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The partners of a Virtual Enterprise are selected based on how well they meet the skills requirements to fill a specific role. Enterprise Modelling is a suitable means of supporting this, first by defining the Virtual Enterprise and the skills requirements of the partners and second, by using the information in the model to drive the partner selection process. The enterprise model provides information about the requirements of the partners as input to any system that supports the selection of partners. Once the partners are selected, the system can provide information about those partners back to the enterprise model. This is illustrated using a case study and by creating an enterprise model using a commercially available modelling environment.
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Petersen, S.A. (2005). The Role of Enterprise Modelling in Virtual Enterprises. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Afsarmanesh, H., Ortiz, A. (eds) Collaborative Networks and Their Breeding Environments. PRO-VE 2005. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 186. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29360-4_11
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