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Comprehensive Case Study: Original Equipment Automotive Supply Chain

by Oktay Türetken last modified Apr 03, 2012 16:34

Comprehensive Case Study:
Original Equipment Automotive Supply Chain*


The Automotive Supply Chain Case Study covers the production of Original Equipment (OE) automotive parts used in the assembly of a new motor vehicle. It demonstrates how a number of small projects need to be applied in sequence and how to gradually develop an SOA solution for effectively processing activities in Original Equipment automotive supply chains.

The majority of examples in the case study documents revolve around a company called AVERS (Advanced automotiVE paRtS), a hypothetical manufacturer of specialty automotive parts. The parts AVERS produces includes power train components, electrical equipment and steering and braking systems, to name a few.

Due to the diversity of the automotive parts manufacturing industry, there is a wide variety of processes and materials embodied in the finished parts, such as those AVERS makes. Carmakers once made many of these parts in-house, but now mostly procure them from independent producers such as AVERS. As a diversified supplier of automotive parts, AVERS provides its customers, e.g., automotive parts dealers and car assemblers, with a global, single-point sourcing capability and automotive parts and systems tailored to meet their specific needs.

The case study is a fairly complex project that examines the production of Original Equipment (OE) automotive components to be used in the assembly of a new motor vehicle (e.g., automobile, light truck or truck). The intent of the case study is to help demonstrate how AVERS can develop an SOA-based solution that captures automotive parts-related information more quickly, helps analyse trends in their business to establish how each supplier and dealership is performing and, in general, to streamline and control its supply chain more effectively and efficiently.

The final objective is to provide the AVERS supply chain with visibility into end-to-end business processes and to help increase profit margins and lower costs wherever they may exist.

The solution is built using an SOA-based approach that resolves the current deficiencies with an end-to-end business process solution to manage purchase orders submitted by customers, e.g., car dealers, to a specific OE supplier, such as AVERS.  

The solution presented (in this directory) covers the entire course of the OE production process, i.e., from when a distributor orders vehicle parts through production to shipment and, finally, delivery. The central goal of using an SOA approach is to provide all stakeholders with complete visibility of an order's progress.

 

The Case Study material consists of the following packages and documents:

 

* © This material is copyrighted. You may freely use the material in this document for lectures, presentations, publications, discussions, etc., provided that it is properly referenced. The proper reference is: “Web Services & SOA: Principles & Technology”, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, Pearson, May 2012, ISBN-­‐13: 978-­‐0273732167.  

 

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* © This material is copyrighted. You may freely use the material in this document for lectures, presentations, publications, discussions, etc., provided that it is properly referenced. The proper reference is: “Web Services & SOA: Principles & Technology”, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, Pearson, May 2012, ISBN-­‐13: 978-­‐0273732167. 

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