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A Case Study on Service Oriented Enterprise Interoperability in Automobile Supply Chain

A Case Study on Service Oriented Enterprise Interoperability in Automobile Supply Chain

Yong Zhang, Shijun Liu, Yuchang Jiao, Yuqing Sun
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781615208197|ISBN10: 1615208194|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616923594|EISBN13: 9781615208203
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-819-7.ch010
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Zhang, Yong, et al. "A Case Study on Service Oriented Enterprise Interoperability in Automobile Supply Chain." Service Intelligence and Service Science: Evolutionary Technologies and Challenges, edited by Ho-fung Leung, et al., IGI Global, 2011, pp. 201-215. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-819-7.ch010

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Zhang, Y., Liu, S., Jiao, Y., & Sun, Y. (2011). A Case Study on Service Oriented Enterprise Interoperability in Automobile Supply Chain. In H. Leung, D. Chiu, & P. Hung (Eds.), Service Intelligence and Service Science: Evolutionary Technologies and Challenges (pp. 201-215). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-819-7.ch010

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Zhang, Yong, et al. "A Case Study on Service Oriented Enterprise Interoperability in Automobile Supply Chain." In Service Intelligence and Service Science: Evolutionary Technologies and Challenges, edited by Ho-fung Leung, Dickson K.W. Chiu, and Patrick C.K. Hung, 201-215. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-819-7.ch010

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Abstract

Interoperability is an important issue in the supply chain management (SCM) systems that highly influence the productivity, especially in such complex automobile domain that many supplies take part in the activities and requirements are dynamically changed according to the market. In order to keep ahead in the competitive market, each enterprise in the supply chain should keep efficient interoperability with its partners. However, it is difficult for all of them to update their SCM systems in real time for collaboration especially for some small suppliers due to the expensive maintenance and complex technologies. In this paper, we propose a service-oriented approach to solve the above problem by providing an integrated platform, where interoperability is considered as utility-like capability and delivered in the form of Software as a Service (SaaS). Each enterprise in a supply chain could establish the interoperation activities with other partners in this platform and thus they could efficiently collaborate. We illustrate in detail how two SaaS-typed applications interact with each other.

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