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

This paper presents the basic concepts which comprise the Purdue Enterprise Reference
Architecture along with a description of its development and use. This architecture provides …

A technological book is written and published for one of two reasons: it either renders some
other book in the same field obsolete or breaks new ground in the sense that a gap is filled …

Organizations face the challenging task of integrating their distributed organizational units,
information systems, and business processes for improved operation and attainment of …

Systematically identification and building of digital capability in the Digital Age are of great
significance to the obtainment of enterprises' sustainable competitive advantages. This …

This paper is a summary of the major technical report of the IFAC/IFIP Task Force on
Architectures for Integrating Manufacturing Activities and Enterprises. It presents a synopsis …

The problem of production flow in manufacturing systems is analyzed. The machines can be
operated by workers or by robots, since breakdowns and human factors destabilize the …

Increasing global competition, free trade agreements, low cost foreign labor, and customer
expectations are causing manufacturing enterprises to implement aggressive transformation …

Abstract The GRAI models [1–3] give a generic description of a manufacturing system while
focusing on the details of the control part of this system. The control of a manufacturing …

This paper describes PERA (the P urdue E nterprise R eference A rchitecture) and shows its
relationships to GERAM (the G eneralized E nterprise R eference A rchitecture and M …