合同管理系统的设计与实现外文翻译

本科生毕业设计(论文)外文资料原文AWeb-basedandEmailDrivenElectronicContractManagementSystemThomasKwok,ThaoNguyen,LinhLamandTrieuChieuIBMResearchDivisionThomasJ.WatsonResearchCenter19SkylineDrive,Hawthorne,[e-mail]requiredinmosttransactionsoftheenterprisebusiness,astheyconstitutethebindingrelationshipbetweenanenterpriseanditssuppliers,businesspartners,orcustomers.Inmanyenterprises,themajorityoftheirrevenuesarecontractdriven.Atthesame,asignificantpartoftheirexpensesisalsocontractrelated.Automationofsomecontractmanagementtasksintheelectroniccontractlifecyclepresentsasubstantialvaluecreationopportunityfortheenterprise.Thisvaluestemsfromimprovedproductivityandsecurity,effectivelyaggregatedcontractinformation,acceleratedcontracttransactiontimeandlifecycleprocesses,reducedcontractualerrorsandrisk,enabledrevenueforecastandprofitoptimization,aswellasbettercomplianceenforcement.WiththeadventofInternettechnologyandelectroniccommerce,therearegrowingresearchactivitiesandimplementationeffortsonestablishingandstandardizinganelectroniccontractmanagementsystem.本科生毕业设计(论文)Currently,theInternationalAssociationofContractandCommercialManagershavelistedovertwentycommercialavailablesoftwareproductsforelectroniccontractmanagement.Mostresearchactivitiesontheelectroniccontractreportedarefocusonelectroniccontractcreationorrepresentationlanguage,management,negotiationandcollaboration,execution,performance,securityandsigning,fulfillmentanddatamining.However,thereisnostudyorproductfocusonaWeb-basedelectroniccontractmanagementsystemthatcansupportbothinternalandintra-enterprisesworkflows,orwithmulti-tenantshostingcapability.Therearesomediscussionsinaddressingtheneedtoexecuteelectroniccontractsinaspeedywaybutthereisnogoodmethodproposed.Inaddition,thereisnogooddisclosedmethodtoautomatethewatermarkingofsignatureinformationonthesignedelectroniccontractsalthoughthereareseveralautomatedelectroniccontractcreationandprocessmethodsreported.Inthispaper,wepresentaWeb-basedandemaildrivenelectroniccontractmanagementsystemthatsupportsbothinternalandintra-enterprisesworkflows,andwithmulti-tenantshostingcapability.Thissystemsendsoutemailnotificationstorequestthoseuserswhoarerequiredtoactoncertaintaskstoprocesstheirelectroniccontractstoactontheirtasksimmediatelyateveryinternalbusinessprocessanddocumentflowstepwithineveryworkflow.Forsequentialtasks,thissystemalsosendsoutemailnotificationstothoseusersinlinetoactonthenexttasktoprocesstheirelectroniccontractstoalertandremindthemtotakeactionswhenotherusershavejustcompletedtheprevioustasks.Thus,thissystemenablestheelectroniccontractuserstoacceleratethetransactiontimeandlifecycleoftheirelectroniccontracts.Wealsodescribeseveralnovelmethodstoautomatesomemanualandtedioustasks,suchaswatermarkingsignatureinformationonthesignedelectroniccontractandlifecyclemanagement,inthispaper.本科生毕业设计(论文)2.TheframeworkFigure1showsanarchitecturalframeworkofanemaildrivenelectroniccontractmanagementsystem.ThiselectroniccontractmanagementsystemisWeb-basedandsupportsbothinternalandintra-enterprisesworkflows.Italsohasacapabilityofhostingmulti-tenantsatthesametimeusingthesamesetofcomputingservers.TheframeworkconsistsofaWebserver,aDB2serverandanapplicationserver.TheWebserverdynamicallycreates,composesanddeliverscustomizedWebpageswithinputsandinteractionsfromcontractadministratorsandrepresentativesinanenterprise,aswellastheircounterpartsintheirsuppliers,businesspartners,andtheircustomersthrougheitherHTTPorHTTPScommunications.TheDB2serverhoststhedatabasefortheelectroniccontractmetadataandtherepositoryforallelectroniccontractsandtheirrelateddocuments.Eachenterpriseortenanthasitsownsetofdatabase.Aserviceprovider,suchasIBM,canuseorhostthiselectroniccontractmanagementsystemascommoncomputingservicestoanumberofenterprisestomanagetheirelectroniccontractsatthesametimeusingthesamesetofcomputingserverstominimizethecostandsimplifythesystemintegrations.本科生毕业设计(论文)Theapplicationserverhoststhemaincoreengineoftheelectroniccontractmanagementsystem.Themaincoreenginecompriseseightimportantmodules,anadministrationmoduleandanaccesscontrolmodule,aworkflowmodule,anemailnotificationmodule,anelectronicsignaturemodule,adocumentmanagementmodule,adataextractionandsearchmodule,andalifecyclemanagementmodule.Theadministrationmoduleisusedbythecontractadministratorsofeachenterpriseortenanttosetup,configureandcustomizeallsystemandcontractrelatedparametersasthiselectroniccontractmanagementsystemsupportsmulti-tenantsormanyenterprisesatthesametime.Theaccesscontrolmoduleauthenticatesauthorizeduserstoaccessorentertheelectroniccontractmanagementsystemaswellastoperformandexecutecertainelectroniccontractmanagementtasks.Theworkflowengineanditsconfigurationtoolintheworkflowmodulesupportsbothinternalandintra-enterprisesworkflows.Theemailnotificationmodulecreatesandstoresthemetadataofthosereadytosendemails.Ithasaservicedaemontocomposethecontentofthereadytosendemailaswellassenditout本科生毕业设计(论文)every3to15minutes.Italsoallowsauthorizeduserstotrack,retrieveandresendol