Business case evaluation system and methods thereof

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for causing a machine to evaluate a business case for a proposed design model in an existing chromatographic network model, the computer-readable medium comprising program code which causes the machine to:

• receive a proposed design module input by a user via a computer interface, wherein the proposed design model is to provide one or more new network-based services in an existing chromatographic network model having a plurality of layers;
• identify a current network layer in the existing chromatographic model where the proposed design model is to be implemented, wherein a first entity controls the current network layer;
• receive one or more first potential benefit attributes and one or more first potential cost attributes which affect the existing chromatographic network model as a result of implementing the proposed design model in the current network layer;
• store the one or more first proposed benefit attributes and the one or more first proposed cost attributes in a computer memory;
• identify at least one in a set of preceding network layers and at least one in a set of succeeding network layers with respect to the current network layer, wherein the at least one of the preceding network layers is controlled by a second entity separate from the first entity and wherein the at least one of the succeeding network layers is controlled by a third entity separate from the first entity;
• assign one or more second potential benefit attributes and one or more second potential cost attributes which correspondingly affect the at least one preceding network layer or the at least one succeeding network layer as a result of implementing the proposed design model in the current network layer;
• store the one or more second potential benefit attributes and the one or more second potential cost attributes in the computer memory;
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• evaluate the stored first and second proposed benefit attributes and the stored first and second potential cost values to determine an end to end business case for accepting or rejecting the proposed design model in one or more network layers of the existing chromatographic network model.

A computer system for evaluating a business case for a proposed design model in an existing chromatographic network model, the computer system comprising:

• one or more processors configured to generate a computer user interface for receiving an input from a user regarding a proposed design model, wherein the proposed design model is to provide one or more new network-based services in a current network layer of an existing chromatographic network model having a plurality of network layers, wherein the current network layer is controlled by a first entity, the computer user interface configured to receive from the user one or more potential benefit attributes and one or more potential cost attributes which affects at least one preceding network layer or at least one succeeding network layer as a result of implementing the proposed design model in the current network layer, wherein the at least one preceding network layer and the at least one succeeding network layer is controlled at least by a second entity separate from the first entity;
• a computer memory configured to store the one or more proposed benefit attributes and the one or more proposed cost attributes, wherein the one or more processors evaluates stored proposed benefit attributes and the stored potential cost values to determine an end to end business case for accepting or rejecting implementation of the proposed design model in the existing chromatographic network model.