An interoperability service utility platform for automobile supply chain management

The competitiveness of an enterprise depends not only on its internal performance to produce products and services but also on its ability to seamlessly interoperate with other enterprises. External and internal collaborative work needs more interoperable solutions. How to enhance interoperability between stakeholders and improve efficiency of supply chain management is the key issue that needs to be addressed in automobile industry . This paper proposes a methodology that provides a guide on how to establish interoperability between enterprises through a federated approach. According to this methodology, an interoperability service utility platform is designed and implemented for automobile supply chain management. In the platform, interoperability is considered to be a utility-like capability and delivered in the form of SaaS. This paper introduces the specification of these ISUs and proposes an interactive framework which is used to establish interoperability between two SaaS applications.