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THEESTABLISHMENTOFTHESUPPLYCHAIN

MANAGEMENTSYSTEMFORTHEBIG-SIZEDSHIPYARD

H.J.ShawW.TannandL.L.Chuang

DepartmentofSystemandNavalMechatronicEngineering，NationalChengKungUniversity，Taiwan，ROC

Keywords：E-commerce(EC)，VirtualShipyard(VS)，SupplierChainManagement(SCM)

核心詞：電子商業(yè)，虛擬船廠，供應(yīng)鏈管理ABSTRACT摘要

Alongwiththerapiddevelopmentoftheinternet，thereisnoevenoneenterprisewhichisnotmakingE-businessasitsprimarydirectionandstrategy.Thebig-sizedshipyardutilizestheconstructionforthevirtualshipyard，withResearchandDesign(R&D)asthekernel，viaEnterpriseResourcePlanning(ERP)integratinginteriorresourcesintheshipyard，andthenthroughSupplyChainManagement(SCM)coordinatingtheup-anddown-streams'suppliers，thentostepforwardbusiness-to-business(B2B).Withinthebig-sizedshipyard'sproductionprocedure，theschedulingandqualityoftheoutfittingofteninfluencetheentireschedulingandconstructionoftheships.Thereforehowtosupplythetimely，appropriateandcorrectoutfitting，saveuscommunicationtimeandallowsustocooperatewiththesuppliers，andincreasetheefficiency，reducethecost，isthemostimportanttopic.ThispaperisdirectedtowardtheshipbuildingpropertytoplanthefunctionalitiesbasedonMSWindowsDNA-(DistributedinterNetArchitecture)architectureandtherelatedtechnologies，toestablishasetofSCMsystem.BythefriendlyinterfaceandXMLexchange，theinformationbetweentheshipyardandsupplierscanbeintegratedmuchtighter，toreachquickresponses，andthenimprovethecompetitivenessoftheshipyard.

隨著互聯(lián)網(wǎng)迅速發(fā)展，INTRODUCTION

Generallyspeaking，traditionalshipyardscouldbedividedintofourdepartments：business，design，manufacture，andmanagementdepartments.Duetotheirchaoticfunctionalities，itiseasytodigoutthemanagementdefectsinducingtheossifiedorganization，whichwillbearduoustosurviveinthecompetitivemarinemarket.

Accordingly，theconceptisproposedfromenterprisere-engineering，andthroughvirtualshipyard(VS)tore-planthemainfunctionalitiesfortraditionalshipyards.

ThesemainfunctionalitiesforVSinvolveERP，ResearchandDevelopment(R&D)，Customerrelationshipmanagement(CRM)，ProductDataManagement(PDM)，andSCM(Fig.1).A"VirtualShipyard"isagroupconstructedonarealisticshipyardoforganizationsworkingonasingleprojectwithasigngoalwheretheheterogeneousmembersfunctionasasingleintegratedhomoge-

neousorganization.

Bytheintranettechnologyusersinrealisticshipyardcanrealtimeaccessandmodifytheproductioninformationstoredinthedatabaseatanytime&anywhere，sothattheworkingprogressandcommunicationwillbespeededupineachsingledepartment.

THEANALYSISOFSCMINVIRTUALSHIPYARD

Supplychainmanagement(Fig.2)，istheactivemanagementofsupplychainactivitiestomaximizecustomervalueandachieveasustainablecompetitiveadvantage.ItrepresentsaconsciouseffortbythesupplychainfirmstodevelopandrunsupplychainsinthemostH.J.Shaw，W.TannandL.L.Chuang：TheEstablishmentoftheSupplyChainManagementSystemfortheBig-sizedShipyard170effective&efficientwayspossible.Supplychainactivitiescovereverythingfromproductdevelopment，sourcing，production，andlogistics，aswellastheinformationsystemsneededtocoordinatetheseactivities.

