Scenario:
Purchase notebook computer at Internet store Outpost.com
Customer pays with credit card
Computer arrives via delivery service two days later
How many transactions are taking place?
How do the transacting parties coordinate their activities?
Document Exchange Patterns – business models viewed as a network of document exchanges that coordinate or choreograph flow of information and materials/products between businesses
"Drop Shipment" is a specialization of more general patterns for "supply chains" and "distribution channels"
