Business Object Model for Realization of Individual Business Processes in the Logistics Domain

The present paper gives an introduction of a business object model being developed during research of the Fraunhofer innovation cluster “Logistics Mall – Cloud Computing for Logistics”. Starting with an overview of the aimed benefits of the business objects model the requirements to this model as well as its architecture are described. Subsequent to this description, the development of the model itself according to a defined process model is presented. The paper closes with the presentation of a governance methodology for the business object model’s evolutional extension.