Owingtointernetcriteriaadoptedandwebprevalent，enterprisescommencechangingtheirused

waysandstrategiestodevelopEContheinternetandapplyittosharetheinformationwitheachother.Therequestforflexibleandrapidreactionsundertheglobalplanningandmanagementtrends，enterprisesmustevolvefrommanufacturingastheprincipaltointegratingSCMinformationera.Inthebig-sizedship-yard，thequantityanddeliverytimeofoutfittingveryofteninfluencetheentirebuildingqualitythatwastesthetimeofcommunicationandpursuingmaterials.Inthemarineindustryover70%ofthecostofthedeliveredproductisformaterialandequipment，especiallyifsubcontractorsareinvolved.

THEPRACTICESIN

SUPPLYCHAINMANAGEMENT

BasedonTaiwan'sindigenousmarineindustryaswellastheotherexperiencesavailabletothestudy，thepracticesaredividedintofourprimarysections，SupplyChainManagement(SCM)Strategy，SCMPlanning，Mechanisms，Systems.

ThisisasimplificationofthemodelinFig.3.Withineachofthosesectionsitstartswithabrief

descriptionofthetopicandthenprovidesresultsinformofspecificpractices.Thesesectionsdefinethepracticewithreferencetootherindustries(typicallyautomotive，aerospaceordefenseelectronics)andthendescribehowthemarineindustryappearstobeperforming.

1.SCMStrategy

SCMStrategyincludesallofthehigh-levelsupplychainrelatedactivitiesthecompanydoestoplanitsproductandbasicapproachtobusiness.Werecognizethatother，morespecificstrategicchoices

Fig.1Thevirtualshipyardoutline.

Fig.2Thesupplychainmanagementactive.

InternetExtranetSupplierCSBC

VirtualShipyard

Shid

CRMSCM

ERP

R&DPDM

Supplier

Supplier

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Fig.3Summarizesthepracticesinthefoursections.haveamajoreffectonsupplychainmanagement-e.g.，thedecisiontoenteraspecificmarketwillaffectthenatureofthesupplychainneeded.Nonetheless，thosedecisionsarenotfocusedenoughonthesupplychainissuetomeritourattentionhere.Also，whilestrategycoversacertainamountofplanning(e.g.，strategicplanning)，theplanningsection(below)coversonlythatplanningwhichspecificallypertainstosupplychainmanagement.

2.SCMPlanning

SCMPlanningrefersspecificallytothoseactivitiesthatareassociatedwithsupplychainmanagement.Itincludesthewholeprocessofplanninghowtorationalizemake-buydecisionsaswellasplanningrolesandresponsibilitiesforspecificactivitiesforbothcomponentsandservices.Inaddition，itincludesplanningthetypesofrelationshipsthecompanywantstohavewithitsvarioustypesofsuppliers.

3.Mechanisms

Mechanismsarespecificsupplychainmanagementpracticesthatareusedtoworkwithmembersofthesupplychain.Inotherwords，thesearethepracticesusedbytheshipyardstoimplementtheplans.Inthesubsequentsection，Systems，theinfrastructureneedstobeinplacetointegratewithsuppliers.

4.Systems

Whatiscall"systems"includesthebusinessprocesses，organization，culture，andtechnologyinboththecustomerandsupplierthatserveastheenvironment.

Someofthesearenoteasyifatallchangeable(nationalcultureisthebestexample)；allarehardertochangethantheothernon-systems.

THESTUDYFORRELEVANT

SHIPBUILDINGSCM

Widevariationsinsupplychainmanagementphilosophiesandpracticesexistinboththeforeignanddomesticmarineindustries，asistrueofanyindustrysector.

RelationshipsbetweenUSshipyardsandmostoftheirsupplierstendtobesignificantlymorearmslengthandadversarialthanisthecaseinEurope.Experiencefromothersectors，particularlyautomotiveandaerospace，showsthatsuppliersaremuchmoreresponsivetotheneedsoftheircustomerswhencloserelationshipsexistandcommunicationisfrequentandopen.ThesourcingpracticesofsomeofUSshipyardshavetheeffectofmakingrelationswithmanysuppliersfarmoreadversarialthannecessary.

