Patterns: Broker Interactions for Intra- and Inter-enterprise

70 Broker Interactions for Intra- and Inter-enterprise

4.1 Using the pattern

Application patterns for Extended Enterprise are basically the implementation of

Application Integration across organizational boundaries. The differentiation is

mainly in the way Quality of Service aspects affect the Runtime patterns. In

Table 4-1 you can see some cross-industry examples of the Extended Enterprise

pattern.

Table 4-1 Cross-industry examples

In Table 4-2 we list some industry-specific example applications that can be

implemented though the Extended Enterprise pattern.

Table 4-2 Industry-specific examples

Service Examples

Buy Side 򐂰 Direct Procurement (SCM)

򐂰 Indirect Procurement (MRO)

򐂰 Supply chain execution

Sell Side 򐂰 B2B e-commerce (Distributors)

Trading Partner Modernization 򐂰 EDI Modernization

Exchange Participation 򐂰 Private e-exchanges

򐂰 Public e-exchanges

Industry Example applications

Manufacturing 򐂰 Supply chain planning

򐂰 Supply chain execution

򐂰 Vendor-Managed Inventory

Travel 򐂰 Checking flight or room availability

򐂰 Making or modifying reservations

Retail 򐂰 Checking supplier inventory

򐂰 Placing replenishment orders

򐂰 Paying suppliers automatically

Financial 򐂰 Transferring payments

򐂰 Checking account balances

򐂰 Obtaining credit information

򐂰 Loan Origination

򐂰 Processing securities

Telecommunication 򐂰 OSS Integration

򐂰 Cross organization order management

򐂰 Managed service provider interconnect