Table of Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................2
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
2. Situational Assessment...............................................................................................................5
2.1 Critical Analysis..................................................................................................................................52.2 Problem description...........................................................................................................................11
3. Project Description....................................................................................................................12
3.1 The Business Needs...........................................................................................................................12
4. Business Requirements.............................................................................................................16
5. Solution Description...................................................................................................................19
5.1 Solution Overview.............................................................................................................................195.2 Concept Overview.............................................................................................................................195.2.1 Identifying the domestics suppliers and service providers.........................................................205.2.2 Current IT architecture, tools & technology platform................................................................215.3 Detail Solutions.................................................................................................................................225.3.1 Solution 1 (Toyota Australia Suppliers Website).......................................................................225.3.2 Solution 2 (Agent-Oriented Domestic e-Marketplace).............................................................245.3.2.1 General overview...............................................................................................................245.3.2.2 Integration with existing systems.......................................................................................255.3.2.3 Agent-Oriented e-Marketplace...........................................................................................265.3.2.4 Solution description / Scenario of the purpose e-Marketplace...........................................285.3.3 Solution 3 (Real Time Inventory Tracking Module)..................................................................295.3.3.1 General Overview..............................................................................................................295.3.3.2 Solution Description...........................................................................................................315.3.3.3 Scenario of proposed module.............................................................................................325.3.4 Solution 4 (An agent-based transport and logistics coordination system).................................335.3.4.1 General Overview..............................................................................................................335.3.4.2 System Architecture...........................................................................................................345.3.4.3 Solution Description...........................................................................................................355.3.4.3.1 Logistic optimisation within Australia............................................................................355.3.4.3.2 Global Optimisation........................................................................................................365.3.4.4 Scenario of proposed system..............................................................................................385.3.5 Integrating the Solutions............................................................................................................395.4 Tools and Technology.......................................................................................................................405.4.1 Java Agent Development Environment (JADE)........................................................................405.4.2 Components of the an Agent......................................................................................................41
6. The Challenges..........................................................................................................................44
6.1 Financial Analysis.............................................................................................................................446. 2 Development Cost............................................................................................................................446. 3 NPV & ROI......................................................................................................................................47
7. Challenges.................................................................................................................................47
7.1 Financial Challenge...........................................................................................................................477.2 Organizational Challenge..................................................................................................................48
8. Feasibility...................................................................................................................................49
8.1 Financial Feasibility...........................................................................................................................498.2 Organizational Feasibility..................................................................................................................50
9. The Implementation Timeline....................................................................................................51
10. Recommendations...................................................................................................................52
11. Conclusion...............................................................................................................................52
References....................................................................................................................................54Appendix........................................................................................................................................56
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