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TEXTILEBUSINESS
October 2005
English Version
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Textilebusiness


Textilebusiness is developed by Tessile di
Como Spa, the University Politecnico of Milan,
and by Cefriel. It is managed by Textileitaly.
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Textilebusiness
The italian network for documents interchange in
the textile sector.

Textilebusiness support the trasformation of
internal document data in XML format and enable
the communication of XML file between companies.
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Interchange Of Documents Supported
Warehouse Management Processed product
warehouse status (processing output ) To be
processed product warehouse status (processing
input). Order Management Technical textile
sheet Block order Sampling order Sampling
order confirmation Order Order confirmation
Order modification Order modification
confirmation Order advancement Status Order
partial delivery request. Job Disposition
Processing disposition Processing disposition
confirmation Processing disposition
modification/cancellation Processing disposition
modification/cancellation confirmation
Disposition advancement status Disposition
partial delivery request Sampling disposition
Sampling disposition confirmation. Delivery
Delivery document Packing list Raw product
return not conforming product return.
Textilebusiness is dedicated to the textile
companies needing direct interaction with their
partners regarding documents exchange.
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Vocabularys creation and definition to allow
textile companies interaction started by
analysation of the data gathered by direct
interview of the companies.
The interaction between two actors of the textile
market has been represented by the couple
exchanged object and processing, that is
what will be applied to the object.
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Textilebusiness pros

• Productivity increase
• Data automatic insertion in the own internal
  Information System
• Data mistyping avoidance
• Data immediate availability
• Cut off of repetitive activities
• Partners fidelity increase
• Interchanged information increased quality and
  conformity
• Communication response timing reduced
• Transmitted data high security and privacy
• Costs reduction
• on interactions management
• on data exchange

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Textileitaly offers three different levels of
Enterprise Node, each one dedicated to different
needs , and able to connect to each other.
Connect Xchange Web Module
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Save Time and Money Without a re engineering of
back office processes, but increasing their
efficiency .
SI Azienda
Rete Internet
TB Connect
TB Xchange
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SI Azienda
Rete Internet
TB Connect
TB Xchange
www.nodo azienda partner.it
TB modulo Web
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What is Textilebusiness?
Textilebusiness Central Node
Enterprise Node 1
Enterprise Node 3
Enterprise Node 2
Enterprise Node n
Every company in the Textilebusiness community is
provided by an Enterprise Node and registered to
the Textilebusiness Central Node
The (sender) company interested in documents
exchange with another (destination) company makes
an automatic search on the Central Node to get
the destination address
The Central Node returns the list with the
requested resources/services
A peer to peer connection between the two
companies is established
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Textilebusiness Connect Version
Integrating Textilebusiness with the Information
System allows every company to send/ receive
documents and store related data directly inside
the internal Information System.
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Order Document Sending
Once the internal IS document editing ends, the
operator requests Textilebusiness OrderSend
The order document is trasformed in an XML
document compliant to the communication
vocabularys standard format
Work station
1st XSL transform
Nth XSL

......
Companys certificate
Final document compliant to the communication voc
abulary
Local Codes Transcoding
Local Codes Transcoding
Textilebusiness Interface
Textilebusiness Interface
Textilebusiness Enterprise Node activates and
searches on the Central Node the network address
of the desired destination company
Textilebusiness security module attaches to the
XML document the certificate released by the
sender company, then it codes and sends the
document
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Order Document Reception
Textilebusiness decodes the message, it
authenticates the sender and transforms the
received XML document in a transit DBs
compatibile format
1st intermediate XML File
1st XSL transform
Nth XSL transform
......
Certificate authentication
Certificate authenticated
Final document Compliant to the Temporary
DBs structure
Local Codes transcoding
Local codes Transcoding
Textilebusiness Interface
Textilebusiness Interface
Received order document data are inserted in the
transit DB and a received messagge is sent to the
sender
Destination companys Textilebusiness interface
activates
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Received documents history
Thanks to the filtering functions it is possible
to search and order the documents to create
usefull reports to companys verification and
validation
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Textilebusiness isnt just documents exchange
Easy sent documents tracking
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Towards a European Standard
Textilebusiness togheter with Moda ML for
textile and clothing market
The strategic agreement between the two most
important e-supply chains experience in the
textile market international level clothing has
the objective to share a single and common
vocabulary, public and compliant with
international standards to help the integration
among all the companies of the textile market
Starting from the thread production to the
textile realization, passing by the clothing
design and the manifacturing, to end up to the
final distributor.
Moda-ML is a project financed by the EC for the
documents exchange in XML format oriented to
textile, clothing and distribution in the wools
market. It has been developed by ENEA, University
Politecnico,Milan , SOI Group, IFTH, Domina.
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Enhancement Modules

• Vocabulary Extension towards the communication
  word set of the clothing market
• Vocabulary Extension towards the communication
  word set of the home textile market
• Vocabulary Extension towards the communication
  word set of the shoes market
• Increase European standardization (XML schema)
• Localization of GUI Enhancement