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REA in UMM UN/CEFACT Modelling

Methodology

A Methodology for eCollaborations

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Concepts in eCollaborations

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Purpose of UMM

UMM: UN/CEFACT’s Modelling Methodology

“…a method and supporting components to capture

business process knowledge, independent of the

underlying implemented technology so that the

business acumen is retained and usable over

generations of implemented technology.”

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UN/CEFACT’s Modelling Methodology

Business Domain View- identifying and grouping business processes

Business Requirements View- describing the form and economic effects of collaborations

Business Transaction View- specifying the properties of business transactions

Business Service View- specifying document and message structures

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UMM Business Domain View

Business Area

Process Area

Business Process (Simplified)

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UMM Business Domain View

InternationalSupply Chain

BusinessAreas

Processareas

Businessprocesses

Ordermanagement

Logistics Accounts

Orderhandling

Sales

Place order Cancel order

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• Procurement/Sales

• Design

• Manufacture

• Logistics

• Recruitment/Training

• Financial Services

• Regulation

• Health Care

UMM Normative Business Areas

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Basic eCommerce Collaboration

Planning Identification Negotiation ActualisationPost-

Actualisation

Economic resource type

identified

Correspondingpartnersidentified

Commitmentsand contractcompleted

Economicevents

carried out

Possiblecomplaintsand returnscompleted

Based on ISO Open-ediBased on ISO Open-edi

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UMM Normative Process Areas

Planning Identification Negotiation Actualisation Post-Actualisation

Procurement Sales

Design

Manufacture

Logistics

Recrutiment Training

Financial services

Regulation

Health care

- Plan manufacturing requirements- Research market for outsourced manufacturing - Acknowledge

delivery notice- Query delivery status- Receive goods

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UMM Business Requirements View

EconomicResourceType

Economic Resource

EconomicEvent

Agreement

(Simplified)

EconomicContract

BusinessCollaboration

Partner

EconomicCommitment

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UMM Business Transaction View

BusinessTransaction

RequestingBusinessActivity

RespondingBusinessActivity

BusinessAction

DocumentEnvelope

BusinessDocument

InformationEntity (Simplified)

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UN/CEFACT’s Modeling Methodology

Business Area

Process AreaBusiness Process

BDV

BRVPartner

BusinessCollaboration

EconomicResource

EconomicEvent

EconomicCommitment

BTVBusiness

DocumentBusiness

Transaction

RequestingBusiness Activity

RespondingBusiness Activity

BSVNetwork

ComponentBusinessMessage

RequestingService Transaction

RespondingService Transaction

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Resources on UMM