TheshipbuildingPartnersandSuppliers(SPARS)ConsortiummembershipincludestheshipbuildingoperationsatGeneralDynamics-Electricboats，BathIronWorks，NationalSteelandshipbuildingCompany(NASSCO)，ToddPacificShipyard，NewportNewsShipbuilding，AvondaleShipbuildingandIngallsShipbuilding，LeadingUSShipbuildingindustrysupplier，

IBM，andAltarum.SPARSconsortiumisdevelopinganddeployingshipbuildingSupplyChain(SC)VirtualEnterprises(VEs)thatintegratetheshipbuildingsupplySCMStrategy

1.SupplierManagementasaStrategy2.SpecificGoalsforSupplierManagementSCMPlanning

1.CoreCompetencyAnalysis

2.IncreaseSupplier

Responsibilities&Tiering

3.OutsourcingRationalization

4.StrategicAlliance&LongTermAgreementsMechanisms

1.FrameAgreements

2.ConsolidatedPurchasing

3.CustomerSupplierTeams

4.IntegrationofSuppliers

5.LowestTotalCostSelection

6.SupplierContinuousImprovement

7.SupplierTraining

8.DevelopNewSuppliers

9.SupplierManagedInventory

10.TurnkeySuppliersSystems

1.IntegratedDataSystems

2.Integrationwith

3.CustomerPlanning&Scheduling

4.OrganizingforCoordination

5.CultureofTrust

H.J.Shaw，W.TannandL.L.Chuang：TheEstablishmentoftheSupplyChainManagementSystemfortheBig-sizedShipyard172chaincomposedofcustomers，partners，subcontractors，

andsuppliers.TheSPARSprojectisinnovativeinthemannerinwhichitfacilitatesandacceleratestheimplementationofshipbuildingsupplychainandvirtualenterprisesforUSshipyardsbyEstablishingshipyardsasvirtualshipyardgatewaysthatprovidenear-turnkeyshipbuildingbusinessprocesstotheirsupplychain，thusenablingproductteamstocost-effectivelyworkasintegratedunits，Providingasecureandeasy-touse，on-line，internetbasedsystemforlocatingandexchanginginformation(e.g.supplierinformation(qualificationsand

product)byprimecontractorinformation(solicitationandprocurement)bysuppliers)，Providingaccurateandcost-effectivesharingofdesigninformationusingNSRP-sponsoredpartrepresentation，translation，andexchangetechnology，Buildingarobustandextensiblesystemtocaptureandapplybusinesspracticesandpoliciesinacomputableandenforceableform(Fig.4).

TheSPARSSupplyChainprojectprovidestheUSshipbuildingCommunitywithaninformationinfrastructurethatwillenableshipyardsandsupplierstoworktogetherasiftheywerepartofthesame"VirtualEnterprise."

TheJapaneseapproachissignificantlydifferentfromwhatisoccurringinEuropeandtheUS.Becauseoftheiralmost100%domesticsupplyandlongtermworkingrelationshipswiththeirsuppliers，JapaneseshipVirtualEnterpriseServerFig.4IntegratedShipbuildingSupplyChainVirtualEnterprise.buildershaveaverytraditional，buteffective，supplierrelationship.OnlynowastheJapaneseship-builderslookoutsideJapanforsuppliers，intheirquesttoremaincompetitivewithKorea，aretheylookingtowardtheneedtofocusonsupplychainmanagement.

ShipbuildinginTaiwanissomethingdifferentfromtheothercountries'.CSBCwithitsconstructioncompletedinJune1976istheonlyonebig-sizedpubliclyownedshipyardwhichcanaffordtobuildbid-sizedcommercialships，suchascontainers，bulkcarriers，etc.nowadays.Amonopolyofbuildingbid-sizedcommercialshipsisthefeatureoftheeconomiesofscaleinTaiwan'sshipbuildingmarket.Furthermore，duetotherestrictionofgovernment'srelevantprocurementlaw，theapplicationstrategyforSCisirresistiblymodulatedtoCSBC；thestrategyistobecomeacentralizedbuyer-directedbuy-sidemarketplace.

