Modelling and Methodologies for Enterprise Integration: Proceedings of the IFIP TC5 Working Conference on Models and Methodologies for Enterprise Integration, Queensland, Australia, November 1995

460 Pages·1996·35.917 MB·English

by  Peter Bernus, Laszlo Nemes (auth.), Peter Bernus, Laszlo Nemes (eds.)

Modelling and
Methodologies
for Enterprise
Integration
IFIP - The International Federation for Information Processing
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Computer Congress held in Paris the previous year. An umbrella organization for societies
working in information processing, IFIP's aim is two-fold: to support information processing
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Modelling and
Methodologies
for Enterprise
Integration
Proceedings of the IFIP TC5 Working
Conference on Models and
Methodologies for Enterprise
Integration, Queensland, Australia,
November 1995
Edited by
Peter Bernus
Griffith University
Queensland
Australia
and
Laszlo Nemes
CS/RO
Victoria
Australia
lg
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CONTENTS
Foreword vii
Acknowledgements ix
PART ONE Papers 1
1 Enterprise integration - engineering tools for designing enterprises
P. Bemus and L. Nemes 3
2 Use of the Purdue enterprise reference architecture and methodology
in industry (the Fluor Daniel example)
G.A. Rathwell and T.J. Williams 12
3 Process oriented presentation of modelling methodologies
K. Kosanke 45
4 Enterprise representation: an analysis of standard issues
J.G. Nell 56
5 Process-oriented modelling and analysis of business processes using
the R/3 reference model
G. Keller and S. Detering 69
6 A framework for business renovation: toward an intellectual infrastructure
for the extended enterprise
Y. Shibata 88
7 Multicriteria-based decision making models for computer integrated enterprise
Lj.B. Vlacic 103
8 Conceptual design of information systems based on enterprise modelling
H. Grabowski, G. Grein, P. Milde and U. Weber 113
9 Manufacturing strategy assessment for enterprise integration
R. Bemelman and D.H. Jarvis 126
10 The logic of enterprise modelling
M. GruningerandM.S. Fox 140
11 Repository structures for evolving federated database schemas
M.A. Jeusfeld and M. Jarke 158
12 CIM business process and enterprise activity modelling
F.B. Vemadat 171
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13 The meaning of an enterprise model
P. Bemus, L. Nemes and R. Morris 183
14 A situation theoretic approach to the representation of processes
C. Menzel and R.J. Mayer 201
15 Enterprise engineering methods and tools which facilitate simulation,
emulation and enactment via formal models
R.H. Weston and P.J. Gilders 218
16 Workflow-management-systems as enterprise engineering tools
C. Buj)ler 234
17 Objects and environments in dynamic CIMOSA models
l.L. Kotsiopoulos 248
18 A systematic approach to the analysis and (re)design of logistic
networks
P. W. van der Veer and R.H.J. Demkes 262
19 Modeling and simulation in enterprise integration - a framework and
an application in the offshore oil industry
L. C. Christensen, T.R. Christiansen, Y. lin, R.E. Levitt and J. Kunz 282
20 Production scheduling: a generic building block for enterprise integration
G. Schmidt 305
21 Challenges and directions for EI: a distributed AI perspective
M. Klein 319
22 A methodology for developing agent based systems for enterprise
integration
E.A. Kendall, M. T. Malkoun and C. Jiang 333
23 A change architecture for enterprises: a semiotic model
M. Cross and F. O'Brien 345
24 Distributed object oriented logic programming as a tool for
enterprise modelling
K.L. Clark, N. Skarmeas and T.l. Wang 358
PART TWO Transcript of Discussions and Panel Session 375
Transcript of Discussions 377
Panel Session 433
Index of contributors 451
Keyword index 452
Foreword
The aim of IFIP Working Conferences is to present the state-of-the-art in a
specific domain and to provide a discussion forum for future developments
in that domain. The background of this conference requires some further
explanation.
This meeting was not a continuation of a successful series of established
high profile events, but on the contrary, it gave birth to a completely new
discipline: enterprise integration.
Is Enterprise Integration a new discipline? We have been integrating
enterprises for twenty years, at least we have used the word 'integration' on
thousands of occasions, reporting industrial successes for enterprise-wide
information processing. Looking closely at the solutions reported sofar,
these 'integrated enterprises' solved some of the software interoperability
issues and offered rationalised material flow under computer control. All
these enterprises were individually specified and developed. The efforts and
costs to make them work were so high that industry was disappointed with
the cost/benefit results. The real nightmare came, however, when modifica
tions were necessary or additions were needed in such systems.
