This document discusses enterprise integration and interoperability in manufacturing systems. It addresses the need for integration across all levels of an enterprise, from management to the shop floor, to facilitate information sharing and decision making. The document outlines several challenges to achieving full enterprise and process model interoperability, including the need for common reference models, effective interoperability mechanisms, supporting infrastructures, and standardized technologies. Future research areas are identified in collaborative networks, enterprise modeling, validation of models, and reuse of models. Overall the document argues that enterprise integration and interoperability are crucial for manufacturing enterprises to adapt to new technologies and business environments.
This document provides an overview of e-manufacturing and related concepts. It discusses how e-manufacturing uses internet technologies to integrate customers, products, and suppliers. Key aspects discussed include e-maintenance, e-diagnostics, and how e-manufacturing tools can provide benefits like reduced downtime, lower costs, and improved customer satisfaction. The document also examines the evolution of e-manufacturing and how concepts like e-business, e-intelligence, and predictive maintenance have contributed to the development of integrated e-factory systems.
DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION OF ONTOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM FO...IJDKP
This document summarizes an article that describes the design and development of an ontological knowledge-based system to support reconfigurable assembly lines in the automotive industry. The system uses an ontology to represent the relationships between products, processes, and resources. It aims to facilitate rapid reconfiguration of assembly lines in response to changing product requirements. The system is intended to help automotive companies address challenges like increasing competition, complex products and processes, and the need to adapt quickly to changes and new customer requirements.
Integration of distributed enterprise applications a surveyTiago Oliveira
The document discusses the integration of distributed enterprise applications. It provides an overview of the historical development of distributed enterprise application architectures, from early centralized mainframes to modern multi-tier architectures. It also reviews major integration technologies and discusses recent research trends, challenges and opportunities in integrating distributed industrial applications across networks, systems, devices and organizations.
IRJET- Integration and Flexibility through ICT in Supply Chains: C-F-P Modeli...IRJET Journal
The document discusses integration and flexibility through information and communication technology (ICT) in supply chains. It proposes a Complexity-Flexibility-Performance (C-F-P) modeling approach to determine the appropriate level of flexibility needed in a supply chain based on an analysis of its complexity. The document analyzes various factors that contribute to supply chain complexity and the impact of ICT on supply chain management. It applies the C-F-P framework to map attributes of a company's supply chain in order to assess complexity levels and identify dimensions of flexibility to improve performance and competitiveness. The analysis found that factors like cost of ICT integration, compatibility with existing systems, and human resources had major contributions to the company's ICT-
1) The document examines the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system at Rolls-Royce, a large UK manufacturing organization.
2) It provides background on ERP systems and their benefits in integrating business processes and supply chains. ERP implementation requires managing organizational change as well as software installation.
3) The case study analyzes the business, technical, and cultural issues involved in Rolls-Royce's ERP implementation, including timescales and tangible/intangible benefits achieved.
Cloud computing and Innovation in ManufacturingInfosys
The document discusses how cloud computing can enable innovation and growth in manufacturing. It argues that the cloud has the power to accelerate product development by enabling seamless collaboration. The cloud lowers barriers to innovation by reducing costs, shortening timelines, and allowing collaboration across locations and organizations. The document provides examples of how manufacturers can leverage the cloud for collaboration, mobility, and analytics to further innovation.
Propagating Engineering Changes To Manufacturing Process Planning Does Plm M...Mohamed Ali El Hani
This document summarizes a research study on supporting the propagation of engineering changes to manufacturing process planning through product lifecycle management (PLM) tools. The study involved a case study of a manufacturing company's process planning department. It describes how the manufacturing work instruction (MWI) development process is complex and relies heavily on process planners' expertise. An IDEF0 activity model of the MWI development process was developed containing 201 activities. The study found that a significant portion (35%) of informational objects used in the process are not contained within current PLM software. To better support change impact analysis, the researchers propose a dashboard solution to provide process planners a centralized view of all ongoing and upcoming tasks across different actors involved in
This document provides an overview of e-manufacturing and related concepts. It discusses how e-manufacturing uses internet technologies to integrate customers, products, and suppliers. Key aspects discussed include e-maintenance, e-diagnostics, and how e-manufacturing tools can provide benefits like reduced downtime, lower costs, and improved customer satisfaction. The document also examines the evolution of e-manufacturing and how concepts like e-business, e-intelligence, and predictive maintenance have contributed to the development of integrated e-factory systems.
DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION OF ONTOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM FO...IJDKP
This document summarizes an article that describes the design and development of an ontological knowledge-based system to support reconfigurable assembly lines in the automotive industry. The system uses an ontology to represent the relationships between products, processes, and resources. It aims to facilitate rapid reconfiguration of assembly lines in response to changing product requirements. The system is intended to help automotive companies address challenges like increasing competition, complex products and processes, and the need to adapt quickly to changes and new customer requirements.
Integration of distributed enterprise applications a surveyTiago Oliveira
The document discusses the integration of distributed enterprise applications. It provides an overview of the historical development of distributed enterprise application architectures, from early centralized mainframes to modern multi-tier architectures. It also reviews major integration technologies and discusses recent research trends, challenges and opportunities in integrating distributed industrial applications across networks, systems, devices and organizations.
IRJET- Integration and Flexibility through ICT in Supply Chains: C-F-P Modeli...IRJET Journal
The document discusses integration and flexibility through information and communication technology (ICT) in supply chains. It proposes a Complexity-Flexibility-Performance (C-F-P) modeling approach to determine the appropriate level of flexibility needed in a supply chain based on an analysis of its complexity. The document analyzes various factors that contribute to supply chain complexity and the impact of ICT on supply chain management. It applies the C-F-P framework to map attributes of a company's supply chain in order to assess complexity levels and identify dimensions of flexibility to improve performance and competitiveness. The analysis found that factors like cost of ICT integration, compatibility with existing systems, and human resources had major contributions to the company's ICT-
1) The document examines the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system at Rolls-Royce, a large UK manufacturing organization.
2) It provides background on ERP systems and their benefits in integrating business processes and supply chains. ERP implementation requires managing organizational change as well as software installation.
3) The case study analyzes the business, technical, and cultural issues involved in Rolls-Royce's ERP implementation, including timescales and tangible/intangible benefits achieved.
Cloud computing and Innovation in ManufacturingInfosys
The document discusses how cloud computing can enable innovation and growth in manufacturing. It argues that the cloud has the power to accelerate product development by enabling seamless collaboration. The cloud lowers barriers to innovation by reducing costs, shortening timelines, and allowing collaboration across locations and organizations. The document provides examples of how manufacturers can leverage the cloud for collaboration, mobility, and analytics to further innovation.
