Reference Collaborative Processes in eBIZ/TC Upstream (2018-1)

Introduction to the Reference collaborative processes (ebBP)

The representation of the inter-company collaborative processes is a result of eBIZ/TC Upstream.
In fact, sharing a common representation of the collaborative process (a scenario) and of its activities and messages to be exchanged, simplifies the setup of the collaboration and reduces misalignments and misunderstanding.
Its representation can be codified with an XML document (a ebBP, according with the ebXML terminology)

The reference collaboration processes are described (as images and as Business Process Specification Schemas) for some common typologies of the textile Clothing supply chain; starting from these representations the firms and their technology suppliers will be able to decide to implement them completely or partially, or to create new variants more taylord to their needs.

release 5/11/2018

		Process 1 - Yarn supply
Process		Yarn supply
Description		Process of supplying of yarns (usually for production of fabrics, knitwear; sometimes directly to clothing producing functions and other industrial users and to final customers).
Process activities		Process activities Activity transactions Diagrams 1 - Selection of yarns (New or updated) The Fabric or Knitwear producer selects the yarns on which to place its purchase orders 1 Yarn Offer Request (from 'Fabric Producer' to 'Yarn Producer') 2 Yarn Offer (Offer-Catalog-Tech.Sheet) (from 'Yarn Producer' to 'Fabric Producer')   +       2 - Purchase of yarns Activity of purchase of yarns, includes monitoring of the advancements of the order. 1 Yarn Purchase Order (from 'Fabric Producer' to 'Yarn Producer') 2 Yarn Purchase Order Response (from 'Yarn Producer' to 'Fabric Producer') 3 Yarn Purchase Order Change (from 'Fabric Producer' to 'Yarn Producer') 4 Yarn Order Status Report (from 'Yarn Producer' to 'Fabric Producer') 5 Yarn Quality Report (from 'Yarn Producer' to 'Fabric Producer')   +       3 - Delivery of yarn Activity of delivering the yarn to the Clients This activity does not include the provision of a quality report to the Client and the invoicing 1 Yarn Despatch Request (from 'Fabric Producer' to 'Yarn Producer') 2 Yarn Despatch Advice (from 'Yarn Producer' to 'Fabric Producer')   +
Functions/Actors involved		Fabric Producer Company or company function that organises manufacturing and material supplying in order to obtain a finished fabric used for the production of garments or home textile. The actual manufacturing may be done by own factories or by sub-contractors. Its productive process has in input yarns and in output fabrics. It is the Supplier of the Apparel Producer and the customer of the Yarn Producer. Yarn Producer Company or company function that produces yarns from raw material; has mainly Fabric and Knitwear producers as customers (clothing producers sometimes).