On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Kevin Cully <[email protected]>wrote:
> When you hear the term "web service" think of one computer talking to > another computer and exchanging structured information. > > In my case, I do a lot of work with (ground) shipping companies. We have > our computer ask another computer "How much does it cost to ship this > *thing* from this warehouse to this destination zip code, and that it is on > *X* pallets and weighs *Y* hundreds of pounds and it needs inside > delivery." Their computer calculates the shipping costs, and how many > trucks are needed based on our account discount and the parameters passed. > > Our computer talks to about 5 different web services like this and we > "shop" for the best price in real time. Good web services respond in under > a second. FedEx responds in about 4 seconds. :( > > -------------------------- > I thought that you were talking to the internal FedEx box that was relaying the request back up chain. that same box gets the answer and then packages it up for you. 4 seconds is pretty slow. I do a lot of WS work with our EDI system to load up the ERP with notices on orders that just came in. I also pick up invoices and dispatch them as well. I use the WS as the middle ware between one vendor system and another. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJidMY+Q79x8PKH_LVcZasB=vs29or4yejo+hs_rnrvrbje...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