Propagating Engineering Changes To Manufacturing Process Planning Does Plm M...Mohamed Ali El Hani
This document summarizes a research study on supporting the propagation of engineering changes to manufacturing process planning through product lifecycle management (PLM) tools. The study involved a case study of a manufacturing company's process planning department. It describes how the manufacturing work instruction (MWI) development process is complex and relies heavily on process planners' expertise. An IDEF0 activity model of the MWI development process was developed containing 201 activities. The study found that a significant portion (35%) of informational objects used in the process are not contained within current PLM software. To better support change impact analysis, the researchers propose a dashboard solution to provide process planners a centralized view of all ongoing and upcoming tasks across different actors involved in
This document summarizes an article from the Journal of Intelligence Studies in Business about establishing a competitive intelligence system for mobile devices.
[1] It proposes a multidimensional competitive intelligence analysis model called XPlor EveryWhere to capture information about decisions from multiple dimensions. The model combines environmental scanning and knowledge discovery in text.
[2] XPlor EveryWhere's competitive intelligence system architecture includes planning activities to define analysis needs and indicators. It also manages information sharing between actors and defines user profiles.
[3] The planning activities describe the information needed to guide exploratory analysis using a modified 5W-1H method. Once completed, the results are stored for later analysis in the competitive intelligence system.
Continuity in the development of seamless mobility: An approach for a system-...IRJET Journal
This document discusses approaches to enable continuity and traceability in interdisciplinary product development for systems-of-systems (SoS) environments. It addresses the challenges of developing complex, interconnected systems where independent teams use various tools and methods.
The document presents three approaches: 1) A classification of four dimensions of continuity in product engineering to address consistency across levels of detail, temporal changes, different projects, and partial models. 2) The KaRDF and Vitruvius methods for consistently modeling heterogeneous development artifacts using semantic technologies. 3) A methodology based on SPALTEN problem-solving processes to support management of changes in distributed development.
Integrating these approaches would support distributed development of seamless mobility systems with high consistency
The document provides insights into the current state of the US manufacturing industry. It discusses key definitions and statistics, noting that manufacturing provides over 12 million jobs and $6 trillion in output. It also outlines trends in the industry like omnichains, reshoring, green manufacturing, and Industry 4.0. Opportunities for manufacturers include utilizing cloud technology, robotics/automation, and augmented reality. Threats include the modernization of trade agreements and evolving customer relationships. In conclusion, it states that Greenstone Media's skills position it to help manufacturers through inbound marketing and cloud/manufacturing applications.
Microsoft Unified Communications in Manufacturing - Accelerating Decisions Wh...Microsoft Private Cloud
Unified communications (UC) broadly defines a highly integrated
communications environment that combines, or unifies, email, voice,
video, and data communications in innovative ways to provide process
and productivity improvement. Given that the competitive effectiveness of global manufacturing firms will be largely dictated by their ability to get the greatest performance out of their business
networks, UC technology represents an important enabling technology
platform. UC represents both immediate business benefit in the form of reduced travel and telecommunication costs and long-term returns through higher levels of information use, better decision making, and shortened process cycles.
The document discusses cloud manufacturing, including its drivers, current status, and future trends. Some key points include:
- Cloud manufacturing allows for temporary and reconfigurable production lines using distributed manufacturing resources to improve efficiency and respond to variable demand.
- Drivers include reducing costs through outsourcing, improving agility, optimizing resource utilization, and facilitating information and resource sharing.
- Current research relates to automation, service composition, flexibility, business models, collaborator selection, and implementation architectures.
- Future advancements may come from areas like open communication standards, intelligent systems, and social product development.
This document discusses the hurdles and enablers to adopting software product line practices in large corporate organizations, specifically large banks. It identifies some key hurdles including: different business units perceiving little return on investment for cross-unit product lines; and difficulties motivating investment and changing funding models. It proposes some enabling mechanisms that are showing positive results, such as aligning product lines with strategic business goals and establishing executive sponsorship. Large banks present additional challenges to product line adoption due to their multiple divisions, legacy systems, and focus on short-term profits over long-term IT strategies.
This document discusses a generic integration framework for configurators that takes a holistic approach considering products, processes, and facilities. It identifies disconnects in engineering-to-order companies between internal complexity and customer requirements. The framework introduces a modular product structure, multi-process organization to standardize some projects, and tight integration between a configurator and PDM system to automate repetitive design tasks while maintaining flexibility. This integrated approach supports engineering-to-order companies in dealing with conflicting market demands.
the evolving enterprise architecture: a digital transformation perspective is a paper describing the role of IoT in the enterprises and how the EA is related to that.
The document summarizes the findings of a survey of 110 cloud computing implementation projects conducted by IBM. Key findings include:
1) Primary motivations for cloud implementations were IT efficiencies, ease of use consumer interfaces, and new charging models, while security concerns, pricing strategies, complexity, lack of standardization, and unclear value propositions were biggest inhibitors.
2) Integrated vendor offerings and ongoing support were in high demand. Service design was the most important ITIL discipline.
3) Current cloud usage focused on development/test and non-critical workloads, but respondents expected to deploy clouds across all workloads in two years. There was a 30/70 split between public and private clouds currently.
Whitepaper: "Construction Lifecycle Management – a necessary business strateg...Ionel GRECESCU
Historically, Product Lifecycle Management vendors have supported AEC solutions while Enterprise Resource Planning vendors have been focusing on the EPC side of the AEC/EPC ecosystem.
It is time to adopt a holistic approach to Construction Lifecycle and both, PLM and ERP vendors, must provide new technologies and solutions to promote efficient collaboration between Construction disciplines and streamline Business Practices that result in increased profitability and significant savings for their customers.
Construction Lifecycle Management promotes new ways of thinking and doing business, aiming to achieve Lean by delivering an innovative Construction Process Integration framework to manage holistically all the phases of the Lifecycle of a Capital Asset: design, build, operate and retirement.
Construction industry in kuwait – an analysis on e procurement-2prjpublications
This document summarizes a research paper on e-procurement adoption in the construction industry in Kuwait from the supplier's perspective. It provides background on e-commerce and e-procurement processes. It also reviews literature on e-procurement models in various industries and identifies benefits and barriers to e-procurement adoption according to previous studies. The literature review formed the basis to develop factors that could influence construction material suppliers' intention to adopt e-procurement in Kuwait and the perceived benefits and barriers of doing so, which are the focus of the research.
The document discusses applying the DeLone & McLean Information Systems Success Model to measure the success of e-commerce systems. It proposes updating the original model by adding a service quality dimension and combining individual and organizational impacts into a net benefits construct. The updated model contains six dimensions: system quality, information quality, service quality, use, user satisfaction, and net benefits. These dimensions provide a framework for organizing e-commerce success metrics identified in the literature. Case examples are used to demonstrate how the model can guide the identification and specification of e-commerce success metrics.
The document discusses mechatronics and its relationship to big data analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT). It defines mechatronics as a synergistic combination of precision engineering, electronic control, and mechanical systems. It explains that big data derived from IoT devices can be analyzed to better understand consumer behaviors and anticipate future events. This allows companies to develop services that deliver additional value to users. The document also provides tips for achieving successful mechatronic product development, such as setting goals, consolidating requirements, validating functionality, and revising designs when necessary.
