A Web-based data extraction system for supply chain management using SAP R/3

This paper presents a prototype of logistics flows and an information extraction system between customers and vendors using the World Wide Web (WWW) and XML with SAP R/3 programming technology (ABAP/4 Language). Three issues are considered: (I) to resolve the SAP SAPLPD performance issue existing in multi-byte character print with SAPWIN by developing an HTML layout set for the report printout; (2) to support business process improvement for customer services, logistics, planning and manufacturing through an XML data interface embedded in the software solutions and; (3) to provide a reliable and scalable information technology infrastructure which could fulfill the requirements of data transparency and data consistency. We present an open architecture of the data extraction method. It can be used to realise data transparency and data consistency for a supply chain. Enterprise within a multidatabase can improve the performance of information flows. It can solve the data printing problem in many types of layout set to meet the demands of the enterprise.