In the mid-eighties industry realised that more systematic approaches
were needed to design enterprises for their entire life-cycle. Various projects
were started worldwide, dealing with architectures, design procedures and
modelling tools for enterprise-wide integration. General recognition
emerged that manufacturing processes, information networks and human
(organisational) issues should concurrently be addressed.
In 1990 an international Task Force was established by IFIC and IFAC to
compare and evaluate the different architectures which were proposed by
that time and the first major report1 of the Task Force was recently pub
lished. During that work it was realised that architectures alone are difficult
to use in the industry and methodologies are needed to guide the user
through the process of engineering the enterprise. It also became obvious
1. Architectures for Enterprise Integration, P.Bernus, L.Nemes, T.J.Williams (Eds),
Chapman and Hall, London (1996).
viii Foreword
that various design and modelling tools are needed at certain designs steps
and these technologies have to be linked into the architectural framework.
This complex technical field is now considered to be the area of enterprise
integration. The need for this research led to the establishment of a profes
sional group to address the issues of enterprise integration on a regular basis.
The International Federation of Information Processing therefore estab
lished a new Working Group (WG5.12) to deal with these issues and EI95
was the first conference organised by the new Working Group. The editors
of this book sent out calls for participation to well known researchers, con
sultants and research managers in the industry. The program committee
selected the best contributions and the conference was organised by invita
tion only.
Contributions to EI95 discussed tools for enterprise modelling
(requirements and design issues), enterprise modelling languages (integrat
ing enterprise models, language design and ontological modelling), gaining
advantage though the use of enterprise reference architectures and enterprise
engineering methodologies, the role of recently popularised approaches in
enterprise integration (e.g. concurrent engineering, re-engineering, co-ordi
nation science etc.), significant opportunities and generic building blocks
(reusable partial models, agent based integration, etc.).
We are proud of the outcome of the first meeting. The contributions are
exceptionally good. Each presentation was followed by a discussion among
international experts and the conference was closed by a round table for
summarising what was discussed at the conference. The transcripts of these
discussion are also included in this volume.
We sincerely thank all the authors for their valuable contributions and
their efforts to keeping to the tight deadlines which enabled us to publish
this volume quickly. We would also like to thank the members of the Inter
national Programme Committee for their efforts in refereeing the contribu
tions. We hope that the proceedings reflect the important needs in
technology and they will be useful source of information for further research
and industrial developments.
PBemus
LNemes
21 March 1996
Acknowledgements
Below is the list of the international programme committee whose members
acted as referees for EI95.
General Chair Atsui Inamoto (J)
Theodore J. Williams Mathias J arke (G)
(Purdue University, USA) Mark Klein (USA)
Peter Kopacek (A)
International Programme Kurt Kosanke (G)
Committee Chair George L. Kovacs (H)
Peter Bemus (Griffith University, AUS) Toru Mikami (J)
H.-J. Molstand (DEN)
International Programme Jim Nell (USA)
Committee Co-Chair James L. Nevins (USA)
Laszlo Nemes (CSIRO, AUS) Michael G Rodd (UK)
Gunter Schmidt (G)
Members Yusaku Shibata (J)
Luis Basanez (SP) John Mylopoulos (CAN)
Jim Brosvic (USA) Francois B. Vemadat (F)
Yuliu Chen (HK) Ljubisa Vlacic (AUS)
Guy Doumeingts (F) Jakob Vlietstra (USA)
Albert Chan (CAN) R.H. Weston (UK)
David Chen (F) Christoph Bussler (G)
Fadi Fadel (CAN) Arturo Molina Gutierrez (MEX)
Joel Favrel (F) N. Rozsenich (A)
Mark Fox (CAN) Tim Finin (US)
Yoshiro Fukuda (J) Frank Neuscheler (G)
Mike Groninger (CAN) Kunimasa Nishigaya (U.N.)
Bruce Guthridge (USA)
Geza Haidegger (H)
Zengjin Han (PRC)
X Acknowledgements
The technical discussions could not have been published in this issue
without the skillful recording, transcribing and editing of the conversations
by Denise Vercoe, Raymond Woo and Greg Uppington.
We would also like to recognise the technical and financial help given to
this conference by the Queensland Government Information Industries
Board, the Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation, Andersen
Consulting, the Queensland Branch of the Australian Computer Society and
in particular to Angela Laffey, conference secretary.
The Working Conference was Sponsored by IFIP TC5 (WG5.12) and co
sponsored by IFAC TC-MIA and the IFIP/IFAC Task Force 'Architectures
for Enterprise Integration' .