The document discusses various topics related to the management of e-business, including managing knowledge, applications systems, customer relationship management, supply chain management, management skills, and risks. It provides details on knowledge management techniques and technologies, popular applications systems like intranets and ERP, and the skills needed for e-business managers, such as leadership and risk assessment.
A STUDY ON THE SECTORS OF ECONOMY SERVICED BY PRE-INDUSTRY SYSTEM DEVELOPERS ...ijbiss
In the emergence of transformative global economy, information system has became a necessity in businesses to obtain organizations operational excellence, adaptation to new business models, improved decision making and providing exceptional customer service, and eventual competitive advantage of the enterprise setting while keeping business alliances. This paper presents sectors of economy serviced by the pre-industry developers, explores the evolution of computer-based information system designed and developed by pre-industry system developers, and examine the effects of an information system in business to countervail indentified recurring problems. Nineteen of forty-six identified sectors of economy falls in the categories of primary, secondary, tertiary, quarternary and quinary were the recipient of computer-based system designed and developed. There have been several effects of computer-based systems to organizations, including the implied relevance to their business processes, continuum process improvement, business process reengineering, business driver and facilitator, and customer satisfaction
Local Adapatations and Generic Application SystemsEric van Heck
Analysis of global-local debate - the adaptation of the generic application system (in the case the online flower auction system) to local conditions in Holambra in Brazil.
Elements of Innovation Management in Computer Software and ServicesMichael Le Duc
IAMOT 2000, The Ninth International Conference on Management of Technology
February 20-25, 2000, Miami, Florida, USA. Track 4: Industrial Innovation see http://www.iamot.com/
International Journal of Engineering Research and Development (IJERD)IJERD Editor
journal publishing, how to publish research paper, Call For research paper, international journal, publishing a paper, IJERD, journal of science and technology, how to get a research paper published, publishing a paper, publishing of journal, publishing of research paper, reserach and review articles, IJERD Journal, How to publish your research paper, publish research paper, open access engineering journal, Engineering journal, Mathemetics journal, Physics journal, Chemistry journal, Computer Engineering, Computer Science journal, how to submit your paper, peer reviw journal, indexed journal, reserach and review articles, engineering journal, www.ijerd.com, research journals,
yahoo journals, bing journals, International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, google journals, hard copy of journal
A STUDY ON THE SECTORS OF ECONOMY SERVICED BY PRE-INDUSTRY SYSTEM DEVELOPERS ...ijbiss
In the emergence of transformative global economy, information system has became a necessity in businesses to obtain organizations operational excellence, adaptation to new business models, improved decision making and providing exceptional customer service, and eventual competitive advantage of the enterprise setting while keeping business alliances. This paper presents sectors of economy serviced by the pre-industry developers, explores the evolution of computer-based information system designed and developed by pre-industry system developers, and examine the effects of an information system in business to countervail indentified recurring problems. Nineteen of forty-six identified sectors of economy falls in the categories of primary, secondary, tertiary, quarternary and quinary were the recipient of computer-based system designed and developed. There have been several effects of computer-based systems to organizations, including the implied relevance to their business processes, continuum process improvement, business process reengineering, business driver and facilitator, and customer satisfaction.
Interoperability and ecosystems: Assembling the industrial metaverseSiemens
The industrial metaverse represents a major shift towards more sustainable and efficient industry practices globally. In a joint effort, MIT Technology Review and Siemens have explored this in the report "The Emergent Industrial Metaverse," highlighting its significant potential.
For companies looking to leverage the power of this digital world to solve real-world problems, understanding and mastering four key areas is essential: interoperability, standardization, data integration, and ecosystems. These strategic imperatives are critical for successfully integrating the varied technologies that enable the industrial metaverse.
1. Interoperability: The Enabler of Integration and Innovation – Enable them to speak
The industrial metaverse thrives on the seamless integration of different technologies, like digital twins, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things. Interoperability is the key that unlocks this integration, fostering innovation and efficiency. Picture a world where connected digital twins enhance supply chain collaboration, enabling real-time optimization of facilities and profound business transformations.
2. Standardization: The Universal Language – or Translator – Speaking in one language
Just as the internet prospered on the foundations of open standards, the industrial metaverse requires a common ‘language’ – or at least a universal translator – to enable seamless interaction and integration. Initiatives like the Alliance for Open USD and the Metaverse Standards Forum are pioneering efforts to develop this universal standard.
3. Data Integration: The Bedrock of Digital Transformation – What to say
At the heart of the industrial metaverse lies the dynamic interaction with real-world data. Robust data integration, underpinned by open APIs and solid data governance, forms the core of this symbiotic relationship. It's about transforming the massive, often underutilized data generated by the industrial sector into actionable insights. This foundational step is vital for leveraging digital twins, AI, and the full potential of the industrial metaverse.
4. Ecosystems: The Collaborative Fabric of Innovation – Find somebody to speak (and listen) to
Finally, the power of open, collaborative ecosystems cannot be overstated. Digital business platforms like Siemens Xcelerator exemplify how ecosystems drive innovation and operational efficiency. By connecting different technologies, ideas, and expertise, these platforms catalyze recombinant innovation, redefining the boundaries of what's possible in the industrial domain.
These four strategic imperatives – interoperability, standardization, data integration, and ecosystems – are the key to assemble the industrial metaverse. Mastering these challenges is essential for those aiming to lead and succeed in this new digital era.
Web and internet computing is evolving into a combination of social media, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC) solutions. There is a need for an integrated approach when developing
solutions that address web scale requirements with technologies that enable SMAC solutions. This paper presents an architecture model for the integrated approach that can form the basis for solutions and result in reuse, integration and agility for the business and IT in an enterprise.
This document summarizes an article from the Journal of Intelligence Studies in Business about establishing a competitive intelligence system for mobile devices.
[1] It proposes a multidimensional competitive intelligence analysis model called XPlor EveryWhere to capture information about decisions from multiple dimensions. The model combines environmental scanning and knowledge discovery in text.
[2] XPlor EveryWhere's competitive intelligence system architecture includes planning activities to define analysis needs and indicators. It also manages information sharing between actors and defines user profiles.
[3] The planning activities describe the information needed to guide exploratory analysis using a modified 5W-1H method. Once completed, the results are stored for later analysis in the competitive intelligence system.
Continuity in the development of seamless mobility: An approach for a system-...IRJET Journal
This document discusses approaches to enable continuity and traceability in interdisciplinary product development for systems-of-systems (SoS) environments. It addresses the challenges of developing complex, interconnected systems where independent teams use various tools and methods.
