Executive Summary
SELIS, an EU Project (No 690588), is designed to build and test the ability to accept supply chain data from the commercial systems of companies: orders, product data files, etc, often available in different formats and translate the data streams such that data transfer between players in the supply chain is fast and flawless. The SELIS goal is to provide the translation algorithms, ontologies, database and data analysis tools to facilitate and increase collaboration among SELIS Community Node members.
Task 8.1 purpose was to provide the crucial engagement framework forming the SELIS Forum and creating communities willing to use the SELIS Node and applications. This report details the tools used to create the Advisory Board and had the opportunity to understand the nature, progress and outcomes of the SELIS project and come back with guidance on what might actually work or not work in the Commercial World.