Laszlo Nemes - Böcker

The 1990s have seen many large scale efforts to transform companies into more agile and efficient global enterprises. An important lesson of the efforts in computer-integrated manufacturing and other businesses has been that enterprises - like any other man-made system - need to be properly designed and that methods to do this should become widely available and publicised. This text describes the latest methods for guiding enterprises and consultants, managers and technical personnel through a complete life-cycle of enterprise development. It is based on the findings of the IFIP/IFAC Task Force and presents the state-of-the-art of enterprise architecture including: analysis and comparison of the three major architectural frameworks and methodologies; identification of the strengths and weaknesses of each methodology to enable users to select the approach which best suits their needs; and a road map for the development of more complete methodologies by using existing ones. This book is aimed at all practising engineers and researchers in manufacturing and engineering management, with special interest for those involved in CIM and Enterprise Modelling and Integration.

This work explores the newly created discipline of enterprise integration, which is a business-oriented synthesis of many disciplines such as management science, information technology, production management and artifical intelligence. The major topics discussed include: the needs of industry and the first results using enterprise integration methodologies; making methodologies easier to interpret by discussing them as procedures; enterprise modelling languagesand their theoretical backgrounds; reference architectures as a framework for the life-cycle of an enterprise's transformation; enterprise engineering CASE/CAEE tools that allow computer simulation, analysis and workflow enactment of enterprise models; contribution of distributed artificial intelligence to the design of agile, competitive enterprises. This book should be useful reading for academics, research students, consultants, business process analysts, information technology managers and manufacturing management experts working in the area of enterprise integration.This book should be of interest to academics and research students; IT managers; software engineers; manufacturing engineers; project managers; control engineers; consultants; business process analysts.

A collection of the effort of experts in the modelling, design and development of information infrastructures for global enterprises and networks working together in an active forum. The problems in establishing and managing the dynamics of inter- and intra-enterprises in the present day fast-changing global operating manufacturing scenario requires universal applicability of enterprise integration architectures, methodologies and information infrastructure support. New requirements are emerging due to advancements in information and telecommunication technologies. In particular, the capability of information infrastructure and intelligent manufacturing systems to capture and transform information in globally distributed enterprise networks into knowledge for decision and action by machine and skilful people is becoming increasingly important for the success of virtual enterprises.These issues are thoroughly discussed in this book under the fields of: virtual enterprises; modelling and analysis of virtual enterprises; supply chain management; e-Commerce and e-Service; product development and life cycle management; knowledge management; information technologies for manufacturing, and; computer integrated manufacturing. This book should be of interest and reference for researchers, engineers and managers at all levels involved in the business models of virtual enterprises and manufacturing networks. It is also a comprehensive text for students on enterprise integration, modelling methodologies and applications of information and telecommunication technologies.

The availability of effective global communication facilities in the last decade has changed the business goals of many manufacturing enterprises. They need to remain competitive by developing products and processes which are specific to individual requirements, completely packaged and manufactured globally. Networks of enterprises are formed to operate across time and space with world-wide distributed functions such as manufacturing, sales, customer support, engineering, quality assurance, supply chain management and so on. Research and technology development need to address architectures, methodologies, models and tools supporting intra- and inter-enterprise operation and management. Throughout the life cycle of products and enterprises there is the requirement to transform information sourced from globally distributed offices and partners into knowledge for decision and action. Building on the success of previous DrrSM conferences (Tokyo 1993, Eindhoven 1996, Fort Worth 1998), the fourth International Conference on Design of Information Infrastructure Systems for Manufacturing (DrrSM 2000) aims to: • Establish and manage the dynamics of virtual enterprises, define the information system requirements and develop solutions; • Develop and deploy information management in multi-cultural systems with universal applicability of the proposed architecture and solutions; • Develop enterprise integration architectures, methodologies and information infrastructure support for reconfigurable enterprises; • Explore information transformation into knowledge for decision and action by machine and skilful people; These objectives reflect changes of the business processes due to advancements of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the last couple of years.

Architectures for Enterprise Integration describes the latest methods to guide enterprises and consultants, managers and technical personnel through a complete life-cycle of enterprise development. This book is based on the findings of the IFIP/IFAC Task Force and presents the state-of-the-art in enterprise architecture. This book is essential reading for all practising engineers and researchers in manufacturing and engineering management with special interest for those involved in CIM and Enterprise Modelling and Integration.

Enterprise integration and enterprise engineering has become a focal point of discussions during the past few years with active contribution of many disciplines... The evolution from the concept of CAD/CAM, through CIM to the Integrated Enterprise is based on the assumption that the integrated enterprise can (and should) be engineered just as any complex system can.

This handbook is about methods, tools and examples of how to architect an enterprise through considering all life cycle aspects of Enterprise Entities. It is based on ISO15704:2000, or the GERAM Framework. A wide audience is addressed, as the handbook covers methods and tools necessary to design or redesign enterprises, as well as those necessary to structure the implementation into manageable projects.

This handbook is about methods, tools and examples of how to architect an enterprise through considering all life cycle aspects of Enterprise Entities. It is based on ISO15704:2000, or the GERAM Framework. A wide audience is addressed, as the handbook covers methods and tools necessary to design or redesign enterprises, as well as those necessary to structure the implementation into manageable projects.