The document presents three approaches: 1) A classification of four dimensions of continuity in product engineering to address consistency across levels of detail, temporal changes, different projects, and partial models. 2) The KaRDF and Vitruvius methods for consistently modeling heterogeneous development artifacts using semantic technologies. 3) A methodology based on SPALTEN problem-solving processes to support management of changes in distributed development.
Integrating these approaches would support distributed development of seamless mobility systems with high consistency
The document provides insights into the current state of the US manufacturing industry. It discusses key definitions and statistics, noting that manufacturing provides over 12 million jobs and $6 trillion in output. It also outlines trends in the industry like omnichains, reshoring, green manufacturing, and Industry 4.0. Opportunities for manufacturers include utilizing cloud technology, robotics/automation, and augmented reality. Threats include the modernization of trade agreements and evolving customer relationships. In conclusion, it states that Greenstone Media's skills position it to help manufacturers through inbound marketing and cloud/manufacturing applications.
Microsoft Unified Communications in Manufacturing - Accelerating Decisions Wh...Microsoft Private Cloud
Unified communications (UC) broadly defines a highly integrated
communications environment that combines, or unifies, email, voice,
video, and data communications in innovative ways to provide process
and productivity improvement. Given that the competitive effectiveness of global manufacturing firms will be largely dictated by their ability to get the greatest performance out of their business
networks, UC technology represents an important enabling technology
platform. UC represents both immediate business benefit in the form of reduced travel and telecommunication costs and long-term returns through higher levels of information use, better decision making, and shortened process cycles.
The document discusses cloud manufacturing, including its drivers, current status, and future trends. Some key points include:
- Cloud manufacturing allows for temporary and reconfigurable production lines using distributed manufacturing resources to improve efficiency and respond to variable demand.
- Drivers include reducing costs through outsourcing, improving agility, optimizing resource utilization, and facilitating information and resource sharing.
- Current research relates to automation, service composition, flexibility, business models, collaborator selection, and implementation architectures.
- Future advancements may come from areas like open communication standards, intelligent systems, and social product development.
This document discusses the hurdles and enablers to adopting software product line practices in large corporate organizations, specifically large banks. It identifies some key hurdles including: different business units perceiving little return on investment for cross-unit product lines; and difficulties motivating investment and changing funding models. It proposes some enabling mechanisms that are showing positive results, such as aligning product lines with strategic business goals and establishing executive sponsorship. Large banks present additional challenges to product line adoption due to their multiple divisions, legacy systems, and focus on short-term profits over long-term IT strategies.
This document discusses a generic integration framework for configurators that takes a holistic approach considering products, processes, and facilities. It identifies disconnects in engineering-to-order companies between internal complexity and customer requirements. The framework introduces a modular product structure, multi-process organization to standardize some projects, and tight integration between a configurator and PDM system to automate repetitive design tasks while maintaining flexibility. This integrated approach supports engineering-to-order companies in dealing with conflicting market demands.
the evolving enterprise architecture: a digital transformation perspective is a paper describing the role of IoT in the enterprises and how the EA is related to that.
The document summarizes the findings of a survey of 110 cloud computing implementation projects conducted by IBM. Key findings include:
1) Primary motivations for cloud implementations were IT efficiencies, ease of use consumer interfaces, and new charging models, while security concerns, pricing strategies, complexity, lack of standardization, and unclear value propositions were biggest inhibitors.
2) Integrated vendor offerings and ongoing support were in high demand. Service design was the most important ITIL discipline.
3) Current cloud usage focused on development/test and non-critical workloads, but respondents expected to deploy clouds across all workloads in two years. There was a 30/70 split between public and private clouds currently.
Whitepaper: "Construction Lifecycle Management – a necessary business strateg...Ionel GRECESCU
Historically, Product Lifecycle Management vendors have supported AEC solutions while Enterprise Resource Planning vendors have been focusing on the EPC side of the AEC/EPC ecosystem.
It is time to adopt a holistic approach to Construction Lifecycle and both, PLM and ERP vendors, must provide new technologies and solutions to promote efficient collaboration between Construction disciplines and streamline Business Practices that result in increased profitability and significant savings for their customers.
Construction Lifecycle Management promotes new ways of thinking and doing business, aiming to achieve Lean by delivering an innovative Construction Process Integration framework to manage holistically all the phases of the Lifecycle of a Capital Asset: design, build, operate and retirement.
Construction industry in kuwait – an analysis on e procurement-2prjpublications
This document summarizes a research paper on e-procurement adoption in the construction industry in Kuwait from the supplier's perspective. It provides background on e-commerce and e-procurement processes. It also reviews literature on e-procurement models in various industries and identifies benefits and barriers to e-procurement adoption according to previous studies. The literature review formed the basis to develop factors that could influence construction material suppliers' intention to adopt e-procurement in Kuwait and the perceived benefits and barriers of doing so, which are the focus of the research.
The document discusses applying the DeLone & McLean Information Systems Success Model to measure the success of e-commerce systems. It proposes updating the original model by adding a service quality dimension and combining individual and organizational impacts into a net benefits construct. The updated model contains six dimensions: system quality, information quality, service quality, use, user satisfaction, and net benefits. These dimensions provide a framework for organizing e-commerce success metrics identified in the literature. Case examples are used to demonstrate how the model can guide the identification and specification of e-commerce success metrics.
The document discusses mechatronics and its relationship to big data analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT). It defines mechatronics as a synergistic combination of precision engineering, electronic control, and mechanical systems. It explains that big data derived from IoT devices can be analyzed to better understand consumer behaviors and anticipate future events. This allows companies to develop services that deliver additional value to users. The document also provides tips for achieving successful mechatronic product development, such as setting goals, consolidating requirements, validating functionality, and revising designs when necessary.
The document discusses various topics related to the management of e-business, including managing knowledge, applications systems, customer relationship management, supply chain management, management skills, and risks. It provides details on knowledge management techniques and technologies, popular applications systems like intranets and ERP, and the skills needed for e-business managers, such as leadership and risk assessment.
A STUDY ON THE SECTORS OF ECONOMY SERVICED BY PRE-INDUSTRY SYSTEM DEVELOPERS ...ijbiss
In the emergence of transformative global economy, information system has became a necessity in businesses to obtain organizations operational excellence, adaptation to new business models, improved decision making and providing exceptional customer service, and eventual competitive advantage of the enterprise setting while keeping business alliances. This paper presents sectors of economy serviced by the pre-industry developers, explores the evolution of computer-based information system designed and developed by pre-industry system developers, and examine the effects of an information system in business to countervail indentified recurring problems. Nineteen of forty-six identified sectors of economy falls in the categories of primary, secondary, tertiary, quarternary and quinary were the recipient of computer-based system designed and developed. There have been several effects of computer-based systems to organizations, including the implied relevance to their business processes, continuum process improvement, business process reengineering, business driver and facilitator, and customer satisfaction
Local Adapatations and Generic Application SystemsEric van Heck
Analysis of global-local debate - the adaptation of the generic application system (in the case the online flower auction system) to local conditions in Holambra in Brazil.
