<<For manufacturing enterprises over 1,000 employees, just over 20 percent report active investments in SOA infrastructure. Therefore, this is an evolving technology investment that will grow over the next five years. Don't expect your logistics service providers to be leading edge for SOA, but press them on their plans because it could be a differentiator in the near future. If you are considering outsourcing particular logistics functions or whole business processes to a logistics service provider, there are key actions you must take.
Perform an assessment of your business strategy. Is your market leadership a result of innovation? Profitability through cost reduction? Growth through merger and acquisition? Identify critical processes. What are the critical processes of the company within the five major areas of enterprise management, SCM, customer relationship management (CRM), procurement, and product lifecycle management (CRM)? How automated are the processes? Map out your IT infrastructure concurrent with anticipated 3PL technology. What are the applications or technologies that are implemented internally and will need to be integrated with the prospective 3PL provider? Evaluate the combined technology road map relative to SOA compatibility. Does the road map work within the context of SOA pillars of technology compliance, such as application independent integration, business process management, and integrated systems management?>> You can find this (you might have to complete free registration) at: http://www.technologyevaluation.com/Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2 005/10/research_notes/prn_TU_SC_XMB_10_03_05_1.asp Gervas ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/NhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/service-orientated-architecture/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
