Dynamic Business Data Portal for Supply Chain Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current collaboration and data exchange portals are limited by their reliance on predetermined processes and attributes, failing to facilitate rapid and flexible collaboration across diverse supply chains, and lack the ability to visualize complex data connections effectively.
Innovation Solution
A Business Data Portal (BDP) that enables teams to collect and manage their attributes dynamically, using a team-centric approach with a 2D or 3D visualization tool for understanding data connections and team relationships, allowing for rapid collaboration and communication by visualizing teams, their connections, and shared data in a centralized portal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional collaboration portals use predetermined processes and attributes, then system structure is maintained, but flexibility and adaptability for diverse supply chains deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic attributes that can be created, modified, and configured at runtime rather than being predetermined. Teams can dynamically add custom attributes to data sets, and the visualization tool dynamically adapts to display these custom attributes, enabling the system to flexibly accommodate diverse supply chain requirements without rigid structural constraints
Solution Approach 2:
The visualization tool serves multiple functions: it visualizes team relationships, displays custom team attributes, shows data connections, and adapts its display based on selected teams. This multi-functional approach allows a single system to handle diverse supply chain scenarios without requiring separate specialized systems for each case
2Loss of information
If complex data connections are visualized in detail, then understanding of team relationships improves, but interface complexity and user confusion increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the visualization by allowing users to select specific teams to view. When a team is selected, the system displays only the relevant data connections and attributes for that team, breaking down the complex overall data landscape into manageable, focused segments that are easier to understand and analyze
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds an interactive dimension to the visualization by allowing users to click on team icons to select them. This creates a layered viewing experience where the overall team landscape is visible at one level, and detailed data connections can be explored at another level through selection, effectively managing complexity through dimensional interaction
3Adaptability or versatility
If custom team attributes are allowed, then team-specific data management flexibility improves, but data standardization and consistency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent allows each team to have its own custom attributes tailored to its specific needs, while the overall system maintains a standardized framework. Each team's data sets can have unique attributes locally optimized for that team's purposes, while the portal's core structure and visualization methods remain consistent across all teams, achieving both customization and standardization
Data Source
AI summary
A Business Data Portal (“BDP”) may be provided. The BDP may be a team centric portal that directs users to teams that are created to complete some task or set of tasks for a company or a company's supply chain. The tools provided in each team in the BDP may facilitate members associated with the teams to perform a variety of tasks such as, but not limited to: collect, document, discuss, link, share and discover data across an enterprise or community. The team may contain data and stored knowledge used over the life of the team. The attributes and stored data, discussions, and forums may capture knowledge of the team as the BDP operates.