Ebook: CIMOSA: Open System Architecture for CIM

Enterprise operation efficiency is seriously constrained by the inability to provide the right information, in the right place, at the right time. In spite of significant advances in technology it is still difficult to access information used or produced by different applications due to the hardware and software incompatibilities of manufacturing and information processing equipment. But it is this information and operational knowledge which makes up most of the business value of the enterprise and which enables it to compete in the marketplace. Therefore, sufficient and timely information access is a prerequisite for its efficient use in the operation of enterprises. It is the aim of the ESPRIT project AMICE to make this knowledge base available enterprise-wide. During several ESPRIT contracts the project has developed and validated CIMOSA: Open System Architecture for CIM. The CIMOSA concepts provide operation structuring based on cooperating processes. Enterprise operations are represented in terms of functionality and dynamic behaviour (control flow). Information needed and produced, as well as resources and organisational aspects relevant in the course of the operation are modelled in the process model. However, the different aspects may be viewed separately for additional structuring and detailing during the enterprise engineering process.

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The efficiency of enterprise operation is seriously constrained by the inability to provide the right information, in the right place, at the righttime. It is still difficult to access information used or produced by different applications, due to the hardware and software incompatibilities of manufacturing and information processing equipment. It is the aim of the ESPRIT project AMICE (European Computer Integrated Manufacturing Architecture) to make the enterprise knowledge base available enterprise-wide. This book reports work carried out in the framework of the ESPRIT project AMICE on CIMOSA (Open System Architecture for Computer Integrated Manufacturing). CIMOSA provides a new approach for enterprise modelling. It is based on a reference architecture for common and consistent enterprise description, a system lifecycle definition focusing on model maintenance and update rather than model creation, and an integrating infrastructure for model engineering and execution that enables enterprise operation control and monitoring in heterogeneous environments. This second edition significantly extends thespecification of CIMOSA in several ways. Constructs for modelling resources and organizational aspects and an extended frameworkfor the integrating infrastructure are presented. A user guide is given for requirements modelling. Case-study examples are used to demonstrate templates for CIMOSA modelling constructs. Finally several AMICE technical reports address specific subjects.

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The efficiency of enterprise operation is seriously constrained by the inability to provide the right information, in the right place, at the righttime. It is still difficult to access information used or produced by different applications, due to the hardware and software incompatibilities of manufacturing and information processing equipment. It is the aim of the ESPRIT project AMICE (European Computer Integrated Manufacturing Architecture) to make the enterprise knowledge base available enterprise-wide. This book reports work carried out in the framework of the ESPRIT project AMICE on CIMOSA (Open System Architecture for Computer Integrated Manufacturing). CIMOSA provides a new approach for enterprise modelling. It is based on a reference architecture for common and consistent enterprise description, a system lifecycle definition focusing on model maintenance and update rather than model creation, and an integrating infrastructure for model engineering and execution that enables enterprise operation control and monitoring in heterogeneous environments. This second edition significantly extends thespecification of CIMOSA in several ways. Constructs for modelling resources and organizational aspects and an extended frameworkfor the integrating infrastructure are presented. A user guide is given for requirements modelling. Case-study examples are used to demonstrate templates for CIMOSA modelling constructs. Finally several AMICE technical reports address specific subjects.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Management Overview....Pages 9-29
CIMOSA Technical Description....Pages 31-118
User Guide on Requirements Definition Model....Pages 119-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Enterprise Integration....Pages 168-178
CIMOSA — FBS Modelling Paradigm — Formal Representation....Pages 179-191
CIMOSA Implementation Description Language....Pages 192-231
Back Matter....Pages 232-235

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The efficiency of enterprise operation is seriously constrained by the inability to provide the right information, in the right place, at the righttime. It is still difficult to access information used or produced by different applications, due to the hardware and software incompatibilities of manufacturing and information processing equipment. It is the aim of the ESPRIT project AMICE (European Computer Integrated Manufacturing Architecture) to make the enterprise knowledge base available enterprise-wide. This book reports work carried out in the framework of the ESPRIT project AMICE on CIMOSA (Open System Architecture for Computer Integrated Manufacturing). CIMOSA provides a new approach for enterprise modelling. It is based on a reference architecture for common and consistent enterprise description, a system lifecycle definition focusing on model maintenance and update rather than model creation, and an integrating infrastructure for model engineering and execution that enables enterprise operation control and monitoring in heterogeneous environments. This second edition significantly extends thespecification of CIMOSA in several ways. Constructs for modelling resources and organizational aspects and an extended frameworkfor the integrating infrastructure are presented. A user guide is given for requirements modelling. Case-study examples are used to demonstrate templates for CIMOSA modelling constructs. Finally several AMICE technical reports address specific subjects.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Management Overview....Pages 9-29
CIMOSA Technical Description....Pages 31-118
User Guide on Requirements Definition Model....Pages 119-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Enterprise Integration....Pages 168-178
CIMOSA — FBS Modelling Paradigm — Formal Representation....Pages 179-191
CIMOSA Implementation Description Language....Pages 192-231
Back Matter....Pages 232-235
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