Supply Chain Management Ontology:

Towards an Ontology-Based SCM Model

Dr. S. Üreten and Dr. H. K. İlter

December 1, 2006
İzmir, Turkey
Supply Chain Management
Ontology Theory
Ontological Engineering
PRODUCT 01 MEMBER 02

SCM
ONTOLOGY

FLOW 03 OPERATION 04
 PRODUCT 01

GOODS SERVICE

Parts, Components, Governmental

Supplies services
Nondurable goods Municipal services
Durable goods Trade services
Industrial goods Finance, Insurance,
Real Estate
Medical services
Personal services
Business services
Education
 extracted from the nature
GOODS
made-to-order

Process Type made-to-stock

assemble-to-order
fragile
Resistance imported
non-fragile

small
Size
large

perishable
Durability
non-perishable

functional
Characteristics
innovative
food products

electronics Type
textile bulky

Weight heavy

light
 SERVICE

Servis in-house
Location at site

high Service
low Content
Degree of high
Customer
low
Contact
 MEMBER 02

SUPPLIER PRODUCER TRANSPORTER

1st tier
2nd tier
nth tier

CUSTOMER DISTRIBUTOR

Consumer
Industrial user
 manufacturing
Kind of
Production transportation
form Activity trade
place Utility
food products
time Created
electronics
ownership
Produce textile
small transportation

medium Size trade

large etc.
Geographic domestic
Location
global
high Service
low Content

plan Make-Buy produce in-house

source Decision outsourcing

make Operation
deliver Performed
return
 FLOW 03

MATERIAL MONEY INFORMATION

 forward
Direction of
backward
supplier-producer Flow
both-sides
producer-customer Flow
producer-wholesaler Between
etc.
 OPERATION 04

PLAN SOURCE MAKE

Plan supply chain Source stocked product Make-to-stock

Plan source Source make-to-order Make-to-order
Plan make product Engineer-to-order
Plan deliver Source engineer-to-order
Plan return product

RETURN DELIVER

Return defective product Deliver stocked product

Source return MRO product
Deliver return MRO product
Return excess product
Deliver make-to-order
product
Deliver engineer-to-order
product
Deliver retail product
 supplier

producer
Performed
transporter
by
disributor

costumer
PRODUCT LAYER 01
Product: table leg
Process Type: made-to-stock
Weight: light
Size: small
Resistance: non fragile
Oak Table
Durability: non-perishable
woods leg
Characteristics: functional
Type: wood products

Oak and
Pine Drawer
pine
Woods
timber

Sand Product: table

Process Type: made-to-order
Weight: light
Size: small
Silex Resistance: fragile
hard Silica Glass Table top Table Durability: non-perishable
stone Characteristics: functional
Type: furniture products

Flint

High
Aluminum Cast Table Product: sand
grade
Rock aluminum skeleton Process Type: extracted from the nature
aluminum
Weight: bulky
Size: large
Resistance: non fragile
Market Table Durability: non-perishable
analysis design Characteristics: functional
Type: glass products
MEMBER LAYER 02
Supplier Supplier Supplier Supplier Producer Distributor Customer
4th Tier 3rd Tier 2nd Tier 1st Tier

Oak Table
woods leg

Oak and
Pine Drawer
pine
Woods
timber

Sand
Transporter

Transporter
Transporter

Transporter

Transporter
Transporter
Silex
International Industrial
hard Silica Glass Table top Table
distribution user
stone

Domestic
Flint Consumer
distribution

High
Aluminum Cast Table
grade
Rock aluminum skeleton
aluminum

Market Table
analysis design
 FLOW LAYER 03
Supplier Supplier Supplier Supplier Producer Distributor Customer
4th Tier 3rd Tier 2nd Tier 1st Tier

Oak Table
woods leg

Oak and
Pine Drawer
pine
Woods
timber

Sand
Transporter

Transporter
Transporter

Transporter

Transporter
Transporter
Silex
International Industrial
hard Silica Glass Table top Table
distribution user
stone

Domestic
Flint Consumer
distribution

High
Aluminum Cast Table
grade
Rock aluminum skeleton
aluminum

Market Table
analysis design
OPERATION LAYER 04
Supplier Supplier Supplier Supplier Producer Distributor Customer
4th Tier 3rd Tier 2nd Tier 1st Tier

Oak Table
woods leg

PSMDR PSMDR
Oak and
Pine Drawer
pine
Woods
timber
PSMDR PSMDR PSMDR

Sand
Transporter

Transporter
Transporter

Transporter

Transporter
Transporter
PSMDR
Silex
International Industrial
hard Silica Glass Table top Table
distribution user
stone
PSMDR PSMDR PSMDR PSMDR PSR PR
P
Domestic
Flint Consumer
distribution
S
PSMDR PSR PR

High M
Aluminum Cast Table
grade
Rock aluminum skeleton
aluminum
D
PSMDR PSMDR PSMDR PSMDR

Market Table R
analysis design

PSMDR PSMDR
Ontology-Based SCM Model
Supply Chain Management
Ontology:
Towards an Ontology-Based SCM Model

Thank you

Dr. Sevinç Üreten Dr. H. Kemal İlter

sureten@baskent.edu.tr kilter@baskent.edu.tr
http://www.baskent.edu.tr/~sureten http://www.baskent.edu.tr/~kilter