Information Technology Infrastructure and Solutions

Abstract

Agile and virtual enterprise (A/VE) is a leading organisational model characterized by a high flexibility and a fast reconfigurability or adaptability of the networked structure to face the dynamically changing market. A Market of Resources is a tool proposed in the BM_virtual enterprise architecture reference model (BM_VEARM) as an appropriate environment to accomplish the intrinsic requirements of the A/VE model, by supporting the creation, dynamic integration, and operation of A/VEs. The Market of Resources is an electronic and virtual market matching the offer and demand of resources providers, the basic elements that will integrate the A/VE. The existing e-marketplaces support a wide range of features required by the Market of Resources. Given the available software development platforms based on the existing technology and standards that support the e-marketplaces, we discuss in this chapter the feasibility the Market of Resources and its implementation using those software platforms.