| Author: | Hung, Pak-lun |
| Title: | E-union : a platform for communicating construction material information between E-commerce systems |
| Degree: | M.Phil. |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Subject: | Hong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertations Electronic commerce Construction industry -- Communication systems Building materials -- Purchasing |
| Department: | Department of Building and Real Estate |
| Pages: | vii, 150 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Different E-commerce systems have been developed for construction material procurement with an aim to increasing processing efficiency, reducing administrative cost, and providing information that is more comprehensive. Currently, these E-commerce systems are owned and operated by different parties like manufacturers, suppliers, agents and application services providers. Such systems are non-interoperable which means problems will be created when they are used to purchase construction materials. This thesis firstly introduces the application of E-commerce in construction material procurement, followed by discussion on problems of non-interoperable E-commerce systems and, to conclude, benefits of information sharing between them are elaborated. Two state-of-the-art information technologies, namely mobile agents and Web services, which enable information sharing between E-commerce systems, are introduced. The system architecture and functions of a prototype system (named E-Union), which utilizes Web services technology to provide information sharing between these construction material E-commerce systems, are also presented. System evaluation and future work are discussed in the last part of the thesis. |
| Rights: | All rights reserved |
| Access: | open access |
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