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Inter-enterprise Integration e-market solutions Technological solutions. Prepared in collaboration with Michel Leblanc. PLAN. DESIGN. PURCHASE. USE. BUILD. DISPOSE. USE. BUILD. PLAN. DISPOSE. DESIGN. PURCHASE. Communication must be in each steps. BUILD. USE. DISPOSE. PURCHASE.
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Inter-enterprise Integratione-market solutions Technological solutions Prepared in collaboration with Michel Leblanc
PLAN DESIGN PURCHASE USE BUILD DISPOSE USE BUILD PLAN DISPOSE DESIGN PURCHASE Communication must be in each steps
BUILD USE DISPOSE PURCHASE PLAN DESIGN WORKFLOW INTEGRATOR PURCHASE PLAN DISPOSE DESIGN USE BUILD How ?
The problem: Firm 1 Supplier 1 Firm 2 Supplier 2 Firm 3 Supplier 3 Firm 4 Supplier 4 Firm 5 Supplier 5
Three businesses challenges • Distributed centers of control • Technology platform, languages, application diversity • Dynamic business environment
The Holy Grail of Inter-enterprise Integration • Automated inter-enterprise information exchange • Automated creation of machine readable messages • Flexible and agile networking • No lock in • Low cost integration solution The machine code to read a message should not be message specific, or firm specific. Creation of a general business language for machines
How to do this • Creation of e-marketplace for collaborative work within industry • Development of common e-business standards for information exchange and integration. NOTE: (Intra-firm integration has been done through information centralization (ERP-System). This is not possible among multiple firms.)
Business unit 2 Business Integration Business unit 1
Creating a standard Interfacebetween applications Common interface Application 1 Application 2
CRM Legacy ERP Web application SCM Common standards and protocols
Partner 1 Partner 2 Partner 3 Client 1 Client 2 Integration through common technology Common standards and protocols
Building common technologies • Promoting open standard • Oasis • Web services • Developing industry specific standards • Rosettanet • Others • E-Markets as a common technological platform • Covisint
Common technology and language • EDI was an attempt at defining standard for electronic documents – efforts at reducing the size of the message. • XML – electronic document with tags (human readable) • More standards are necessary. • General standardization efforts • Industry specific standardization efforts
e-Markets as technological platform • Development of a proprietary platform • Make sure that almost all firm the industry adhere to it • Focus on specific integration needs of the industry • Examples: COVISINT
OASIS • www.oasis-open.org • “The mission of OASIS is to drive the development, convergence, and adoption of structured information standards in the areas of e-business, web services, etc.” • “The technical work of OASIS is driven by our members; technical committees (TCs) are formed based on the proposals of our members, and the TCs set their own agendas and schedules. OASIS provides the guidance, process, and infrastructure necessary for our members to do the work.”
OASIS • Committees • Universal Business Language • ebXML Business Process • Open Office Format • Web Services Business Process
Web services; definition • A Web service is a Loosely coupled software component identified by a URI , that dynamically interact with other software components. It’s interfaces and binding are capable of being defined, described and discovered via XML artifacts and the use of common internet protocols. • They are the building blocks for creating open distributed systems on the Internet due to their asynchronous interfaces using platform-independent technology and their reusable components called services.
Web Services ebXML Web services Flow Language (WSFL), Web Service Conversation Language XLang Business Process Modelling Initiative ( Business Process Specification Schema (BPSS) Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) Registry/ Repository Message Oriented Specifications Collaboration Protocol Profile/Agreement (CPP/A) Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Message Service Specification (MSS) Workflow/ Process Registry Service Description Messaging Core XML Specifications Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Web Services ebXML Web services Flow Language (WSFL), Web Service Conversation Language XLang Business Process Modelling Initiative ( Business Process Specification Schema (BPSS) Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) Registry/ Repository Message Oriented Specifications Collaboration Protocol Profile/Agreement (CPP/A) Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Message Service Specification (MSS) Workflow/ Process Registry Service Description How to communicate and transfer messages ? We need a set of rules that facilitate XML exchange between applications Messaging Core XML Specifications Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Web Services ebXML Web services Flow Language (WSFL), Web Service Conversation Language XLang Business Process Modelling Initiative ( Business Process Specification Schema (BPSS) Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) Registry/ Repository Message Oriented Specifications Collaboration Protocol Profile/Agreement (CPP/A) Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Message Service Specification (MSS) Workflow/ Process Registry How to describe existing services and their specific message requirements ? -a common framework for describing tasks performed by Web service. Service Description Messaging Core XML Specifications Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Web Services ebXML Web services Flow Language (WSFL), Web Service Conversation Language XLang Business Process Modelling Initiative ( Business Process Specification Schema (BPSS) Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) Registry/ Repository Message Oriented Specifications Collaboration Protocol Profile/Agreement (CPP/A) Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Message Service Specification (MSS) Workflow/ Process How to list and find existing services ? -a set of specifications for creating XML-based directories of services Registry Service Description Messaging Core XML Specifications Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Web Services ebXML Web services Flow Language (WSFL), Web Service Conversation Language XLang Business Process Modelling Initiative ( Business Process Specification Schema (BPSS) Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) Registry/ Repository Message Oriented Specifications Collaboration Protocol Profile/Agreement (CPP/A) Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Message Service Specification (MSS) How to configure the choreography of business document exchange ? -a set of specifications for Creating directories of business processes Workflow/ Process Registry Service Description Messaging Core XML Specifications Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Deployment Source : Altering app dev, http://www.infoworld.com/articles/fe/xml/02/06/10/020610feinfostat.xml and schmelzer et.al. article:Understanding the Real Costs of Integration, ZapFlash, Zapthink Research, oct. 2002
Challenges • Industry-specific vocabularies • Industry-specific business processes • National and International coordination
Rosettanet • “Welcome to RosettaNet. A self-funded, non-profit organization, RosettaNet is a consortium of major Information Technology, Electronic Components and Semiconductor Manufacturing companies working to create and implement industry-wide, open e-business process standards. These standards form a common e-business language, aligning processes between supply chain partners on a global basis.” • rosettanet.org • PIP Directory
Autres • OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) • The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) • The Interactive Financial Exchange Forum (IFX), • The Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA) • The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS)
eHub After e-markets…
Industry SolutionsEDI/Messaging QualityCustomer UsersSupplier Users Covisint • Covisint ServicesConnectCustomer/BuyerSupplierFeaturesBuy Covisint Connect • CommunicateSourcing DirectorySupplier BulletinLibrary ServicesContent Management • CollaborateActivation