WEB SERVICES PLATFORM

"A distributed order fulfillment solution is both an enterprise class application AND an application framework built upon a many-to-many exchange platform."
- Order Fulfillment Across The Supply Chain, AMR Research, October 2001

A command and control center for multi-enterprise transportation and logistics order management

Nextjet's solution for the Order-to-Delivery process meets AMR's definition by providing packaged business functionality as well as a technology framework for enabling a command and control center that coordinates, synchronizes, and directs disparate systems for multi-enterprise order fulfillment while providing order and inventory visibility to all parties.

As shown above, the components of Nextjet's technology framework address the following management requirements across the order lifecycle:

• Internal and External Web Interfaces: Provides a presentation layer that defines the role of each user (i.e., constituents internal and external to the enterprise) and relevant level of access to the Nextjet system via a single sign-on capability.
• Integration Services Framework: An open-standards based integration framework that facilitates the connectivity between the various customer-facing systems, enterprise back-office functions, and supplier systems. The Nextjet Integration Services Framework leverages many proven 3rd party integration tools for batch & real-time connectivity.
• Wokflow Manager: Provides an order-level and administrative-level environment to create and manage cross-application workflows or adapt the activities involved with an order running through the Nextjet System. As business requirements change, business process owners can easily adapt or re-configure the system with minimal IT support and cost.
• Business Intelligence: Enables closed-loop performance management by aggregating real-time transaction data from mulitple systems to create an integrated react-and-respond system that addresses order-leve service issues while also adopting vendor and route selection criteria to minimize future service failures. Nextjet can leverage your existing BI infrastructure or utilize its own reporting tool.
• Business Activity Monitoring (or real-time BI): Provides a highly flexible event management framework for continuous monitoring of user and event definitions, and notification of alerts using a broad range of media (email, phone, web, fax, etc.)