Extending the Supply Chain Operations Reference Model: Potentials and their Tool Support

The SCOR-Model is one of the most applied reference models to support the description of supply chains. It owes its wide dissemination particularly the activities of the Supply chain council with its close to 1.000 members from practice and research. The paper investigates potentials for future extensions of the model. On the basis of an explorative survey of 20 professionals a framework for extension potentials of the SCOR-Model was developed. By an exhaustive analysis of 53 case studies this framework was affirmed. The framework is used to analyse requirements on modelling tools to support the application of a respective extended SCOR-Model. A concept of a tool support which accomplishes most of the requirements is described and realised as a prototype which is introduced in this paper. With the presented tool concept the basis for a progressive extension strategy for the SCORModel is provided which opens new perspectives for the Supply chain council.