WEB SERVICES AS AN INFORMATION ENABLER IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY

Sudeep Mallick, Anuj Sharma

2005

Abstract

Retail organizations works on thin margins and hence it is very imperative that they utilize information technology to achieve optimization on time and space in the entire retail supply chain in order to remain competitive. Web services is an emerging technology holding tremendous promise as a platform neutral, easy to implement mechanism to achieve information and business process integration in the extended enterprise. In this paper, we review how Web services in consonance with other technologies can prove to be an effective business enabler for the retail business when adopted in a phased manner.

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in Harvard Style

Mallick S. and Sharma A. (2005). WEB SERVICES AS AN INFORMATION ENABLER IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 972-8865-20-1, pages 190-193. DOI: 10.5220/0001226901900193


in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist05,
author={Sudeep Mallick and Anuj Sharma},
title={WEB SERVICES AS AN INFORMATION ENABLER IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2005},
pages={190-193},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001226901900193},
isbn={972-8865-20-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - WEB SERVICES AS AN INFORMATION ENABLER IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY
SN - 972-8865-20-1
AU - Mallick S.
AU - Sharma A.
PY - 2005
SP - 190
EP - 193
DO - 10.5220/0001226901900193