Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and their relevance to e-supply chain formation

Abstract

The greatest challenge of e-supply chain formation is the integration of cross- application processes in
a seamless manner. As platform independent, web-based interoperability are becoming key issues in
web-based integration and supply chain formation, organisations are in search of architectural
solutions to overcome these challenges. Thus, this paper focuses on the service oriented architectures
(SOA) as the recent trend in cross-platform enterprise application integration. SOA paradigm is
discussed in detail with special focus on e- supply chain formation. Findings indicate that SOA still
appears as the most convenient paradigm to meet the challenges of today’s e-supply chain formation
requirements.