Application of supply chain mechanisms to an on demand operating environment

With the introduction of the On Demand Operating Environment (ODOE), traditional capacity planning methodologies are being replaced by just in time resource allocation. This paper examines the application of supply chain mechanisms to dynamically coordinate the available compute capacity/resources with the service capacity/resources requirements. After reaching the ideal condition with a complete adaptation of the capacity offer to the dynamic capacity demand, the tasks of the ODOE systems are reduced to a simple order scheduling and to the logistical configuration and supervision (or monitoring) of service flow.