Article Abstract

	Title:	An ERP solution based on web services and peer-to-peer networks for small and medium enterprises
	Author:	Nico Brehm, Jorge Marx Gomez, Claus Rautenstrauch
	Address:	Institute of Technical and Business Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science, Otto-von-Guericke-Universitat Magdeburg, Universitatsplatz 2, Magdeburg 39106, Germany. ' Institute of Technical and Business Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science, Otto-von-Guericke-Universitat Magdeburg, Universitatsplatz 2, Magdeburg 39106, Germany. ' Institute of Technical and Business Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science, Otto-von-Guericke-Universitat Magdeburg, Universitatsplatz 2, Magdeburg 39106, Germany
	Journal:	International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management 2006 - Vol. 1, No.1  pp. 99 - 111
	Abstract:	Although the requirements of small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are very similar to those of big corporations, there is still a lack of solutions for SMEs, because the roll-out as well as the maintenance is very expensive. It has become clear that EDP branch solutions, application service providing and stripped-down software versions do not offer satisfying solutions. For solving these problems, we propose an architecture for a distributed ERP system based on web services and peer-to-peer network technology whose roll-out and maintenance are better affordable for SMEs than traditional systems.
	Keywords:	distributed ERP; small to medium-sized enterprises; SMEs; enterprise resource planning; web services; SOAP; business components; peer-to-peer networking; CoBCoM; SOA; change management.
	DOI:	10.1504/IJISCM.2006.008288
		Purchase this Paper         Comment on the Paper