Supply Chain Council goes for RDBMS model

Early next year should see the release of a new version of the Supply-Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model at v8.0 in a software neutral database format. SCOR is a process reference model that allows companies to transform their supply chains by mapping their supply chain processes, determining where weak links exist, employing best practices, and measuring performance against industry benchmarks. The Supply-Chain Council (SCC), which has been undergoing a major project for the restructuring of the model, has selected Proforma’s ProVision enterprise modelling suite to maintain it as an object-orientated database. Historically, the SCC has kept the core model in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint so that all SCC members could access it without relying on specialised or proprietary software. But as SCC membership has grown and the model translated into multiple mediums and languages, that had to change. Publishing from a single core database will reduce administrative costs. It will also shorten development cycle times and provide practitioners with more robust SCOR-based tools. Proforma will partner with the SCC to convert the SCOR model into an object-orientated relational database and assist the council in developing capabilities to maintain, manage and develop SCOR and future models, such as the DCOR Model now under development. Other process modelling software providers have been invited and agreed to participate in the project and ensure that the Model can be ported easily into any software tool.