Research on the information integration framework of apparel supply chain based on Web Service

Web Service is a state-of-the-art technology which is utilized for information integration of apparel supply chain (ASC). The overall features of ASC are introduced first. Then, the dynamic integration framework of apparel supply chain based on Web service encapsulating, publishing, discovering, invoking and compositing is investigated. Under the framework, this paper gives a description for the service classification designing and integrating method. At last, an example of order business process is given to exhibit the service composition and integration.