Information technologies and specially data networking play a major role in changing business processes and keeping enterprises competitive in a global market. Manufacturers use data networking predominantly for the following applications: computer‐aided design (CAD) and computer‐aided management (CAM); electronic data interchange (EDI); accounts consolidation packages; and portals to link workers in different organizations across different time zones. The formation of virtual organizations (VOs) is a step beyond the partnership relationship in which two or more entities join together to achieve an objective. Business processes comprise sets of operational tasks or activities having requirements for either actor roles or service roles, or both. A service role is described by its service interface and the SLAs characterizing the service. Although negotiation processes are asynchronous, transaction partners are aware that their messages, when sent, are quickly received by recipients.