Enterprise models are essential for the understanding, analysis, engineering, improvement,
optimisation, maintenance and even management and control of enterprise systems. In that …

Among the activities managed by an organization, the maintenance of the resources it uses
considerably affects sustainable performance. In this paper, we propose research on …

The paper presents the rationale and principles of a unified language devoted to the area of
Enterprise Modelling. The language, named UEML, for Unified Enterprise Modelling …

It is well known that manufacturing systems are complex, large-scale systems for a number
of operational and structural reasons. This complexity makes such systems difficult to control …

For any manufacturing firm, theory suggests that the firm is better off if the manufacturing
planning and control (MPC) system supports the market strategy as well as the …

The article provides an overview of the challenges and the state of the art of the discipline of
Enterprise Architecture (EA), with emphasis on the challenges and future development …

Managing modularity and commonality in product development more and more needs
modularity and commonality in the production process, with the objectives of reducing …

Apart from the 20-year anniversary in 2014 of the first publication of the GERAM
('Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology') Enterprise Architecture …

A product–service system (PSS) is a combination of products and services to create value
for both customers and manufacturers. Modelling a PSS based on function orientation offers …

This Chapter presents the mapping of selected type 2 (life cycle) enterprise architectures
and architecture frameworks onto the Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and …