Elements of Innovation Management in Computer Software and ServicesMichael Le Duc
IAMOT 2000, The Ninth International Conference on Management of Technology
February 20-25, 2000, Miami, Florida, USA. Track 4: Industrial Innovation see http://www.iamot.com/
International Journal of Engineering Research and Development (IJERD)IJERD Editor
journal publishing, how to publish research paper, Call For research paper, international journal, publishing a paper, IJERD, journal of science and technology, how to get a research paper published, publishing a paper, publishing of journal, publishing of research paper, reserach and review articles, IJERD Journal, How to publish your research paper, publish research paper, open access engineering journal, Engineering journal, Mathemetics journal, Physics journal, Chemistry journal, Computer Engineering, Computer Science journal, how to submit your paper, peer reviw journal, indexed journal, reserach and review articles, engineering journal, www.ijerd.com, research journals,
yahoo journals, bing journals, International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, google journals, hard copy of journal
A STUDY ON THE SECTORS OF ECONOMY SERVICED BY PRE-INDUSTRY SYSTEM DEVELOPERS ...ijbiss
In the emergence of transformative global economy, information system has became a necessity in businesses to obtain organizations operational excellence, adaptation to new business models, improved decision making and providing exceptional customer service, and eventual competitive advantage of the enterprise setting while keeping business alliances. This paper presents sectors of economy serviced by the pre-industry developers, explores the evolution of computer-based information system designed and developed by pre-industry system developers, and examine the effects of an information system in business to countervail indentified recurring problems. Nineteen of forty-six identified sectors of economy falls in the categories of primary, secondary, tertiary, quarternary and quinary were the recipient of computer-based system designed and developed. There have been several effects of computer-based systems to organizations, including the implied relevance to their business processes, continuum process improvement, business process reengineering, business driver and facilitator, and customer satisfaction.
Interoperability and ecosystems: Assembling the industrial metaverseSiemens
The industrial metaverse represents a major shift towards more sustainable and efficient industry practices globally. In a joint effort, MIT Technology Review and Siemens have explored this in the report "The Emergent Industrial Metaverse," highlighting its significant potential.
For companies looking to leverage the power of this digital world to solve real-world problems, understanding and mastering four key areas is essential: interoperability, standardization, data integration, and ecosystems. These strategic imperatives are critical for successfully integrating the varied technologies that enable the industrial metaverse.
1. Interoperability: The Enabler of Integration and Innovation – Enable them to speak
The industrial metaverse thrives on the seamless integration of different technologies, like digital twins, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things. Interoperability is the key that unlocks this integration, fostering innovation and efficiency. Picture a world where connected digital twins enhance supply chain collaboration, enabling real-time optimization of facilities and profound business transformations.
2. Standardization: The Universal Language – or Translator – Speaking in one language
Just as the internet prospered on the foundations of open standards, the industrial metaverse requires a common ‘language’ – or at least a universal translator – to enable seamless interaction and integration. Initiatives like the Alliance for Open USD and the Metaverse Standards Forum are pioneering efforts to develop this universal standard.
3. Data Integration: The Bedrock of Digital Transformation – What to say
At the heart of the industrial metaverse lies the dynamic interaction with real-world data. Robust data integration, underpinned by open APIs and solid data governance, forms the core of this symbiotic relationship. It's about transforming the massive, often underutilized data generated by the industrial sector into actionable insights. This foundational step is vital for leveraging digital twins, AI, and the full potential of the industrial metaverse.
4. Ecosystems: The Collaborative Fabric of Innovation – Find somebody to speak (and listen) to
Finally, the power of open, collaborative ecosystems cannot be overstated. Digital business platforms like Siemens Xcelerator exemplify how ecosystems drive innovation and operational efficiency. By connecting different technologies, ideas, and expertise, these platforms catalyze recombinant innovation, redefining the boundaries of what's possible in the industrial domain.
These four strategic imperatives – interoperability, standardization, data integration, and ecosystems – are the key to assemble the industrial metaverse. Mastering these challenges is essential for those aiming to lead and succeed in this new digital era.
Web and internet computing is evolving into a combination of social media, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC) solutions. There is a need for an integrated approach when developing
solutions that address web scale requirements with technologies that enable SMAC solutions. This paper presents an architecture model for the integrated approach that can form the basis for solutions and result in reuse, integration and agility for the business and IT in an enterprise.
Web and internet computing is evolving into a combination of social media, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC) solutions. There is a need for an integrated approach when developing
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Enterprise integration and interoperability in manufacturing systems trends and issues
1. Enterprise integration and interoperability in manufacturing systems:
Trends and issues
Herve´ Panetto a,
*, Arturo Molina b
a
CRAN – UMR 7039, Nancy-University, CNRS, France
b
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
1. Introduction
Integration in Manufacturing (IiM) is the first systemic
paradigm to organize humans and machines as a whole system,
not only at the field level, but also, at the management and
corporate levels, to produce an integrated and interoperable
enterprise system. Business process software and manufacturing
execution systems (MES) are now available to meet the
requirements of this fully computerised and automated integra-
tion. Major problems remain with respect to the interface
between the enterprise corporate level and the manufacturing
shop floor level, so that management and operation decisions
within a closed loop are facilitated to pace the production
according to the life cycle dynamics of the products, processes and
humans inside and outside the enterprise. Today, networked
business encounters recurrent difficulties due to the lack of
interoperability between enterprise systems. The role of research
in the field is to create upstream conditions of technological
breakthrough to avoid that enterprise investment be simply
pulled by the incremental evolution of Information Technology
(IT) offer. However, the future relies on collaboration networks
that can be created among companies, people and societies
in order to generate shared knowledge and wealth. A number of
important enablers are needed to support the creation of
successful collaborative networks (CNs), e.g. common reference
models, effective interoperability mechanisms and approaches,
supporting infrastructures based on open architectures, design
and engineering methodologies to instantiate/duplicate already
successful cases, and standardized market technologies and tools.
Enterprise engineering models and tools are needed for a
seamless integration of business and manufacturing models, in
order to completely describe the information aspects of an
integrated manufacturing system. However, up to date, although
some high level standards in the area of enterprise modelling and
integration are available; they are not yet widely recognized as
such and not used in industry.
Future scenarios place information and communication tech-
nologies (ICTs) to be core in new developments. Digital mega
trends such as: e-Tailing, e-Government, entertainment on
demand, virtual education and a wide set of online services
(finance, publishing, marketing) will be part of everyone life’s.
However all these applications and systems will require satisfying
the following fundamental requirements [1]:
b enterprise integration and interoperability,
b distributed organization,
b model-based monitor and control,
b heterogeneous environments,
b open and dynamic structure,
b cooperation,
b integration of humans with software and hardware,
b agility, scalability and fault tolerance.
