The Role of Service- Oriented Architecture (SOA) in Supply Chain

Information is an element that adds value to an organization, especially; it plays a fundamental role in Supply Chain. Thus organizations need the Integration of Information Systems. Traditional Information systems are designed based on the requirements of a specific company; therefore the transfer of information between two companies can be a problematic issue. Also in order to share sales forecast, manage inventories and optimize ontime deliveries is needed among Supply Chain, Service- Oriented Architecture (SOA) is the answer to the problem of transferring information form one system to another. As a result, Web Services are the implementation of Service- Oriented Architectures (SOA).

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Supply Chain ، SOA ، Web- Service