Using mobile service for supply chain management : a survey and challenges <s> MOBILE WEB SERVICE <s> Providing non interrupted Web Services from resource limited mobile devices in a light weight processing manner is a significant need. This paper takes a step towards achieving this goal. An implementation of two frameworks for providing Web Services from resource constraints devices is presented. The first framework is implemented to provide SOAP Web Services and the second one is implemented to provide RESTful Web Services. Each of those two frameworks has its own features and shortcomings. This paper provides a comparison between SOAP-based frameworks and RESTful-based frameworks. This comparison is carried out to allow us to decide on the framework that best suits mobile environment capabilities and fulfils our requirement of providing mobile Web Services continuously with a light weight processing requirement. This comparison is undertaken and analyzed using three different test scenarios. Our preliminary work shows that a RESTful-based MWSF is more suitable for mobile environments. <s> BIB001 </s> Using mobile service for supply chain management : a survey and challenges <s> MOBILE WEB SERVICE <s> For many years mobile devices were commonly recognized ::: as Web consumers. However, the advancements in mobile ::: device manufacturing, coupled with the latest achievements in ::: wireless communication developments are both key enablers for ::: shifting the role of mobile devices from service consumers to ::: service providers. This paradigm shift is a major step towards ::: the realization of pervasive and ubiquitous computing. Mobile ::: Web service provisioning is the art of hosting and offering ::: Web services from mobile devices, which actively contributes ::: towards the direction of Mobile Internet. In this paper, we ::: provide the state of the art of mobile service provisioning as ::: it currently stands. We focus our discussions on its applicability, ::: reliability, and challenges of mobile environments and resource ::: constraints. We study the different provisioning architectures, ::: enabler technologies, publishing and discovery mechanisms, and ::: maintenance of up-to-date service registries. We point out the ::: major open research issues in each provisioning aspect. Performance ::: issues due to the resource constraints of mobile devices ::: are also discussed. <s> BIB002
Web Service Technologies are the most adopted alternative for implementing the ServiceOriented Computing paradigm, in which developers can discover and combine specific functionality offered by third-parties instead of developing them. According to this technology, mobile web service is becoming the suitable technology to provide and consume service in the mobile environment. In fact, mobile has been the main device to work by integrating all the necessary functionalities using high technologies. In parallel, wireless communication achieve the main development to increase quality of transmission and improve its efficiency. Therefore, the researchers were encouraged to integrate the web service technology in the mobile environment by proposing mobile web service with acceptable performance and with no impact on the regular use of mobile devices  BIB002 . In fact, Mobile web service is the technology that allows to provide, consume, web service using mobile devices such as phone, tablet, laptop or other wireless device, permitting users to access services at anytime and anywhere BIB001 . Furthermore, Mobile web service has become increasingly relevant because it has a number of benefits. It allows users to invoke and consume web service in their mobile phone and get desired information anytime and anywhere. It provides the response quickly according to the need of users and theirs queries. It increases the customer satisfaction and reduces the cost. It enables access to real-time information on mobile using the intranet or extranet enterprise. Several criteria characterize any solution of the mobile web services such as scalability, availability, reliability, ubiquity, security, ease of use and immediacy  . Those criteria are fundamental to deploy mobile web service relayed to the mobile device and the wireless connection. Therefore, the researcher community was based to propose a mobile web service architecture service by taking into account the different characteristics  .