology because of REA's structuring orientation, which facilitates knowledge representation and interpretation by structuring knowledge in easily recognizable recurrent patterns (Dunn & McCarthy, 1997;Poels, Maes, Gailly, & Paemeleire, 2007;Polovina, 2013). The structuring orientation is one of the features of REA that has made it popular in several domains, including education, knowledge management and supply chain management (Gailly, Laurier, & Poels, 2008;Guido L. Geerts, 2011).…”

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An Enterprise Ontology Based Conceptual Modeling Grammar for Representing Value Chain and Supply Chain Scripts

Laurier

Poels

2014

International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications

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In business modeling the focus is shifting from individual enterprises to the supply chains in which they collaborate. Contemporary business modeling grammars should allow each enterprise taking part in a supply chain to develop its own information system and at the same time support the creation of system interoperability and information sharing amongst business partners in the supply chain. This paper presents a conceptual modeling grammar for representing business scripts in a way that is both observer-dependent and independent. That is, value chain information should be represented in a format that is suitable for the perspective of any partner in the supply chain (e.g., enterprise, supplier, customer, customer's customer, supplier's supplier) and for the perspective of a completely neutral third party (e.g., government). The proposed observer-independent conceptual-modeling grammar, which is given strength by grounding it in the mature Resource-Event-Agent model, is shown to represent information about business phenomena of diverse supply chain partners such that it can be integrated across enterprise boundaries

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An Enterprise Ontology Based Conceptual Modeling Grammar for Representing Value Chain and Supply Chain Scripts

Laurier

Poels

2014

International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications

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“…To extend our understanding of SOEC Transactions, the EMPRISES framework incorporates the Transaction Concept from Transaction-Oriented Architecture (Polovina, 2013). The Transaction Concept, based on Resource-Events-Agents (REA) identifies the "real-world" agents in enterprise transactions, how they transact (the Events), and what they transact (the Resources) (Vymětal & Scheller, 2012;Laurier & Poels, 2014).…”

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The EMPRISES pan-European Framework

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International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications

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There is a need for further integration of information systems globally for tackling Serious Organised Economic Crime (SOEC). Taking Europe as the illustration, and levering existing pan-EU (European Union) systems such as Europol's SIENA and the FIU.NET as well as national systems, further steps can be taken to provide a more coherent and coordinated approach for detecting and deterring SOEC. This aim is achievable through the EMPRISES framework, which adds value to national, SIENA and FIU.NET systems by increasing the effectiveness of communication across Europe. EMPRISES would introduce an agreed common language (taxonomy) of SOEC, including multi-lingual support. Moreover, by enriching the taxonomy with current business tools and analysis techniques through the SOEC Architecture that EMPRISES embodies, the illegitimate businesses of SOEC can be monitored and combatted.

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“…To benefit from these central integrated Information Systems (IS), organizations have spent billions of dollars on the implementation of ERP systems, whereby the objective has been to focus primarily on improving transaction handling through the standardization of business processes and integration of operations and data (Holsapple and Sena, 2005). SAP is one of the prevalent ERP system vendors and it is understood that 65-70% of the world's transactions involve SAP systems Forbes (LLC, 2011) quoted by Polovina (2013).…”

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“…ERP systems must complete a multitude of repetitive and bespoke business transactions to fulfil the organisations goals. Several authors have shown previously, that storing the transactions using what could be called a TOA based on the REA ontology offers a theoretical solution to these problems and can be useful in capturing the semantics of ERP systems (Polovina, 2013;Launders, 2011;Fallon and Polovina, 2013).…”

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The impact of conceptual structures on transaction and enterprise architecture practices

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This research hypothesises is Conceptual Structures using the Resource Event Agent (REA) ontology adds value when defining a Transaction Oriented Architecture (TOA) for Enterprise Systems. Enterprise Systems drive global economic growth through well-designed implementations that provide organisations with multiple benefits, including streamlined business processes, increased efficiencies, improved productivity and decreased costs. Conversely, poorly implemented Enterprise Systems can lead to poor operating results. Most Enterprise Systems still use traditional methods of storing economic data mirroring the double-entry bookkeeping system, which can cause several problems, including data loss and repetition. Enterprise Systems must capture transaction data in a format available to multiple business processes to fulfil their goals. This thesis provides an overview of the currently available frameworks for Enterprise Architecture design. It details the problems that are observed and experienced during the completion of real-world Enterprise System development projects. The basis of the Transaction Concept is then presented as the general solution, leading to a TOA for Enterprise Systems. The Transaction Pyramid describes TOA through three layers of transactions: Enterprise, Business, and Database. The Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM) is used as the primary research methodology to provide a framework to this research. Together with the secondary research method of Action Research to provide a more granular basis for DSRM Step 3 : "Design and development", which required multiple minor iterations of the cyclical process of Action Research to produce the required artefacts. The case study approach is used also as a secondary research method for empirical inquiry and investigation required for DSRM step 4: "Demonstration". A Knowledge Management System is defined to validate TOA, and artefacts are implemented for an Automated REA (AREA) based on Protégé Frames to underpin TOA as a Proof of Concept. AREA provides a fully- edged, TOA design tool for Enterprise Architecture using the REA ontology. AREA's Knowledge Repository uses Conceptual Structures through a) the ISO Common Logic standard's Conceptual Graph Interchange Format (CGIF) to store and transmit the TOA using an REA ontology, and b) Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) for validation. AREA is then demonstrated and evaluated using two industrial case studies as exemplars. These Findings support the research's hypothesis and its contribution to knowledge.

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A Transaction-Oriented Architecture for Enterprise Systems

Abstract: Many enterprises risk business transactions based on information systems that

Cited by 6 publications

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An Enterprise Ontology Based Conceptual Modeling Grammar for Representing Value Chain and Supply Chain Scripts

An Enterprise Ontology Based Conceptual Modeling Grammar for Representing Value Chain and Supply Chain Scripts

The EMPRISES pan-European Framework

The impact of conceptual structures on transaction and enterprise architecture practices

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