APPLICATION OF AN ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD, AS A MECHANISM OF COORDINATION OF ACTIONS IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS - REFERENCE MODEL

Background: In her previous research, the author of this publication indicates that coordination is a dependent variable which has a great driving force and is a very unstable factor. This results in the fact that all of the actions connected with coordination have an impact on other factors of cooperation as well as the integration of the enterprises in the structures of a supply chain type structure.

Material and methods:  The article has been divided into two basic parts. The first part regards the reference models in complex systems (supply chain systems). They can constitute a starting point for the modelling of target processes in the built supply chain structure. The second part presents template process models (Reference Models) for selected action coordination mechanisms during enterprise cooperation. The aim of the article is the presentation the model an Electronic Bulletin Board (EBB), as a mechanism of coordination of actions in complex systems.

Results: The article was prepared on the basis of literature from the researched area. The material was also prepared on the basis of interviews with practitioners. They have allowed for the preparation of template process models (Reference Models) for selected action coordination methods in the supply chain.

Conclusions: The result of the work is a prepared model as well as its description in the use of IDEF0. The presented model is a demonstrative model. The proposed reference model makes it possible to define the parameters of a selected mechanism of coordination of actions, and forms a basis for affecting the progression of the process through an analysis of values of identified parameters. The parameterization of elements constitutes the foundation for the monitoring of the process via 1) unambiguous identification of the object of monitoring and 2) analysis of different variants of the progression of the process.