Using the Web and Jini to link vending machines and enterprise systems
Jan Newmarch, Karsten Schulz, D. Merz · 2002
The use of open technologies in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and the development of new distributed infrastructures allows for novel systems to be developed. This paper reports on a project to bring vending machines into the scope of ERP systems, using Jini for network discovery and event generation.