Context-aware services for supply chain collaboration

Context aware services can make an enterprise respond to its partners in the supply chain more quickly and timely, which will facilitate the collaboration among supply chain participates. This paper analysis the context aware services in the supply chain management. The context aware model of the purchase order management between the buyer and the supplier is given, followed by the reasoning method that help to analysis the change of the context and provide proper services accordingly. The architecture of the underlying system is also put forward, on which the context aware collaboration system can be built.