Task Ontology for Supply Chain Planning – A Literature Review

Publikations-Art

Zeitschriftenbeitrag (peer-reviewed)

Autoren

Scheuermann, A.; Leukel, J.

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Veröffentlicht in

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Verlag

Taylor & Francis

Band/Volume

27/

DOI

10.1080/0951192X.2013.834472

Seite (von - bis)

719-732

In recent years, ontology has been proposed as a means for formally specifying the planning tasks within supply chain management (SCM). The literature yields a variety of such ontologies and reports their use for diverse settings of supply chain planning. However, the methodological foundation of these ontologies is still a subject of inquiry. In particular, it is still unclear to which extent the efforts carried out for developing these ontologies have made use of the constructs, insights and methodologies from the knowledge engineering discipline. This article presents a study of state-of-the-art research on ontologies for supply chain planning by reviewing the most relevant plan ontologies and assessing their methodological foundation and maturity. The implications for prospective ontology users are discussed and future research on ontologies for supply chain planning is articulated through specific research questions.