Agility analysis framework and model of inter-organizational processes

Abstract

Virtual enterprise is a new collaboration form for some independent businesses and it is popular in the e-commerce environment. Many methodologies are proposed to model and analyze the interorganizational process collaboration in virtual enterprises. But the agile ability of the interorganizational process to face the changing environment is neglected. This paper analyzes the agility property of interorganizational processes from several aspects. And the agility analysis framework of interorganizational processes is given. Moreover, the interorganizational process model based on Petri nets and agent technology is proposed.