Software component architecture in supply chain management

  • Authors:
  • Martin Verwijmeren

  • Affiliations:
  • MP Objects, P.O. Box 29126, 3001 GC Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Computers in Industry
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

We present a software component architecture for supply chain management across dynamic organisational networks. The local management in the architecture is done by existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, warehouse management systems (WMS) and transportation management systems (TMS). The integral management in the architecture is executed by supply chain engines (SCEs). These software components make up a layer of systems for supply chain management running on top of ERP, WMS and TMS. The SCEs provide both the intelligence and the flexibility as required for the integral management of dynamic supply chains. The software component architecture can be implemented with technology for components, interfaces and services as available in Java Enterprise, CORBA and Web Services.