E Negotiation

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Project Details

Domain
Project Identifier
P1095
Bureau Decision #
#2008035, #2109029, #2111048, #2205080, #2207089
Project Proposal Status

Official

Project Page

Ê Negotiation

Supporting VC
Project Lead
HoD Support
DE, FI, GR, IT, JP, MA, RU, TR, UA, VN
Status
Completed
Version
1.0
Submitted date
2020-08-10
Draft Development Completion
2021-09-02
Publication Date
2022-01-02

Project Purpose

Prior to the exchange of purchase order information during the BSP “BUY” phase, human staff in both companies negotiate the transaction conditions via email or telephone. However, this is changing with advances in digital transformation and artificial intelligence; Therefore, the semantics of negotiation process and exchanged information should be standardized. The negotiation process is entering a digital transformation (DX) where both buyer and seller have developed electronic systems. From the buyer side, the system often allows them to develop their own electronic bidding system and bid comparison system. From the seller side, a sales system has to connect to multiple prospective buyer systems, each with different semantics. Standardized semantics would allow the seller to not only reduce cost, but also to set up a decision making system defining which item(s) should be sold to which company(ies). In addition to this digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI) and robot process automation (RPA) can ultimately assist in achieving better negotiating conditions. Current human-based negotiations require a human decision at each proposal; therefore, message exchange can increase exponentially in order to reach the best solution among possible conditions of the contract. With an AI negotiator, the exchange can be automated allowing to reach better condition faster. The final approval may still require human approval, but this approach achieves business efficiency and optimality. ISO/IEC 15944-1 defines five fundamental activities (repeated in the UN/CEFACT UMM User Guide of 2003) of a business transaction: planning, identification, negotiation, actualization and post-actualization. This work corresponds to the negotiation phase.


Fig. 1: Concept of EDI-based negotiation.


Project Scope

This project aims to define the business processes and related data exchange requirements related to electronic contract negotiations. This will concentrate specifically on protocols and data formats rather than internal decision processes. In this way, a human negotiator, an AI negotiator, or a human negotiator assisted by an AI/robot support should use the same base semantic protocols. Three use cases will be considered, one in manufacturing, one in marine and the other in air cargo. The focus will be on the conditions of the contract between the two parties. The existing BRS and related standards for eTendering and CI-Scheduling will be used as a point of reference. This project will consist of three axes: • Hierarchical contract - what aspect of business relationship is being established: yearly contract (basic contract), monthly (on-demand/capacity), daily (by a due date) • Supply Chain – the relationship between buyer and seller for each domain • Negotiation – The negotiation mechanism contains a variety of rules; nested negotiation, competitive negotiation, asynchronous/synchronous negotiation and so on.


Fig. 2: Negotiation Framework


Project Deliverables

The project deliverables are: Deliverable 1: BRS on eNegotiation Deliverable 2: CCBDA message structures for eNegotiation Deliverable 3: Relevant alignment into the CCL based on SCRDM for eNegotiation Deliverable 4: Implementation Guideline

Exit Criteria

The exit criteria will be: Exit Criteria for Deliv. 1: BRS ready for publication (External Review Log showing that all comments during Public Review have been addressed) Exit Criteria for Deliv. 2: CCBDA message structures ready for publication Exit Criteria for Deliv. 3: CCL alignment completed and ready for release Exit Criteria for Deliv. 4: Implementation Guide ready for publication

Project Team Membership and Required Functional Expertise

Membership is open to UN/CEFACT experts with broad knowledge in the area of: Contract negotiation, artificial intelligence, computer-assisted decision-making, procurement In addition, Heads of Delegations may invite technical experts from their constituency to participate in the work. Experts are expected to contribute to the work based solely on their expertise and to comply with the UN/CEFACT Code of Conduct and Ethics and the policy on Intellectual Property Rights.

Geographical Focus

The geographical focus of the project is global.

Initial Contributions

• UN/CEFACT eTendering BRS version 2.8, 2007 • UN/CEFACT Cross-Industry Scheduling BRS version 2, 2017

Resource Requirements

Participants in the project shall provide resources for their own participation. The existence and functioning of the project shall not require any additional resources from the UNECE secretariat.


Project Proposal Files

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PDF File 200831-3b SCMP Project-Proposal-eNegotiation_v5.pdf Aug 31, 2020 by Malik
PDF File 200921-3x eNego HoD support DE.pdf Sep 02, 2020 by Lance THOMPSON
PDF File 200921-3x eNego HoD support GR.pdf Sep 02, 2020 by Lance THOMPSON
PDF File 200921-3x eNego HoD support IT.pdf Sep 02, 2020 by Lance THOMPSON
PDF File 200921-3x eNego HoD support JP.pdf Sep 08, 2020 by Lance THOMPSON
PDF File 200921-3x eNego HoD support MA.pdf Sep 11, 2020 by Lance THOMPSON
PDF File 200921-3x eNego HoD support RU.pdf Sep 02, 2020 by Lance THOMPSON
PDF File 200921-3x eNego HoD support UA.pdf Sep 02, 2020 by Lance THOMPSON
PDF File 200921-3x eNego HoD support VN.pdf Sep 02, 2020 by Lance THOMPSON
PDF File 201019-3x eNego HoD support FI.pdf Sep 25, 2020 by Lance THOMPSON
PDF File 201214-3x eNego HoD support TR.pdf Dec 07, 2020 by SHLYKOVA
PNG File image2020-8-31_16-15-32.png Aug 31, 2020 by Malik
PNG File image2020-8-31_16-17-13.png Aug 31, 2020 by Malik