THEBOTTLENECKFORCSBS'S

DOWNSTREAMDATAFLOW

OverthepastseveralyearsCSBC'sproductivitywasobviouslylowerthanothernearbyAsiancountries'.Indeed，materialcostisoneofthemajorsourcesofthelackofinternationalcompetitivenesstoCSBC.Toconquerthispredicament，sinceNovember1997CSBChasinitiatedaseriesofresearchinganddevelopingwaysonhowtoreconstructtheentireworkflowthenimprovetheperformance，andevenattemptedtosetupitsownERPsystem.Inthissystemtheproductioninformationwithintheoutfittingmanagementsystemisanticipatedtobeabletohandleadvanceddesigningstageinwhichdesignandproductioncanaccessthesamedatabase.Forfindingthesolution，in，thesystemsetofSCMwasdevelopedtotransactwiththeupstreamlong-term

suppliers；meanwhileconcludingtheXMLDTDstandard，thesystemenabletodirectlyexchange

componentdataandaccesseachother'sdatabase，evenintegratethesuppliers'ERPsystem(Fig.5).

Fig.5Sharedsystemworkspace.

Supplier

Supplier

ShipyardVESERVER

AssociationofBusiness&TechnicalDataInShipyard-supplierbusinessprocess

Supportofstandardsbasedbusinessprocesses

transactionformatsviatheWEB

CollaborationToolsSecureWebServer

SSCCMM

EERRPP

LLoonngg--tteerrmm

SSuupppplliieerrss

LLoonngg--tteerrmm

SSuupppplliieerrss

ERP

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Fig.6SCMintheprocurementchain.

Procurementsoforders(POS)shouldbeoriginalfromathoroughbillofmaterial(BOM)，withthebidsforthematerialsbeforeproductionstage；howeverinactualprocurementprocessmostofPOSareexecutedveryoftenearlierthanBOMgeneratedbecauseoftightscheduling.ThemajorportionofpresentmaterialoperationsinCSBC'sdesigndepartmentdependsonconstructiondataofsistershipsorotherforeignshipyards'builtshipsetc.toestimatetherequiredamountsofoutfittingandthentobethepracticalstatisticmaterialinformation.Becausetheestimationofthegreatamountsofoutfittingbypeopleisaminuteandcomplicatedwork，andtheproductioninformationfromtheupstreamdesigntodownstreamprocurementisnotintegratedyet，itusuallydirectlyimpactsthecountmanagementintheconstructionunit，andobstructstheachievedpercentageofscheduledprogress.

Theobjectivetoconstructabusiness-to-business(B2B)SCMsystemistoassistCSBCusingelectronicwaystotransferinefficientprocurement，inextricableprocessandunmethodicalsearchingintoahighperformanceelectronicprocuringprocess(Fig.6).Toimprovethetransmissionefficiencyofalteredinformationanddesigndrawingsinthetraditionaloutfittingsupplychain，thesystemisanticipatedtobemorecapableofcontroloftheschedulesandprogressofproductionofsuppliers，andenablethelong-termsupplierstocoordinatewiththeshipbuildingprogress，nottopostponetheproductionschedule.

SUPPORTINACCESSINGDATA

Viareconstructingtherationalizedandstandardizedworkprocess，tolettheoperationoftheproductioncontrolbeadvancedtowardthedesignstageisanticipated.

Toolsforsupportinaccessingdatahavetoenabledirectlyaccess3Dmodeling.DataintheTribonproductioninformationmodel(PIM)areaccessibleviatheDataExtractionfacilities[2]，whichisabletoretrievespecificinformationfromoneorseveralobjectsbyspecifyingthetypeandnameofthemodelobjectandthewanteditemwithintheobject.Further，thedataextractedformproductionmodeldatabasegeneratedbydesigndepartmentcanbeintegratedwithSCMs，andspontaneouslyupdatetheproductioninformationinManagementInformationSystem(MIS).ComprisingtheDataExtractionobjects，VitesseisamajormoduleofTribonDeveloper'sToolkit，whichisusedbycustomerstodevelopadditionalfunctions，e.g.automationofmodelinganddraftingtasks，dataexchangeandsystemintegrationwithprojectdatamanagementsystemsonanenterpriselevel.TheextracteddataisdirectlyimportedintoSQLandOracledatabases，orthroughdatapost-processgeneratedesignatedreports.AfterthecomplicatedcustomizeddataextractionfromPIM，thepartialmaterialdatasourcingforPOScanbegenerated.However，thereisstilloneportionofmaterialdataalsoextractedfromPDMSbyProgrammingMacroLanguage，morecom-

monlycalledPML.

