Problems and Solutions of Service Architecture in Small and Medium Enterprise Communities
This work addresses IT system implementation issues for SMEs, but it is incremental as it reviews and synthesizes existing frameworks without introducing new methods or data.
The paper tackles the challenge of resource limitations for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in adopting IT systems for business efficiency and market expansion by analyzing service-oriented architecture (SOA) frameworks from previous studies, identifying implementation problems, and presenting solutions including system architecture and collaboration models.
Lack of resources is a challenge for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in implementing an IT-based system to facilitate more efficient business decisions and expanding the market. A community system based on service-oriented architecture (SOA) can help SMEs alleviate this problem. This paper explores and analyses the frameworks proposed by previous studies in the context of inter-enterprise SOA for SMEs. Several problems being the background of the system implementation are identified. Afterward, the offered solutions are presented, including the system architecture, technology adoption, specific elements, and collaboration model. The study also discusses the system architecture patterns of the reviewed studies as well as the collaboration organizational structures.