Digital Business Ecosystem Prototyping for Agri-food SMEs

There are many fields of application in the agro-food industry where interoperability of information system would be essential. Amongst others food tracking and tracing, logistics, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) integration all need interoperability solution in a heterogeneous environment. In order to carry out a successful research on this topic, we studied the „Open Source” Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions and tools that can be applied by the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Furthermore, based on the researched technologies and systems, we assessed the electronic business activities of the Northern Great Plain Region of Hungary. Based on the results of the survey and analysis (variance analysis, cluster analysis, LISREL models) we pointed out other key information and we proposed an adequate solution system that uses open source solutions for the SME through the development of a prototype based on a Digital Business Ecosystem (DBE)