Session:

Intelligent Mobile Agents in Peer -to- Peer Networks
Sunday, February 29, 2004, 17.55 – 18.15

Session Chair:
Vice Chair:

Jorge Marx-Gomez
Daniel Lübke

Paper Title:

Developing a Distributed ERP System Based on Peer-to-Peer-Networks and Web Services

Author(s):

J. Marx Gómez, Department of Computer Science Technical University of Clausthal, Germany
O. Krüger, Department of Computer Science Technical University of Clausthal, Germany
C. Kühne, Department of Computer Science Technical University of Clausthal, Germany
D. Lübke, Department of Computer Science Technical University of Clausthal, Germany

Abstract:

As the business world gets more and more dependent on digital technology, including information systems for resource management, even the small- to medium-sized enterprises have to install and maintain complex enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. However, these are designed as an all-in-one solution, often implementing functionality not needed. Furthermore, ERP systems like SAP depend on very large-scale infrastructures like servers and networking technology, which are very expensive to install and to maintain. Customizing these large-scale systems to the needs of a small- to medium-sized business is nearly as expensive as the customization for a large enterprise and therefore not affordable for these companies. Because of this, in this paper we present a design for a distributed ERP system, which is based on Web Services and peer-to-peer technology. It is easier to install and to maintain and cheaper than the traditional solutions.