Platform Architecture
Vecco’s Collaborative Application Framework (CAF) Supply Chain Collaboration Platform with its service oriented, model-driven architecture powers the VCRP™ suite of business network solutions with the following key features:
- Composable, Cloud-based Service Oriented Architecture
- Automatically Harmonized Disparate Data for cross-party Process Execution
- Configurable at all levels of the Architecture
- Services are recursive, inter-accessible, scalable and support synchronous, asynchronous and time-scheduled access modes
- All services are exposed as Web Services and accessible externally
In-Memory Data and Process
- CAF works in memory in real-time with long term persistent data storage
Deployment by Configuration
- No coding required — Applications are created rapidly by configuration using built-in tools Applications are quickly adapted to accommodate changing requirements with CAF’s Studio and
- Network Configuration tools
- Power users configure new processes and modify/maintain existing value chain flows without programs or scripts. CAF Tools have simple drag and drop built-in blocks, drop down menus and easy to use pre-defined actions with “mass change” capabilities
Business Object Based
- Business objects are the primary data structures in the system, shielding the low-level relational data layer
- The Business Object Modeler supports graphical definition and quick deployment of business objects
- The Business Object Engine supports runtime dynamic mapping between the business object model and the underlying relational data model as well as data query and manipulation operations
Business Process Enabled
- The Business Process Framework enables rapid tailoring of the PreBuilt Applications and allows for easy mapping between actual business processes and system-executable processes to speed implementation
Intelligent Agent Powered
- The Agent Framework provides rapid generation and deployment of business logic and business integration using Intelligent Agents
Event Driven
- Events and alerts are generated and propagated in real-time throughout the system
- Publish/Subscribe methodology enables efficient “push” of event-triggered actions by agents and users
Interoperable
- Supports most standard communication protocols for integration (Web Services, REST APIs, JDBC, FTP, JMS, SMTP, JSON, CSV, XML, XLSX, RDBMS, COM, SOAP, etc.)
- Graphical process editing and data mapping for rapid and low-cost integration
Highly Scalable & Reliable
- Stateless server architecture supports load balancing and on-demand scalability
- Fully supports 24×7 availability, guaranteed delivery and fail-over throughout the system
- Hot backup/Hot fail-over options
Internationalized
- Full multi-language and multi-currency support
- Absolutely no engineering changes required to add new languages
CAF and VCRP are multi-tenant SaaS Solutions
- Vecco runs VCRP Solutions for clients in our secure US “DOD grade” secure datacenter
- Vecco offers options to run single tenant instances of VCRP in a large client’s own datacenters.
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