Computers in Industry 59 (2008) 641–646
A R T I C L E I N F O
Article history:
Accepted 1 December 2007
Available online 19 May 2008
Keywords:
Communication technologies
Manufacturing enterprise
Enterprise integration
Manufacturing systems
Interoperability
A B S T R A C T
Recent advances in information and communication technologies have allowed manufacturing
enterprise to move from highly data-driven environments to a more cooperative information/
knowledge-driven environment. Enterprise knowledge sharing (know-how), common best practices
use, and open source/web based applications are enabling to achieve the concept of integrated enterprise
and hence the implementation and interoperability of networked enterprises. Enterprise integration and
interoperability in manufacturing systems is a key concept to face the challenges of these new
environments. This paper describes challenges, trends and issues that must be addressed in order to
support the generation of new technological solutions.
ß 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
* Corresponding author.
E-mail addresses: Herve.Panetto@cran.uhp-nancy.fr (H. Panetto),
armolina@itesm.mx (A. Molina).
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doi:10.1016/j.compind.2007.12.010
2. The following technological areas have been defined to be core
for the success of next generation manufacturing related to
information and communication technologies [2]:
b adaptable, integrated equipment, processes, and systems that can
be readily reconfigured,
b system synthesis, modelling, and simulation for all manufactur-
ing operations,
b Technologies that can convert information into knowledge for
effective decision making,
b enhanced human–machine interfaces,
b educational and training methods that would enable the rapid
assimilation of knowledge,
b software for intelligent systems for collaboration,
b product and process design methods that address a broad range
of product requirements,
b innovative processes to design and manufacture new materials
and components,
b manufacturing processes that minimize waste production and
energy consumption.
All of these areas are strongly related to the concepts of
enterprise integration and interoperability, and therefore it is
important to foster the application these concepts to support the
generation of new technological solutions.
This paper summarizes the need for enterprise integration and
interoperability in manufacturing systems and puts forward trends
and issues important and relevant for future research work. The
grand challenges may be classified according to the following areas
in [1] (Table 1):
b collaborative networked organizations,
b enterprise modelling and reference models,
b enterprise and processes models interoperability,
b validation, verification, qualification and accreditation of enter-
prise models,
b model reuse and repositories.
2. The need for enterprise integration and interoperability
solutions
2.1. Key concepts of enterprise integration and interoperability
Enterprise integration is a domain of research developed since
1990s as the extension of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
(CIM). Enterprise integration research is mainly carried out within
two distinct research communities: enterprise modelling and
Information Technology. The notion of enterprise integration as it
is understood in the frame of enterprise modelling refers to a set
of concepts and approaches such as for example the definition
Table 1
Research challenges for enterprise integration and interoperability [1]
Challenges Business Knowledge Applications Communications (ICT)
Grand challenge 1.
Collaborative networked
organizations (CNOs)[27]
Business and strategy models Knowledge about business
processes and operations
in CNOs
Collaborative software solutions Reliable communication
networks
Reference models of CNOs Knowledge about core
competencies
(resources based view)
Software to simulate operation to
see parallelism and concurrency
Broadband
Formalisms for modelling
collaboration networks
Sharing principles and
operation rules
Tools for monitoring and control
of parallelism and concurrency
Wireless applications
Grand challenge 2.
Enterprise modelling and
reference models [11] [26]
Enterprise measurement systems
(e.g. Balanced Score Card)
Description of skills, core
competencies, organization
roles and knowledge assets
Integration of enterprise applications
(ERP, MES, SCADA, factory
automation systems)
Open platforms and
architectures
Compensation systems based
on enterprise performance
measures
On line resources availability
and capacity
Workflow management systems
(WfMS)
Human computer
interaction applications
Model driven architectures Balanced automatic vs.
manual tasks
Computer supported cooperative
work (CSCM)
Friendly user interfaces
Grand challenge 3.
Enterprise and processes
models interoperability
[4] [12]
Integration of business
information
Interoperability of models Standards and interfaces Standards
Networked enterprises Standards (KIF, KQML) Interoperable databases Interfaces and mediators
Ontology mapping and matching Shared Ontology Modular and reconfigurable systems Interoperability
Consistent enterprise-wide
decision-making structure
Explicit knowledge models Components based software
solutions (plug in/plug out)
Knowledge management
system
Simulation software
Grand challenge 4.
Validation, verification,
qualification and accreditation
of enterprise models [22]
Reference models for validation,
verification and qualification and
accreditation
Ontology and formal
modelling
Standards Interpretability
New business models evaluation
for CNOs
Model-based manufacturing
and control
Models formalization Standards
Safe systems
Grand challenge 5.
Model reuse and
repositories [19] [20]
Distributed business information
systems
Ontology and formal
modelling
Data mining Standards
Unified database enterprise models Life cycle management
information models
Databases and data warehousing Interfaces
Knowledge based Systems Interoperability
H. Panetto, A. Molina / Computers in Industry 59 (2008) 641–646642
3. of a global architecture of the system, the consistency of system-
wide decision making (coherences between local and global
objectives), the notion of the process which models activity flow
beyond the borders of functions, the dynamic allocation of
resources as well as the consistency of data [3].
It is noticeable that enterprise integration is an essential
component of enterprise engineering which concerns the set of
methods, models and tools that one can use to analyze, to design
and to continually maintain an enterprise in an integrated state.
In the current industrial and economic context, enterprise
systems need to be constantly and smoothly re-engineered to
respond to changing market demand and technological evolution.
Enterprise architecture, considered as the foundation of enterprise
systems engineering, has emerged as a ‘tool’ to help stakeholders
to manage system engineering and changes. It is not only an IT
issue, but first of all a strategic and organizational challenge.
However, enterprise architecture is a challenging but still
confusing concept. Compared to other fields, for example the
construction industry, architecture has been used in the design and
construction of all size buildings. Architects use standard symbols
that can be recognized and understood by all members of their
industry to carry out the construction work.
The enterprise engineering community, which is much
younger, has never experienced the advantage of this type of
‘‘time tested’’ structure. Instead, since its beginning, many
heterogeneous architecture proposals have been developed. They
are often overlapping approaches and the underlying concepts are
not explicitly defined. Similarities and differences between
enterprise architectures cannot be perceived by users; and this
creates obstacles for its correct understanding in industry and
finally its acceptance and use. The lack of a generally agreed
terminology in this domain is also a bottleneck for its efficient
application [4].
Integration is generally considered to go beyond mere
interoperability to involve some degree of functional dependence.
