Title :
Tendering Process Model (TPM) Implementation for B2B Integration in a Web Services Environment
Author :
Nick, Ng Lick Lun ; Chiu, Dickson K W ; Hung, Patrick C K
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol.
Abstract :
Improvements can be made for tendering processes to solve B2B interoperability and integration problem by means of Web services technology. In this paper, we detail our tendering process model (TPM) based on Web services with SOAP messages exchange in XML format to improve inefficient manual or semi-automated tendering process. Adopting TPM, seeking ideal tender-supplier couple (TSC) with a business-to-business (B2B) application is illustrated as a real example to find best tender for suppliers and best quotation for tenders respectively. The approach discussed in this paper is a novel application in tendering process of logistics industry and is beneficial to stakeholders involved
Keywords :
Web services; XML; logistics data processing; message passing; open systems; tendering; B2B integration; SOAP messages exchange; Web service environment; XML format; interoperability; logistics industry; tender-supplier couple; tendering process model; Computer science; Contracts; Graphical user interfaces; Information technology; Logistics; Procurement; Simple object access protocol; Standards development; Web services; XML;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1605
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2007.516