REQUIREMENTANALYSIS

1.DetailAnalysis

Detailanalysisistosearchandcollecttherelevantinformationofthissystemcarefully，andthentherealrequirementsforthissystemcanbeknownandgivencleardefinitions.Afterdetailanalysisit'seasytounderstandwhattherequirementsare，andfurtherconsiderthefeatureofshipbuilding'sSCM.

2.PreliminaryAnalysis

Bypreliminaryanalysistograspthepurposes，functionalities，limitconditions，mainrequestinformation，workflowetc.oftheentiresystem，thedescriptionsareasPOSAgreementcirculation

deliveryaccountspayablereceivingroutetorecipientBidinquiryannouncements/Quotation

SCMsystemAgreementOrders

H.J.Shaw，W.TannandL.L.Chuang：TheEstablishmentoftheSupplyChainManagementSystemfortheBig-sizedShipyard174follows：

Purpose：OfferingoutfittingwiththerightqualityandquantitythroughJIT(JustInTime)，andsavingthetimetocommunicateandpursuematerials，promotingtheperformanceandreducingtheproductioncosts.

Functionality：Offeringaclearmanagementforcontracts，inventories，goodsreceived，queryinformation，andaccountsofsuppliersetc..Requirements：Viathesystemtoquerytheorderstatesandgoodsreceived，CSBCcanknowtheinformationofrelevantsuppliersandmaintaintheaccountinformation；supplierscancheckorderstatus，receivedgoods，accounts，andmaintaintheirowninformation.Bothcantransmitinformationmutually(Fig.7).Fig.7Thesystemarchitecture.

Fig.8Theunrolledsystemfunctionalities.

HTTP

ClientUsers：CSBC/SuppliersFire

WinASP，XML

ORACLEServerSQLServer

SupplierInterface

ReceivedRecord

DeliveryRecord

Long-termSuppliersqualityManagementInfoMaintenance

Long-termSuppliersInformation

Long-termSuppliersProductionPlanning&Progress

OrderRecord

StocksinLong-termSuppliersStocksinShipyard

Long-termSuppliersElectronicCatalog

PaymentdetailInfo.

Shipyard

Interface

Delayed

Shipment

Inquirement

Production

planning

requirement

Users'Info.

………

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Conditions：TheSCMsystemneedstointegratewiththematerialandfinancesystemswithinCSBC'sERPsystem.Thenumberofshipbuildingsuppliersisenormous.Inthefirststage，choosingtenupstreamoutfittingsuppliers，eachsinglehasdifferentinformationcircumstances，forsatisfyingtheirrequirements，andhencethesystemmustofferseveraldifferentwaystotransmitinformation；therearethreedifferentoptions：WebForm，ExcelandXML，usedtouploadthedatabythesuppliers.

SYSTEMESTABLISHMENT

1.ArchitectureandSystemAnalysisIn1997，Microsoftprovidedathree-tierDNA-basedarchitectureastheconstructionofwebapplication.

ThesolutionarchitectureofferingfromtheDNAcansatisfytherequirementsforcollaborativecomputation，internet，intranetandE-commerceetc.，anddecreasetheentiredevelopmentfee.TheDNAarchitectureisbasedonscalabilityandbinaryobjectre-use.ThedesignofapplicationsusingDNAprovidesseamlessscalabilityfromasingleworkstationtoafullydistributedapplicationsnetworkofcomputersbymarkinguseofallthebinarycomponentsavailableonthemarket.ThemainSCMfunctionalitiesforCSBCandsuppliers'functionalitiesrespectivelyispresentedin(Fig.8).

