FIspace story version The Hague 5 Nov 2013

Future Internet Business Collaboration

Krijn J. PoppeLEI Wageningen UR

The FIspace story

The business challenge / opportunity

• Large organisations mostly have gone digital, with ERP and other systems

• But between organisations (and especially with SME) data transfer is often on paper

• While more data exchange to monitor business processes in the chain would be welcome

FIspace will solve this challenge

Envision that....

Firms could find each other and connect like in social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Wordpress)

Also to specify their contracts in a ‘conversation’. Firms then could start to stream data between each other– like

you upload a photo or video on Google+ to one of your ‘circles’ Data: invoices, ‘Internet of Things’ sensor data, Making a choice in using standards like EDI, XBRL etc.

Although compared to Facebook firms might like to have more control on access to their data (possible with web services and access rights),

and do not need storage of their data Firms could buy apps to work with the data streams and enrich

such “open” (and big) data for their own use or for selling advice

THAT IS WHAT FIspace WILL DELIVER

Agile formation of business networks: finding & binding before facilitating data exchange

Buyers and sellers of goods and services (‘firms’) can find each other and connect like in social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook)

Including social rating with reviews, stars, ‘likes’, etc. Also to specify their contracts in a ‘conversation’.

Especially of interest to business communities with a lot of dynamics and many small players: creative industry, self-employed, city food webs, regional construction industry etc.

Industries with a lot of stable relations (e.g. farmers and their cooperatives and government agencies) will be more interested in the options of data sharing (next slides)

Seamless collaboration and data exchange

Firms connected in FIspace can give each other access to their own data

Data: Administrative: contracts, delivery notes, invoices, etc.Operational: ‘Internet of Things’ sensor data etc.

Using standards like EDI, XBRL etc. For Back-end ICT integrators FIspace provides a mapping

service for linking the internal systems of firms via standards. Keeping control on access to their data and specifying

conditions of use (possible with web services and access rights), FIspace does not storage this data

Deployment of Apps and Services

Firms can buy apps to work with the combined data flows of their business partners

From an ‘App Store’ in which ict companies and service providers sell their apps

To enrich such “open” and big data sets for their own use Or to provide apps for business collaboration (that are not easy

build in internal ERP or Management Information Systems)

App developers provide services:

Specialised service providers who sell advice can provide apps in the App Store to support their service

e.g. smart spraying advice, an app to run a specific (type of) auction, tracing and tracking app for a food item, calculation dynamic ‘best for’ date, sales prediction model, etc.....

For App developers we provide..... A development toolkit An eco-system of app developers where you can link and learn Testing and certification service for appsand A business community (with critical mass) to extend you market,

at a European level (“market place”) Statistics for market research

Benefits for the government(s)

Government as a data user and data provider: interaction with business

• There is a lot of data exchange between business and government, certainly in agriculture and food

• Governments benefit from using FIspace in exchanging data with business. In this respect B2G collaboration is similar to B2B

Government as governing the economy at large. FIspace creates or strengthens

markets for IT platforms, for apps and for data

It lowers transaction costs in doing business, especially for sme

It brings innovation (and economic growth)

It helps to solve public issues like food safety, sustainability etc. with ICT

In conclusion: the benefits for users

• FIspace provides an business eco-system of:– Buyers– Sellers– Service / app providers

• Who – are able to connect better with each other in the

digital world– to exchange data from each other businesses– and can enrich those data with specific services in

apps

What are the costs for users of FIspace ?

Depends on the business model the FIspace Operator(s) use There could be one or several (industry specific) FIspace

platform(s) Like there are several internet browsers like Chrome, IE, Safari

It is most likely that a FIspace platform is run by an independent industry-organisation (probably with an ICT

company as a service provider) on a not-for-profit basis an ICT company as a commercial venture Or perhaps: a dominant party in a business network / food chain

(e.g. large dairy company, retailer)

How will FIspace be introduced in the market?

• FIspace can work for any industry• But is very suited for agriculture and logistics– Internet of things options in FIspace are attractive– Trials have been in those sector: basis for ‘stealth’

introduction in Phase 3• Reducing transaction costs in business collaboration with

dedicated apps should appeal to the large partners in the supply chain (with an ERP)

• Apps (on smart phones) for enriching the exchanged data to new information should appeal the sme in the food chain

• Getting access to a large (international) market of clients should appeal to the ICT-developers.

How will FIspace be introduced in the market?

• We think we can illustrate this proposition (and calculate benefits) for each of the trials.

• If we can calculate that in each trial there is a business case that will lead to a willingness to pay yearly e.g. 100.000 euro a year as a fee to the technology provider

• There would probably then also be 12 cases outside Fispace (to be found in the Phase 3)

• 20 cases = 2 mln euro a year >> should convince a Technology Provider to invest 7 to 10 mln in the generic platform, once the FIspace project is ended (with an alpha release)

The FIspace story for investors: we offer....

• The open source specifications of FIspace• With access to FI-Ware’s Generic Enablers (some IPR issues to

be solved ??)• An alpha release of FIspace that has been tested in 8 trials• Access to interested firms and app developers in the 8 trials

that want to expand the trials• X projects in the FI-PPP Phase 3 that organise eco-systems of

app developers and write X*40 apps for the app store of FIspace

FIspace platform High Level Architecture

Trial 1Front-End

FIspace Store

Real-time B2B Collaboration

Core

System & Data Integration

Security, Privacy, and Trust Management

Operating Environment

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Trial 2

Trial 3

Trial 4

Trial 5

Trial 6

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GENERIC ENABLERS

DEVELOPMENT TOOLKIT

Base Technologies

Validation

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Intelligent PerishableGoods LogisticsSmart Distributionand Consumption

Farming in the Cloud

Use Case Trial Experimentation Sites

1. Crop Protection Information Sharing

2. Greenhouse Management & Control

3. Fish Distribution and (Re-) Planning

4. Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Quality Assurance

5. Flowers and Plants Supply Chain Monitoring

6. Meat Information Provenance

7. Import and Export of Consumer Goods

8. Tailored Information for Consumers

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