1 T4.2 Negotiation support functions Marco Barbi KELYAN

Second Review MeetingBrussels – September 18, 2007 Functional requirements recap Enable the collaboration among user companies –Understand the supply conditions and the customer needs –Exchange of formalised documents Provide formalised specification for company offer –Suppliers can specify their offers by means of their local language and classification scheme –Suppliers declare offer features via parameters –Offer classification based on taxonomies Support for defining company demand in respect of the company offer –Customers can specify their needs by means of their local language and classification scheme –Customer demand follows the parametrical structure provided by the supplier (misunderstanding prevention) 2

Second Review MeetingBrussels – September 18, 2007 Use cases (1) UC1: Offer definition –Actor: Company A, German manufacturer of cylinders –Defines a new family of cylinders (“zylinder – standard mechanisch”) –The family is parameterised via 4 features: motion (linear, telescopic); power [0/50]; powered (hydraulic, pneumatic); size [0.0/20.0] –The Eclass taxonomy is used for the family classification UC2: Product configuration (video)video –Actor: Company B, English engine manufacturer –Prerequisites: Company A has been chosen as potential supplier (partner search) –Chose a family among the ones offered by Company A –Set the parameters’ values according to their needs –The configuration is stored 3

Second Review MeetingBrussels – September 18, 2007 Use cases (2) UC3: RFQ preparation (video)video –Actor: Company B –Prerequisites: the product configuration has been already defined –Fills the data in for preparing a new Request For Quotation document addressed to Company A –The RFQ is linked to the configuration. Additional info: quantity –The document is stored UC4: RFQ dispatch and notification (video)video –Actor: Company A, Company B –Prerequisites: Company B has prepared a new RFQ –Company B sends Company A the RFQ –Company A is notified of the incoming RFQ ( ) –Company A views the RFQ and configuration details 4

Second Review MeetingBrussels – September 18, 2007 UC2: Form rendering 5

Second Review MeetingBrussels – September 18, 2007 UC2: Check configuration 6

Second Review MeetingBrussels – September 18, 2007 UC4: RFQ dispatch 7

Second Review MeetingBrussels – September 18, 2007 Advanced configuration –KET-PC (Kelyan) –Rule-bases product configurator software –Product modeller module (Eclipse RCP) –Data repository (Server repository via HTTP protocol) –Pluggable run-time engine 8

Second Review MeetingBrussels – September 18, 2007 Use cases (3) UC5: Offer definition - advanced support (video)video –Actor: Company A –Prerequisites: KET-PC module enabled for Company A –The standard product definition is imported by the KET-PC modeller application –KET-PC modeller manages the standard product definition parameters as native parameters –KET-PC modeller: definition of constraints limiting the valid configurations, e.g. power > 30 -> powered in [pneumatic] and size > 8.0 UC6: Product configuration - advanced support (video)video –Actor: Company B –The same as UC2 + parameters’ values selection constrained to rules 9

Second Review MeetingBrussels – September 18, 2007 UC5: KET-PC modeller import 10

Second Review MeetingBrussels – September 18, 2007 UC6: Check configuration (KET-PC) 11