| Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) essentially is a | | | | • Manage resources more effectively |
| collection of services which facilitate the exchange of | | | | • Decrease lead times |
| data between disparate systems. SOA allows | | | | • Increase customer responsiveness |
| different applications to communicate with each other | | | | • Adapt to change more easily |
| and participate in business processes regardless of | | | | VISIBILITY.net ERP gives manufacturers the |
| the operating systems or programming languages | | | | flexibility to meet their challenging demands and |
| underlying those applications. This dramatically | | | | increase efficiencies for all business operations. |
| simplifies the ability to integrate systems and data. | | | | VISIBILITY.net is constructed using the Microsoft® |
| SOA can be distributed over a network and can be | | | | Visual Studio.NET development environment. This |
| combined together and reused to create more | | | | standards based solution includes the use of managed |
| integrated business applications. These services | | | | code and Service Oriented Architecture delivering a |
| communicate with each other by passing data from | | | | highly integrated and scalable enterprise-wide business |
| one service to another, or by coordinating an activity | | | | system. Web services deliver a productive work |
| between one or more services. | | | | environment, with virtually no application cost incurred |
| SOA helps To-order manufacturers respond more | | | | on the client workstation device, including application |
| quickly and cost-effectively to ever changing market | | | | related support costs. |
| conditions. With a Service-Oriented Architecture, | | | | VISIBILITY.net is an integrated in-house ERP solution |
| interactions with customers, partners, supply chain | | | | offering comprehensive business functionality and |
| members, and colleagues become more flexible, | | | | integrated workflow specifically designed for Complex |
| collaborative and integrated. This is vital in | | | | Product Manufacturers. This browser-based solution, |
| today’s continually evolving and challenging | | | | cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based |
| manufacturing environment. Business software such | | | | Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL |
| as, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) that utilizes | | | | Server(TM) or Oracle® database. The technical |
| this architecture gives manufacturers the additional | | | | foundation for this comprehensive business solution |
| tools to cohesively integrate with other systems | | | | (ERP) allows Complex Product manufacturers to |
| enabling them to more effectively: | | | | conduct business any place, any time, any where |
| • Reduce costs | | | | with unprecedented adaptability, access to data, |
| • Collaborate globally with suppliers | | | | collaborative capabilities and business scalability. |
| • Streamline supply chain management | | | | |