2.SystemDesign

Thissystemisbasedontheinternetenvironment，usingWindowsDNAarchitecturetoconstructasystemsetofinternetapplication.Thepresentationservicetiercanbeusednotonlytobrowsetheoperationsystem，butalsotosupporttheXMLdataexchangeanddisplay.

UtilizingtheWebDAVandOfficeWebComponent(OWC)，thedatacanalsobeuploadedbythispresentationtier.TheapplicationservicetierusestheASPtechnology，andbycallingupontheXMLDOMcomponentstoprocesstheXMLdocuments(Fig.9).ThedataservicetieraccessestheMicrosoftStructuredQueryLanguage(MSSQL)serverandOracledatabasebyActiveXDataObjects(ADO)andObjectLinkingandEmbeddingDataBase(OLEDB).Allservicesinthe

DNAkernelinvolve(Fig.10)：

PresentationService：HTML(HyperTextMarkupLanguage)，DHTML(DynamicHyperTextMarkupLanguage)，Components，Scripting(VBscriptorJscript)，andWin32API(Win32ApplicationInterface)，whichhandletheGraphicsUserInterface(GUI).

ApplicationService：InternetInformationServer(IIS)，MessageQueuing(MSMQ)，MicrosoftTransactionServer(MTS)，ComponentObjectModel(COM)，ActiveServerPages(ASP)，DistributedComponentObjectModel(DCOM)etc.，whichhandleallthebusinessobjectsandrules，andensuredataconsistencybeforecommittinganytransactiontotheserver.

DataService：ADO，OLEDB，OpenDatabaseConnectivity(ODBC)，whichhandlethedataaccess.

WindowsDNAOffersanotherdegreeofscalability，andprovidesawaytodownsizeapplications.Allofthosecanpromotethedevelopmentspeedandintegrationability.Basedonthiskindofarchitecture，thedistributedapplicationsystembecomesmoreextensible，suitableandflexible.

3.UserInterfaceDesign

Developingauser-friendlyinterfacetohelpclientusersrapidlycompletetheirjobsisofthefirstmostimportance.Inaninternetenvironment，theuserinterfaceFig.9TheelementsinDOMtree.

Fig.10TheDNAarchitecture.

HTML/DHTML/JavaScript/CSSXML/XSL

IIS/ASP

XMLDOM

ActiveXDataObjects(ADO)

OLEDBProviderfor

SQLServer

OLEDBProviderfor

ORACLE

SQLServerORACLEDatabase

Presentation

Service

Application

Service

Data

Service

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isbasedonHTML，andusingDHTML，JavaScript，CascadingStyleSheets(CSS)technologiesetc.toenhancetheHTMLfunction.Theuserinterfacedesignprinciplesare：

Usinggraphsaslessaspossible；ifusingCSSandScript，itcandownloadthewebpagesfaster.

Asimplerdesignallowsausertofamiliarizehimwiththesystemrapidly.

Withtheattachmentdescriptiononeachfunctionalityportal，itallowsuserstomanipulatethefunctionsdirectly.

Thewholesystemusesaunifiedframe；eventhoughthefunctionsaredifferent，theprocessesandwaysofusearesimilar.Besides，JavaScriptandDHTMLareusedasmuchaspossibly.Notonlydothoseenhancetheinteractionsbetweenusersandinterfaces，butalsodistributeworksrunningontheclientreducingserverload.

4.DatabaseDesign

BothSQLandOracleserversarerelationaldatabase.Inthispaper，MSSQLserverdatabaseisadoptedforresearching，whichhastointegratetheOracledatabasenowusedbyCSBC.Generally，thedesignforrelationaltablesmustpassthroughthreenormalizedstagestoachievefielduniqueness，primarykey，functiondependence，andfieldindependence，allofthoseenablingthecharacteristicsofthefieldsinvolvingsufficient，clear，anddefinitedata，whichcanavoidthesamedatarestored，economizeonstoragespaceandpreventtheinconsistencyofdata.

