Cross-enterprise Integration Research Articles

Third-Party Logistics Service Mode for CPG Supply Chain Based on Cloud Platform

In supply chain management for Consumer Package Goods(CPG), information on traditional third-party logistics is not synchronized on business and logistics process. Paper presents a third-party logistics information service model based on the cloud platform. This is a cross-enterprise integration model, which eliminate islands of information between enterprises. Because the model not only pass the data, but also synchronize the operation process between logistics and commerce, it improve the CPG supply chain operation efficiency, and generate social and economic benefits.

Potential of Webservices to Enable Smart Business Networks

Webservices (WSs) are believed to be among the key technologies to enable the transformation of current static supply chains into dynamic virtual networks of enterprises. Others have said that these technologies are not yet ready for large-scale applications to supply chains and propose ‘traditional’ cross-enterprise integration methods. However, there is currently little research available that objectively evaluates the usefulness of WSs to enable smart business networks. In this study, this question is addressed through developing a typical scenario in which we transform a static supply chain into a ‘loosely coupled’ business network. We implement the scenario using state-of-the-art ‘enterprise application integration’ and WSs orchestration technology. The comparison of these alternative approaches reveals that WSs technology has some clear advantages above enterprise integration technology currently in use. However, there are also some limitations and research issues which are presented as a future research agenda for WSs technology.

EMarketplaces for enterprise and cross enterprise integration

Businesses today must collaborate more frequently with partners to build virtual organizations and supply-chains that reduce times-to-market and costs. This paper argues that an electronic marketplace ( eMarketplace) is a promising model for eBusiness applications. The architecture for this integrated environment is business-centric and knowledge-oriented. In this architecture, the eMarketplace exists as a collection of economically motivated software agents of cooperative distributed systems. It enables and supports common integration and economic services between market participants. This paper focuses on developing an agent-oriented dynamic trading mechanism (Vickrey auction) and supply-chain integration for the eMarketplace. A prototype is developed for a Vickrey eMarketplace using a coordinated, intelligent rational Agent model and a FIPA-compliant platform.