Patent ID: 8352297

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, using a computing device, a business request from a first partner; retrieving, over a network, using the computing device, real-time supply chain data relevant to the business request from a second partner, wherein the real-time supply chain data is retrieved via a coordinator component integrated with a system of the second partner; generating, using the computing device, a context for the transaction using the real-time supply chain data; processing, using the computing device, the business request according to business rules associated with the first partner and the context, the business rules defining a workflow comprising a plurality of tasks to be performed by the second partner; routing, over the network, using the computing device, the plurality of tasks to the coordinator component integrated with a system of the second partner; receiving, over the network, using the computing device, from the coordinator component integrated with a system of the second partner, a response to the plurality of tasks; and routing, over the network, the response to the plurality of tasks to a coordinator component integrated with a system of the first partner.