5.CommonLibraryEstablishment

Eachsingleprogramoragenthasitsowntasks.Butsubdividingthem，manyofthemhavethesamefunctions.Asstatedinthepreviousparagraph，separatingthecommonfunctionswhicharecalleduponbyotherprogramsmorethanonetime，thentobecomethecommonlibraries，whilesomeprogramsneedtousethecommonlibraries，theycouldbeinserted.SSI(ServerSideInclude)isincludedintothefunctions.Anexplanationis：

Bythisway，somanybenefitscanbeachievedwhichwilleasethedownsizingofhundredsoflinesforprogramsintoseverallines，thusminimizingtheerrorrateandmakingeachoftheprogramssimilar.Thesecommonlibrariescanbeexecutedrepeatedlywithoutthepossibilitiesforhumanerrors.Thisintotalefficiencyhasasignificantimpactonthetimeneededfordesign；main-

tenanceandmodificationswillbemorefavorabletoo.

Fig.11Theoverviewtoon-lineCSBCSCMsystem.

CSBCB2BSCMsystem

ContractManage.

GoodsreceivedOperation

StockOperation

SupplierInfo.

Inquiring

Paymentinquiring

SystemManage.

ContractManage.

GoodsreceivedOperation

StockOperation

SupplierInfo.

Inquiring

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Fig.12Theweb-basedSCMs.

THEOUTLINEOFCSBCSCMSYSTEM

Severalsub-systemsarecomprisedwithintheSCMsystem(Fig.11).ThecurrentSCMsystemisforshipyardsandtheidentifiedvalidlong-termsuppliers：onlythesetwodifferentkindsofidentificationsareallowedtologinsofar.OnthelefttreestructurepartinFig.12includingseveralfunctionalities，theITorprocurementdepartmenthaveindividualauthoritiestoexecutethem.AXMLdocumentcanbealsodownloadedforeachoneprocurementorderandthecontent/valuecanbestoredintoSQLandORACLEdatabaseafterbeingparsed.TheXMLDTDisalsoplannedtobeasynchronizedoperationwithProductDataManagement(PDM)information，whichcontainsvendor，productandconsultantinformation，technologyandindustryresearch，whitepapers，casestudies，userforums，newsupdates，newsgroups，conferences，andseminarannouncements.

CONCLUSIONSAND

RECOMMENDATIONS

Thelaunchedthree-yearSCMsystemhassustainedserioustestsandnon-stopmodifiedforthepracticalneed，asaconsequenceofsupportingtimely，appropriateandcorrectoutfittingfortheshipyard，whichletstheshipyardsatisfyship-owners'requirementswithgoodqualityasfastaspossible.Furthermore，somefunctionalitiesareplannedtodevelopsuchassuppliergrading，electronicprocurementandsoon.Substantialprogresstowardreducingmaterialcostsandimprovingdeliverytimedependsonadeeperintegrationoftheshipyardandsuppliers'internalprocessesintotheproductionsystemoftheshipyardForprovidinggraduallymatureSCMswitheachblock'sconstructiondate，areliablesystemautomaticallygeneratingblockstructureschedulingtoofferthedatenaturallyemerges.Throughaseriesofcollaborativeintegrationsforexistinganddevelopingsystems，involvingtheKnowledgeManagementsystem，MicrosoftProject，blockstructurescheduling，andSCMsetc.，acompletefunctionality'sE-Commercesystemisprogressivelyaccomplished.

UndertheVSconstruction，thispaperdiscussesthefunctionalitiesofthesupplychainsystem，whichweactuallyestablishcompletely.Theachievementsarethataimingatthefeatureofshipbuildingtoplanthefunctionalities，anduserelevanttechnologiestoestablishasetofB2BE-commercesupplychainmanagementsystem，whichimprovestheinformationtransmissionwayofthetraditionaloutfittingsupplychain，andmakesthesuppliersabletoofferoutfittingontime，rightquantityandqualitytodramaticallyreducethetimetocommunicateandpursuematerials.

BecausethecurrentprocessforpurchaseordersissocomplicatedthatCSBCisnotreadytooperatetheseordersontheinternetyet.Theprocessneedstobeadjustedtob