While interoperable systems can function independently, an
integrated system loses significant functionality if the flow of
services is interrupted. An integrated family of systems must, of
necessity, be interoperable, but interoperable systems need not be
integrated. Integration also deals with organizational issues, in
possibly a less formalized manner due to dealing with people, but
integration is much more difficult to solve, while interoperability is
more of a technical issue. Compatibility is something less than
interoperability. It means that systems/units do not interfere with
each other’s functioning. But it does not imply the ability to
exchange services. Interoperable systems are by necessity
compatible, but the converse is not necessarily true. To realize
the power of networking through robust information exchange,
one must go beyond compatibility. In sum, interoperability lies in
the middle of an ‘‘Integration Continuum’’ between compatibility
and full integration. It is important to distinguish between these
fundamentally different concepts of compatibility, interoperabil-
ity, and integration, since failure to do so, sometimes confuses the
debate over how to achieve them. While compatibility is clearly a
minimum requirement, the degree of interoperability/integration
desired in a joint family of systems or units is driven by the
underlying operational level of those systems [5].
2.2. Enterprise architecture in manufacturing systems environment
The problems of enterprise applications interoperability can be
defined according to various points of view and perspectives. These
aspects correspond to modelling frameworks and enterprise
architecture, with, as a common point, an implicit or explicit
perspective of evolution according to a linear scale the more an
application is interoperable with another and thus higher in a
value scale, the more it relates to a high level of abstraction of the
models and their semantics. For this reason, an interoperability
development process is often classified in so-called ‘‘levels of
interoperability’’ in the literature (Table 2) [5].
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LISI focuses on the increasing levels of sophistication of systems
interoperability (isolated systems, connected interoperability in a
peer-to-peer environment, functional interoperability in a dis-
tributed environment, domain based interoperability in an
integrated environment; enterprise based interoperability in a
universal environment. LISI focuses on technical interoperability
and the complexity of interoperations between systems. The
model does not address the environmental and organizational
issues that contribute to the construction and maintenance of
interoperable systems. Acknowledging this limitation, [7] pro-
posed the Organizational Interoperability Maturity (OIM) model,
which extends the LISI model into the more abstract layers of
command and control support (Independent, Ad hoc, Collabora-
tive, Integrated, Unified). Beyond this organizational interoper-
ability, the type of content of the exchange flows is also an issue. To
cope with it, the NATO C3 Technical Architecture (NC3TA)
Reference Model for Interoperability [8] focuses on technical
interoperability and establishes interoperability degrees and sub-
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seamless sharing of data, and seamless sharing of information). The
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could be enhanced by structuring and automating the exchange
and interpretation of data.
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Conceptual Interoperability (LCIM) Model that addresses levels of
conceptual interoperability that go beyond technical models like
LISI. Systems interoperability is not only a technical problem (as
stated by LISI or LCIM) but also deals with organizational issues
(OIM). These aspects of interoperability are coherent with the
definitions proposed by the European Interoperability Framework
Table 2
The maturity models [5]
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operations. However business integration needs the support of
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integration is also in progress in many companies. However
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developed to a satisfactory level.
2.3. Integration and interoperability in manufacturing systems
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factors, such as the fast evolution of information and commu-
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Roque et al. [12] propose a detailed definition of a UML Profile for
model transformation between GRAI Extended Actigram into UML
Activity Diagram in order to deal with interoperability problems,
which arise in collaborative enterprises at the enterprise modelling
level when they try to follow a model driven approach. The final
objective of performing this profile is to achieve a model driven
interoperability solution that can start out from enterprise models
and guide enterprises to obtain enterprise software applications.
One of the main advantages of the approach based on UML Profiles
is that it provides enterprises with a common solution to model
and use their own business domain in a model driven way, which
takes interoperability into account. Moreover, in this paper we
provide some other approaches that could be followed if the model
transformation tools do not provide facilities for applying UML
Profiles.
Manufacturing execution systems solutions provide real time
information about what is happening in the shop floor, for
managers (under a strategic approach), and for direct operation
workers (under a purely operative approach). It is also an
information bridge between planning systems used in strategic
production management (such as ERP—enterprise resource plan-
ning) and manufacturing floor control supervisory control and data
acquisition (SCADA). It links the manufacturing information
system’s layers (strategic planning and direct execution) through
the adequate online managing and control of updated information
related with the basic enterprise resources: people, inventory and
equipment [13]. The enormous importance acquired by MES
resides, in a significant percentage, on its functionalities (implying
people, inventory and equipment) and their interaction with the
compounding elements of the industrial plant environment. Core
functions of MES include planning system interface, data collec-
tion, exception management, work orders, work stations, inven-
tory/materials and material movement. MES supporting functions
could include the following genealogy, maintenance, time and
attendance, statistical process control, quality assurance, process
data and documentation management. However, there is an
increasing need to provide support defining and implementing an
interoperability relationship between these manufacturing soft-
ware and business applications such as ERP systems.
In order to support the requested business to manufacturing
(B2M) interoperation, the standard IEC 62264 [14] defines models
and establishes terminology (semantics) for defining the interfaces
between an enterprise’s business systems and its manufacturing
control systems. It describes in a rather detailed way the relevant
functions in the enterprise and the control domain and the objects
normally exchanged between these domains. It is becoming the
accepted model for B2M integration and interoperability. In this
context, the main modelling concept is to make the product
interactive as the ‘controller’ of the manufacturing enterprise’s
resources for enabling ‘on the fly’ interoperability relationships
between existing product-systems and ensuring coherence
between the physical and information flows all through the
product life cycle (Fig. 1) [15].
Information can be embedded in physical objects according to
the Holonic Manufacturing System (HMS) paradigm, in order to
ensure the traceability of customized products, goods for
manufacturing issues and services for logistics issues [16]. Such
a holonic approach requires aggregating separate object views and
constructs of the IEC 62264 standard in order to define the relevant
holons field, lack of established standards, which sometimes
happen after the fact, and the rapid and unstable growth of the
basic technology with a lack of commonly supported global
strategy [17].
Enterprise integration engineering can then concern different
levels and be approached from different perspectives. At the sub-
enterprise level, the functionality of the integrated application or
system is limited to a relatively homogeneous area, typically a
single local site under a single ownership. For example, flexible
manufacturing systems are at the integrated sub-enterprise level.
Complete functional integration at the single-site enterprise level
assures that business processes, manufacturing processes and
product realization are united using a common architecture to
fulfil a common goal. This is most likely for a single plant under
single ownership, such as an automated factory.
The final achievement of enterprise integration engineering
is to integrate at all levels different types of e-technologies
(telecommunications, Internet/Intranet/Extranet, database, web
applications), e-applications (enterprise resource planning, man-
ufacturing execution system, SCI—supply chain integration, EPS—
electronic procurement systems, CRM—customer relationship
management, SRM—supplier relationship management) and
e-services (e-Supply, e-Engineering, e-Marketing, e-Brokerage,
Fig. 1. Product-driven manufacturing enterprise-wide control [15].
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5. e-Productivity, e-Factory) in order to create the concept of
e-Enterprise [18,21].
3. Semantic issues in manufacturing enterprise integration
and interoperability
Because of the current trend of integration and interoperabilityof
industrial systems, their size and complexity continue to grow
making it more difficult to analyze, to understand and to solve the
problems that happen in their organizations. Continuous improve-
ment methodologies are powerful tools in order to understand and
to solve problems, to control the effects of changes and finally to
capitalize knowledge about changes and improvements. These tools
involve suitably represent knowledge relating to the concerned
system. Consequently, Knowledge Management (KM) is an increas-
ingly important source of competitive advantage for organizations.
