Icosyl'2018 presentation

1. How Enterprise Architecture can play a role for MBSE &
Virtual Manufacturing Digital Continuity based on Open
Standard
Dr Nicolas Figay
Airbus
11th of April 2018

2. Content
1.The context
2.The problem
3.Enterprise Architecture
4.Usage and Lessons learnt
5.Q&A

4. The context
Complex product (System of Interest)
ComplexComputerAidedDesignSystem
Complex Connected
Production System
ComplexOperationalEnvironment
Complex supporting dynamic networked enterprises (Business) – organizational system
Information System
Digital threads by mean of digital twins – models of the product all through its life cycle
ICTacceleratingpaceofchange
(IoT,IA,Blockchain,BigData,etc.)
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The problem
1. Complexity difficult to manage
2. Interoperability issues
• Secured collaboration
• Exchange of Product & Process data
• Continuous evolution with continuously rising pace of change
Mastering the Information System in such a context is key
Motivation of the Federated Interoperability Framework
Product & Process Data exchange, sharing and linking relying on open
standards

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The problem
Mastering the Information System in such a context is key
Motivation of the Federated Interoperability Framework
Product & Process Data Exchange, Sharing and Linking
relying on open standards

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Enterprise Architecture
Well-defined practice
1. Enterprise analysis, design, planning, and implementation
2. Execution of a strategy
3. Architecture principles &practices to guide organizations through
changes necessary to execute their strategies
– Business
– Process
– Information
– Technology
Important Interoperability Enabler according to Enterprise Application
Interoperability community

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Enterprise Modeling with ArchiMate
1. Simple formal and visual Domain Specific Language
2. Enabler for discussion between different architects and stakeholders for
aligning each viewpoint with the motivation of the enterprise
3. Production of high level blueprints
Open and mature standard
Model Based Approach
Accurate for Preparing and Building Interoperability
Open source implementation of reference: Archi

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Usage for MBSE and Virtual Manufacturing digital continuity
1. Dynamic Manufacturing Network [IMAGINE]
2. Assessment and test bed for PLM Interoperability Standards [SIP]
3. Assessment of Internet of Things and Virtual Manufacturing Standards
Virtual Manufacturing Standards
Test Bed for PLM Interoperability standardsDynamic Manufacturing Network

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Evolutions of the Federated Interoperability Framework

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Usage for MBSE and Virtual Manufacturing digital continuity

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Potential future usage and extension of the FIF
Connected cyber-systems
Connected autonomous intelligent systems

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Lessons learnt
High added value of Enterprise Modeling based on ArchiMate
–But important clarifying the purpose for ICT architects and System Engineers
Some limitations of ArchiMate, which can be solved by:
1. Usage of ArchiMate over UML2 / SysML for distributed collaborative modeling of
composite organization
2. Deriving an Enterprise Modeling Ontology from ArchiMate for linking Enterprise data

17. Modeling over UML2/SysML
« Dynamic Manufacturing Network - Extending limitation of Semantic Hypermodel with mereotopology »
Multi-scales and multiple granularities
Distributed Enterprise Modeling
allowing to aggregate models
Multi-languages modeling:
BPMN, UML/SysML, STEP, ISA 95 etc.
Rules enforced using Object Constraint
Language
No plug-in needed

18. Deriving an ontology from ArchiMate
Strong differentiation between Entities and Relation for OWL classes
OWL relations for reasoning derived from Relations using OWL property chains
Important work for ensuring all ArchiMate relation constraints
Some logical inconsistencies
Consensus required by experts

19. ArchiMate Relationships with associated constraints difficult to capture with OWL or OCL

20. Enterprise Navigation Systems

21. Enterprise Navigation Systems: taking advantage of advanced
visualization technology coupled with semantic technologies
Interactive Treemap
Force layout graphs
Model analytics : coupling interactive models with data analytics

23. Conclusion
• More an more complexity resulting from usage of Information and Communication Technologies
• Enterprise Modeling brings important added value for mastering this complexity within the enterprise
• Several advanced uses have been studied in conjunction with MBSE and Virtual Manufacturing, using ArchiMate
• As lessons learnt, ArchiMate is subject for improvement:
• for composite distributed modeling
• for Linked Data and Semantic Web
• for advanced visualization

24. Knowing more
• About 50 articles on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nfigay/
• About 30 research publications referenced on the profile
• Several research articles in preparation
Let’s follow

26. Thank you