Article in Journal ART-2012-19

BibliographyMinguez, Jorge; Baureis, David; Neumann, Donald: A reference architecture for agile product-service systems.
In: CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology. Vol. 5(4).
University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology.
pp. 319-327, english.
Elsevier, January 2012.
ISSN: 1755-5817; DOI: 10.1016/j.cirpj.2012.09.007.
Article in Journal.
CR-SchemaD.2.11 (Software Engineering Software Architectures)
D.2.13 (Software Engineering Reusable Software)
KeywordsService, Integration, Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Product-service system (PSS), Industrial product-service systems (IPS2), Agility
Abstract

In times of globalization and saturated markets, manufacturing companies are forced to find new possibilities of differentiation against competitors. Product-service systems (PSS) are a strategic approach that offers this possibility by integrating goods and services. The implementation of a PSS entails challenges for the resulting supply chain structure and the IT infrastructure supporting coordinated service offerings, such as conflicting goals and coordination in the integrated business processes. The service-oriented architecture (SOA) paradigm, based on loosely coupled components, provides rapid reconfiguration of business processes, rapid integration of services and goal definition through service level agreements. This paper presents a reference architecture based on SOA to support coordination and definition of goals in heterogeneous supply chains.

Department(s)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Applications of Parallel and Distributed Systems
Project(s)GSaME-D2
Entry dateFebruary 19, 2013
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