Extending Applications
Now that we understand some of the higher-level concepts, let's now focus on how supply chain integration relates to application integration.
To consider supply chain integration is, in reality, to consider extending the enterprise. Just as an extended family might include aunts, uncles, second cousins, and other distant relatives, the extended enterprise comprises all of the members in a company's supply chain, such as the various legal units within the company, suppliers, supplier vendors, and customer organizations.
Extending the enterprise demands leveraging technology, such as application integration-enabled middleware and traditional application development technology. For example, common network infrastructures must ...
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