Enterprise Application Integration Systems and Architecture : The Case of the Robert Bosch Group
Journal
Journal of Enterprise Information Management
ISSN
1741-0398
ISSN-Digital
1758-7409
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2004-02-01
Author(s)
Abstract
Today, most organisations are using packaged software for their key business processes. Enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, customer relationship management and electronic commerce systems enable organisations to improve their focus of using information systems to support their operational and financial goals. This article argues that the need to integrate these packaged software applications with each other as well as with existing or legacy business applications drives the need for a standardised integration architecture to more flexibly implement new business processes across different organisations and applications. To illustrate the components of such an architecture, a case study undertaken at the Robert Bosch Group provided necessary empirical evidence. The Robert Bosch Group has evaluated different enterprise application integration (EAI) systems to achieve a standardised integration architecture. The article describes a reference architecture and criteria for the classification of EAI systems which are derived from different integration approaches.
Language
German
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher
Emerald Group Publ.
Publisher place
Bingley
Volume
17
Number
2
Start page
105
End page
116
Pages
12
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
60584