Enterprise Engineering and Integration: Building International Consensus Proceedings of ICEIMT ’97, International Conference on Enterprise Integration and Modeling Technology, Torino, Italy, October 28–30, 1997

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Enterprise Integration and Standardization — A European View....Pages 3-5
Enterprise Integration — A United States View....Pages 6-19
Enterprise Reference Architectures — A Research Portfolio....Pages 20-26
Enterprise Integration in the User Industries — Needs and Current Solutions....Pages 27-33
Enterprise System / Control System Integration Scheme....Pages 34-44
Development of Integrated Enterprise Models....Pages 45-53
A Standardization Strategy that Matches Enterprise Operation....Pages 54-63
Enterprise Integration — International Consensus: A Europe — USA Initiative....Pages 64-74
A Human Factors Taxonomy and Human Modeling in Enterprises—Workshop 1, Working Group 1....Pages 75-81
Human Factors and Enterprise Integration—Workshop 1, Working Group 2....Pages 82-88
Changes in Organisation and Process Structures—Workshop 1, Working Group 3....Pages 89-95
Assessing Enterprise Integration for Competitive Advantage—Workshop 2, Working Group 1....Pages 96-107
Enterprise Integration Deployment — Migration of Existing Applications—Workshop 3, Working Group 3....Pages 108-116
Research for Advanced Enterprise Integration Standards—Workshop 3, Working Group 2/3....Pages 117-122
Enterprise Modelling — User Semantics....Pages 123-134
Formal Semantics of Enterprise Models....Pages 135-139
Business Evolution and Enterprise Integration....Pages 140-151
Business Benefits from Enterprise Integration....Pages 152-162
Services for Integration—Workshop 5, Working Group 2....Pages 163-166
ICEIMT in Perspective — 92 to 97....Pages 167-174
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Contribution of the Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture to Consensus in the Area of Enterprise Integration....Pages 175-189
Ontologies for Enterprise Modelling....Pages 190-200
Methodologies for Enterprise Integration....Pages 201-211
Enterprise Modelling Languages....Pages 212-224
The Human Role in Enterprise Integration....Pages 225-234
Requirements for Enterprise Model Execution and Integration Services....Pages 235-243
ICT-Support for Enterprise Integration — Where Are We?....Pages 244-255
AIT — Advanced Information Technology for Design and Manufacture (ESPRIT Project)....Pages 256-264
PRIMA — Process Industry Manufacturing Advantage Through Information Technology (ESPRIT Project)....Pages 265-273
NGMS — Next Generation Manufacturing Systems (IMS Project)....Pages 274-283
HMS — Holonic Manufacturing Systems Test Case (IMS Project)....Pages 284-292
NIIIP — The National Industrial Information Infrastructure Protocols for Industrial Enterprise Integration: Enabling the Virtual Enterprise (USA Project)....Pages 293-306
NGM — Next Generation Manufacturing, A Framework for Action (USA Project)....Pages 307-315
Evolution in Enterprise Integration — The Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing....Pages 316-316
Enterprise Engineering and Integration — Future Challenges....Pages 317-326
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
The Business Architect — The Concept of Enterprise Integration Revisited....Pages 329-338
Balancing Between Integration and Distribution Paradigms: The Modelling Process of the European CMMS—IAMS Projects....Pages 339-347
Enterprise Modelling and Integration — Towards Agile Manufacturing Systems....Pages 348-358
Proxy Possible Flow Semantics for Enterprise Formulae and Artefact Possible Lives Models....Pages 359-367
Integrated Ontologies for Enterprise Modelling....Pages 368-377
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Defining an Ontology for the Formal Requirements Engineering of Manufacturing Systems....Pages 378-387
DME — Distributed Manufacturing Enterprise Modeling, Towards an Ontological Approach....Pages 388-399
Integrated Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Workflow Management within an Enterprise Integration Methodology....Pages 400-407
Enterprise Integration — Operational Models of Business Processes and Workflow Systems....Pages 408-419
Design for an Enterprise....Pages 420-430
IMMPAC: A Methodology for the Implementation of Enterprise Integration Programmes in Mexican SMEs....Pages 431-438
Flexible Industrial Applications Through Model-Based Workflows....Pages 439-448
Integration in Small and Medium Enterprises:Specification of a Business Process Re-engineering Methodology....Pages 449-458
Concurrent Engineering Reference Model for Integrated Product Development....Pages 459-466
Methods and Tools for Decentralised Work and Information Structures in SMEs....Pages 467-472
Enterprise Modelling and the Socio-Technical Tradition....Pages 473-482
Organisation Issues and the ACNOS Approach....Pages 483-495
Cooperative Processes and Workflow Management for Enterprise Integration....Pages 496-509
The Capture of Human Interactions to Support Information Requirements Specification in Small Companies....Pages 510-520
Characterization of the Place of the Human in Enterprise Integration....Pages 521-528
Modelling Organizational Issues for Enterprise Integration....Pages 529-538
CIMOSA and the Enterprise Organisation....Pages 539-547
A Model-Based Engineering Workbench for Shop Floor Control Applications....Pages 548-559
Enterprise Models for Metro Systems Operations....Pages 560-569
Enterprise Integration — User Requirements and the AIT Approach....Pages 570-579
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Considerations for Quality in Model Building and Use....Pages 580-591
Opportunities for Software Support to the Simulation Process....Pages 592-602
A Framework for Standards which Support the Virtual Enterprise....Pages 603-612
Enterprise Integration and Standardisation....Pages 613-623
QCIM — Success Factor Information Integration....Pages 624-631
Back Matter....Pages 633-634