Open services provider for supply chains

• Published in: 2017 20th Conference of Open Innovations Association (FRUCT) Vol. 776; no. 20; pp. 98 - 104
• Main Authors: Ivaschenko, Anton, Sitnikov, Pavel, Andreev, Michael, Surnin, Oleg
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: FRUCT 01-04-2017
• Subjects: 5PL; 6PL; Decision making; Intermediary service; Logistics; Open service provider; Real-time systems; Resource management; Software; Supply chain; Transportation
• ISSN: 2305-7254; 2305-7254; 2343-0737
• DOI: 10.23919/FRUCT.2017.8071298

There is proposed a new software solution for supply chains management based in virtualization of intermediary services. Open Services Provider (OSP) is a platform powered by SEC "Open code" that allows developing situational centers for decision making support based on Big Data analysis and visualization. The paper describes a problem of management of modern distributed enterprises, the proposed OSP solution and results of its probation in practice. A new concept of sixth party logistics (6PL) Intermediary Provider is given by analogy with fifth party logistics (5PL) provider, which is based on implementation of a number of open services for customers, suppliers and shippers provided by the specially designed software platform.