COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING -- Making Customers' Work Flow

Curt Olson, Brown's business system manager, has been charged with implementing the papiNet standard for connecting with paper suppliers and customers who typically purchase their own stock. Implementing standards is key to interfacing with multiple parties, Olson asserts.

Since papiNet involves servers talking to servers, in this case the burden for establishing and maintaining connectivity is shared. Each link in the chain is responsible for having systems that can consume and/or generate certain of the XML-based messages.