Cold Supply Chain Processes in a Fruit-and-Vegetable(6)

果蔬冷链

8 M.V. de-la-Fuente and L. Ros

4.2 Methodology for the PROCONET Project

As stated by several authors [4,5], in Collaborative Networks there is not a single formal modelling methodology, tool or approach that may adequately cover all

perspectives (no universal language for all problems).

Fig. 2. Phases and stages of the ERE-GIO methodology

Therefore, for the development of a fruit-and-vegetable collaborative network which allows an appropriate paradigm and approach for different enterprise information systems of cold chain integration and collaboration, the research team are working with the ERE-GIO methodology [10], based on Integrated Information Architectures, and also on their own experience in designing and managing different enterprise information systems. The ERE-GIO methodology will allow the establishment of a modelling framework for CNs which integrates multiple perspectives, because this methodology presents a life cycle approach based on the "As-is" model as well as on the "To-be" model (Figure 2).

This model will be used to develop an approach to the cold supply chain from an endogenous CN perspective, made and mapped into different dimensions (structural, functional, etc.). This double-model methodology will also be used to integrate the GPS system and the platform that will support cold chain processes, whilst analyzing the performance and constraints of the traceability and safety prototype, and further implementation in the collaborative network.