Supply Chain WG

The objectives of the IOF SC WG are to identify the requirements of reference ontologies (RO) in the supply chain domain, develop the corresponding Domain-Specific Reference Ontologies (DSRO) and other lower-level ontologies as specified by the IOF architecture, and validate them through multiple use cases. The Supply Chain WG activities are motivated by several use cases including supplier discovery and supply chain traceability.

WG Chair: Dr. Farhad Ameri, Texas State University

Supply Chain WG meets on a bi-weekly basis on Thursdays 10:00-11:00 am EST

Slack Discussion Threads:

• WG: Supply Chain
• Term: Supply Chain
• Term: Traceable Resource

Useful Links

Glossary of Terms
Use Cases
Draft Ontology on GitHub

The following image shows an overview of some of the core classes in their relationships in the SC Reference Ontology.

Supply Chain	Production Capacity	Supplier Evaluation
Supplier	Supplier Capability	Supplier History
Customer	Transportation Equipment	Manufacturing Service
Sourcing	Traceable Resource Unit	Container Location
Facility	Tracking Event	OEM
Wholesaler	Distributor	Inventory
Logistic Unit	First-tier Supplier	Lot/Load
Container/ Package/ Cargo	Delivery Lead Time	Supplier Role

Publications:

Farhad Ameri, Evan Wallace, Reid Yoder, Frank Riddick (2022) Enabling Traceability in Agri-Food Supply Chains Using an Ontological Approach, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Systems in Engineering (JCISE)- in press

Ameri, F., Sormaz, D., Psarommatis, F., & Kiritsis, D. (2021). Industrial ontologies for interoperability in agile and resilient manufacturing. International Journal of Production Research, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.1987553

Farhad Ameri, Evan Wallace, Boonserm Kulvatanyou, and Chris Will, Towards a Reference Ontology for Supply Chain Management, Proceedings of International Conference on Interoperability for Enterprise Systems and Applications (I-ESA), IOF Workshop, November 2020, France, Tarbes.

Farhad Ameri, Evan Wallace, Reid Yoder, Enabling Traceability in Agri-Food Supply Chains Using an Ontological Approach, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference,  ASME IDETC2020-19995, August 2020, St. Louis, MO.

Farhad Ameri and Boonserm Kulvatanyou, Modeling a Supply Chain Ontology Based on a Top-Level Ontology, International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Volume 1B: 38th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, ASME IDETC2019-98278, Anaheim, CA,  August 2019.

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