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Integration of Web-Services and “smart objects” in supply chain manufacturing systems (SCM) enables enterprise innovation and competitiveness in a globalized economy. The paper proposes a web-service based architecture for SCM that enables enterprises to develop context-awareness and to achieve interoperability at data, services, processes and business levels using event based web service notifications. The architecture is analyzed and implemented following the case study of an enterprise in the automotive industry.
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This work has been partly funded through the European Social Fund, Sectorial Operational Programme Human resources Development POSDRU 2007-2013 of the Romania Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Protection, Financial Agreement: POSDRU (107/1.5/S/76813).
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Danila, C., Stegaru, G., Stanescu, A.M. et al. Web-service based architecture to support SCM context-awareness and interoperability. J Intell Manuf 27, 73–82 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-014-0898-3
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