1. SFIDA-PMI Soluzioni informatiche per FIliere, Distretti ed Associazioni di PMI Genève – 24 Feb 2005 Matteo Villa TXT e-Solutions SpA

2. SFIDA-PMI Soluzioni informatiche per FIliere, Distretti ed Associazioni di PMI The Goal Support next generation Supply Chain Management applications: –components-based view of enterprise applications –components seamless and flexible composition and integration –de-centralized architectures with central or hierarchical coordination –adoption of a new “e-business Grid Computing” platform Targeting needs of SME belonging to industrial districts and dynamic supply networks

3. SFIDA-PMI Soluzioni informatiche per FIliere, Distretti ed Associazioni di PMI The Impact on SMEs Current drawbacks: –Big monolithic Enterprise solutions: high price vs few really required functionalities –Ad-hoc application (not inter-operable) vs expensive middleware- based integration projects The solution: “Collaborate to compete” - SFIDA will offer tools for: –focus on “strategic competences” through “self-awareness” mechanisms –expose such competences in a structured way to other partners –compose competences exposed –manage collaborative process (measure, monitor performances parameters) –support business operations: processes synchronization, knowledge sharing & exchange, cooperative work, IT systems interoperability

4. SFIDA-PMI Soluzioni informatiche per FIliere, Distretti ed Associazioni di PMI The Impact on IT Industry New components development paradigm: –GRID-based Development Environment for Supply Chain applications, directly supporting componentization, intelligence and collaboration –Components orchestration driven by application process logic (including parallelism, data-streaming, critical paths...) –Application process logic to be driven by customers business logic –Independence from underlying technology New possible licensing models: –Based on service provision (rather than products), supporting collaborative processes for SMEs –Service Level Agreements through a direct correlation of services composition and QoS

5. SFIDA-PMI Soluzioni informatiche per FIliere, Distretti ed Associazioni di PMI GRID-based Architecture

6. SFIDA-PMI Soluzioni informatiche per FIliere, Distretti ed Associazioni di PMI Test Case: High Performances in Retail Planning Current drawbacks: –Centralised retail data gathering & processing –Critical computational time for demand planning (8 hours vs 8 hours slot) Expected benefits from SFIDA: –Collaboration of central brand owner with re- distributors to distribute data / computation –Dynamic resources allocation to improve performances vs investments –Better demand forecasts due to more computational time available

7. SFIDA-PMI Soluzioni informatiche per FIliere, Distretti ed Associazioni di PMI Thank you Contacts: matteo.villa@txt.it