PIPs and Process Models
Each RosettaNet PIP implements a business task or process. The differences between the specific PIP processes are mostly in the business documents that are exchanged and how those business documents are handled.
Concepts, provides a basic overview of PIP transactions using the example of the PIP 3A4 Manage Purchase Order process, a two-action asynchronous process model. In general, PIPs follow one of these three types of process models:
One-action asynchronous. The initiating trading partner sends an asynchronous request, and the receiving trading partner sends a receipt acknowledgment.
RosettaNet Module contains two process model templates for the one-action asynchronous model: one template for the initiator and one template for the fulfiller. For information about these process model templates, see
Customizing Process Model Template.
Two-action asynchronous. The initiating trading partner sends an asynchronous request, and the receiving trading partner sends a receipt acknowledgment; the receiving partner sends an asynchronous response, and the initiating partner sends a receipt acknowledgment.
RosettaNet Module contains two process model templates for the two-action asynchronous model: one template for the initiator and one template for the fulfiller. For information about these process model templates, see
Customizing Process Model Template.
Two-action synchronous. The initiating trading partner sends a synchronous request, and the receiving partner sends a synchronous response over the same connection.