Particularly, the capitalization and sharing of knowledge resulting
from experience feedback (EF) are elements which play an essential
role in the continuous improvement of industrial activities. In this
paper, the contribution deals with semantic interoperability and
relates to the structuring and the formalization of an experience
feedback process aiming at transforming information or under-
standing gained by experience into explicit knowledge. The reuse of
such knowledge has proved to have significant impact on achieving
the missions of companies. However, the means of describing the
knowledge objects of an experience generally remain informal.
Based on an experience feedback process model and conceptual
graphs, this paper takes domain ontology as a framework for the
clarification of explicit knowledge and know-how, the aim of which
is to get lessons learned descriptions that are significant, correct and
applicable [20].
In manufacturing enterprise integration there are two types of
architectures. Type 1 describes an architecture or physical
structure of some component or part of the integrated system
such as the computer system or the communications system. Type
2 presents an architecture or structure of the project which
develops the physical integration, i.e., those that illustrate the life
cycle of the project developing the integrated enterprise. Today,
the architecture concept is not sufficiently exploited. One of the
reasons is the lack of proper architecture representation formalism
supporting significant characterization of features and properties
of enterprise systems. Therefore the review of the past and recent
enterprise architecture approaches clearly shows the insufficient
development of type 1 architectures, in particular the reference
architectures at higher abstraction level are needed. This would
help reuse of mature architecture solution (types) to save time and
cost while performing enterprise engineering and integration
projects. There is also a need to harmonise and map existing type of
architectures (frameworks for enterprise integration and/or
interoperability).
The following research issues are considered challenging for the
next years to come:
b Enterprise architecture needs addressing more on how to align of
business strategy to technology for implementation, and not just
focused on business or IT with separated research and develop-
ment.
b It is necessary to develop an enterprise architecture language at a
high level of abstraction for representing enterprise architectural
structure, characteristics and properties at early stage of design.
b Existing architecture design principles and patterns were not
developed to a satisfactory level to allow bringing significant
improvement to enterprise architecting. More research is also
needed in this area to promote the reuse of good practices and
theories.
b The development of an ontology precisely defining concepts and
properties of enterprise architecture domain is challenging. This
ontology is needed to allow a clear understanding of the universe
of discourse in this domain and avoid multiple and sometimes
redundant developments of architectural proposals. Enterprise
architecture ontology also contributes to semantic interoper-
ability between different enterprise architecture proposals.
The goal is then clearlyto assume and to improve the correctness,
the completeness, the relevance and more globally the level of
quality and the level of confidence of a given model. Indeed,
following the well known model driven engineering principles,
engineering projects, whatever may be their goal (software
development, integration, risk analysis, business and organizational
interoperability analysis and amelioration in a network of enter-
prises) manipulate models from different natures and covering
different objectives. Then, system engineering provides integration,
verification, validation and qualification processes all along the life
cycle of a system [22]. In the same way, lot of works in information
software engineering and integration domain provides formal
techniques and tools in order to fulfil these activities [23–25].
4. Conclusions
Nowadays, semantic integration constitutes an important
approach to deal with heterogeneity within large and dynamic
enterprises. Currently,the existing solutions are mainly based onthe
use of some standards and also middleware in order to overcome the
integration problem. These solutions generally fail as they do not
scale to large number of applications and also fail as they do not
provide more flexibility and agility. Here, solutions based on
semantic web services are promising and they are being actively
researched. These technologies can offer answers to some key
challenges such as semantic mediation and interoperation [26].
Developments of information and communication technologies
and turbulent market conditions have forced small and medium
size enterprises (SMEs) to adapt their way of undertaking business,
from traditional practices to e-business. In this context, new forms
of collaboration have emerged, such as collaborative networks [1]
or virtual enterprises (VEs). In a collaborative networked
environment (CNE), the integration and interoperability enhance
the competitive advantages of the CNs and their member
organizations. In this context, they become critical goals towards
achieving their business objectives in a time, quality and cost
effective manner [27].
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Dr. Herve´ PANETTO is Associate Professor at Nancy-
University where he teaches Information Systems at
ESIAL Engineering school and conducts research at
CRAN (Research Centre for Automatic Control), labora-
tory associated with CNRS. He received his PhD on
production engineering in 1991 and he has been
accredited for directing research (Habilitation a` Diriger
des Recherches) in 2006. He has strong experience in
Information Systems modelling and database devel-
opment. His research field is based on Information
Systems modelling for enterprise applications and
processes interoperability, with applications in enter-
prise modelling, manufacturing processes modelling,
furniture data modelling. He is working in ERP and MES integration from a
business to manufacturing perspective. He is expert at AFNOR (French National
standardization body), CEN TC310 and ISO TC184/SC4 and SC5. He participated to
many European projects including IMS FP5-IST Smart-fm project (awarded by
IMS) and the FP6 INTEROP NoE (Interoperability Research for Networked
Enterprises Applications and Software) where he was leader of the work package
dealing with scientific dissemination and standardization. He is serving as expert-
evaluator for the European Commission in the domain of ICT. He is editor or guest
editor of books and special issues of international journals. He is author or co-
author of more than 70 papers in the field of automation engineering, enterprise
modelling and enterprise systems integration and interoperability. He is currently
Vice-Chair of the IFAC Technical Committee 5.3 ‘‘Enterprise Integration and
Networking’’.
Professor Dr. Arturo Molina is Vice President of
Research and Technological Development, and former
Dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture of
Monterrey Institute of Technology (Tecnolo´ gico de
Monterrey), Campus Monterrey. He was a visiting
professor at UC Berkeley at Mechanical Engineering
Department during his Sabbatical year (2004/2005).
He received his PhD degree in Manufacturing Engi-
neering at Loughborough University of Technology,
England in July 1995, his University Doctor degree in
Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of
Budapest, Hungary in November 1992, and his M.Sc.
degree in Computer Science from ITESM, Campus
Monterrey in December 1992. Professor Molina is member of the National
Researchers System of Mexico (SNI-Nivel II), Mexican Academy of Sciences, IFAC
Chair of Technical Committee WG 5.3 Enterprise Integration and Enterprise
Networking, and member of IFIP WG5.12 Working Group on Enterprise Integration
Architectures and IFIP WG 5.3 Cooperation of virtual enterprises and Virtual
Organizations. He is the author of over 65 scientific papers in journals, conferences
and chapter books. He is the author of over 65 scientific papers in journals,
conferences and chapter books. He is co-author of the book ‘‘Life Cycle Engineering:
Concepts, models and technologies’’ (Kluwer Academics Publishers) and the book of
‘‘Concurrent Engineering: an integrated methodology’’ (UPC publications).
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