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Distributed Order Management (DOM) with Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Suite (SSFS)
WebSphere Commerce has the ability to interact with an external Distributed Order Management (DOM) solution. Use WebSphere Commerce DOM integration with Sterling Commerce and Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Suite (SSFS) as a starting point and as building blocks for the integration scenarios.
Integration between WebSphere Commerce and the DOM system is handled in a WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (WESB) mediation module. This mediation module translates the BOD OAGIS messages that WebSphere Commerce uses into API calls expected by SSFS.
The main flow of data between WebSphere Commerce and SSFS is the same as with any other DOM system. Data flows through the two systems as shown in the following diagram:
The mediation module that sits in between WebSphere Commerce and SSFS provides the necessary mapping for steps 2, 4, 6 and 7 in the above diagram.
When integrating any two systems, they must have similar data for the integration to work. For example, when a shopper places an order in WebSphere Commerce, the products ordered must exist in both WebSphere Commerce and SSFS.
As seen in the above diagram, for transports, the mediation module uses SOAP over HTTP(S)
to communicate with WebSphere Commerce and JMS to communicate with SSFS.
