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Electronic
Commerce
Gateway
David E. Anyiwo
Bowie State University
July 18, 2001
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The DAML EC Gateway
The DAML EC Gateway provides
consolidated access to all the business
content that employees, trading partners,
customers, and other stakeholders in
computer manufacturing need to
consummate their transactions
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Challenges in Intelligent
Manufacturing
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Modern manufacturing enterprises constantly
handle thousands of different-size parts and
products in various stages of production, and are
often confronted with the complex logistical
challenge of determining the best path in the
supply chain for each part.
This challenge is further complicated by the
unpredictable behavior of the supply chain as
participants interact in a rapidly changing
environment.
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The Hot DAML Concept
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The intent of proposed Hot DAML effort is to
build an open, dynamic electronic commerce
architecture and develop advanced e-business
tools that provide unified access to fully
described business content and also facilitate the
derivation of the optimum paths for various
components in the supply chain.
Agent technology will be used to develop such
tools.
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The Hot DAML Thrust
The central thrust of the effort is on the
design, development, and deployment of
agent-based tools that offer several layers
of seamless service and enable distributed
agile manufacturing processes in the
computer and other industries.
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Scheduling Coordination
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The DAML tools on the EC Gateway will
apply agent technology in the coordination
of production schedules with shipment
logistics in the computer industry value
chain.
These agents will require a dynamic
knowledge base (KB) to support rapid
market responsiveness.
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Integrated Knowledge Base
To build the required integrated KB, agents
will be trained to apply appropriate
Decision Support Systems (DSS) and
Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI)
techniques to production planning, supply
chain integration, as well as concurrent
scheduling and execution control in a
dynamic manufacturing environment.
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Anticipated Benefits
It is expected that the enhanced DAML EC
Gateway will enable businesses to apply
more efficient production methods and
save more than 25 percent of their current
logistical costs.
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