A Model-Driven Architecture Approach for Developing Healthcare ERP: Case study in Morocco

TL;DR

This paper proposes a model-driven architecture for developing healthcare ERP systems in Morocco, aiming to improve adaptability, functionality, and development efficiency through UML-based modeling and automated code generation.

Contribution

It introduces a UML-based model-driven approach that automates ERP code generation, addressing adaptation and functionality issues in Moroccan healthcare systems.

Findings

Reduces development effort through automation

Improves system adaptability and functionality

Enhances software development efficiency

Abstract

Nowadays, there are many problems in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implemented in the majority of hospitals in Morocco such as the difficulty of adaptation by the different users, the lack of several functionalities, errors that block the daily work, etc. All these problems require frequent modifications in the code, which implies a high effort to develop healthcare ERP as one of complex systems. In this paper, we are going to present a model-driven approach for developing healthcare ERP based on class diagram. First, we constitute the independent model using UML, define the transformation rules then apply them on our source model class to generate at the end an XML file that will be necessary for the ERP code. Our approach will not only resolve the above problems, but also improve the efficiency of software development through the automatically generated code.