Another example in the opposite direction would be a software as a service business where your company gets paid a year in advance for your software subscription revenues.

另一个例子可以是相反的方向，比如软件服务企业，你公司会提前一年收取软件预订的款项。

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Take as an example a vehicle data service in an automotive company.

以汽车公司中的车辆数据服务为例。

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Next, Company B invokes a Web service on Company A and sends the purchase order confirmation as a request, and receives a receipt acknowledging the purchase order confirmation as the response.

随后，公司 B 针对公司 A 调用一个 Web 服务，处理完后公司 B 发送订购单确认作为对公司 A 的请求，然后公司 A 将发送订购单确认已收到作为对公司 B 的响应。

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Significantly, operating as a personal service company gives them flexibility, and a healthy economy needs a flexible workforce.

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And then, I found out that I could subscribe to the small, but important HR application as a service from a software company.

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