CIMOSA
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CIMOSA stands for "Computer Integrated Manufacturing Open System Architecture", is a enterprise modeling framework, which aims to support the enterprise integration
of machines, computers and people. The framework is based on the system life cycle concept, and offers a modelling language, methodology and supporting technology to support these goals.
It was developed in the 1990s by the AMICE Consortium
, in an EU project. Eventually the non-profit organization CIMOSA Association has been established to keep ownership of the CIMOSA specification, to promote it and to support its further evolution.
Eventually the development of CIMOSA has resulted in two key items:
The framework furthermore offers an "event-driven, process-based modeling approach with the goal to cover essential enterprise aspects in one integrated model. The main aspects are the functional, behavioral, resource, information and organizational aspect".
CIMOSA can be applied in process simulation and analysis. Standardized CIMOSA models "can also be used on line in the manufacturing enterprise for scheduling, dispatching, monitoring and providing process information". One of the standards based on CIMOSA is the Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology
(GERAM).
A close liaison with European and international standardisation organisations has been established to stimulate the standardisation process for enterprise integration.
CIMOSA aims at integrating enterprise operations by means of efficient information exchange within the enterprise. CIMOSA models enterprises using four perspectives:
as a non-profit organisation aiming to promote Enterprise Engineering
and Integration
(EE&I) based on CIMOSA. It has extended its goals in the new millennium towards "upcoming new enterprise paradigms of extended, virtual and agile enterprises, which cause new requirements on organisational concepts and supporting technologies. Enhanced decision support and operation monitoring and control are some of the needs of today and tomorrow. Capturing knowledge and using it across organisational boundaries will be a major challenge in the new types of businesses. This real-time knowledge needed to support the establishment, deployment and discontinuation of the inter and intra organisational relations".
From the start CIMOSA has been an active supporter for national, European and international standardisation of Enterprise Integration.
Enterprise integration
Enterprise integration is a technical field of Enterprise Architecture, which focused on the study of topics such as system interconnection, electronic data interchange, product data exchange and distributed computing environments....
of machines, computers and people. The framework is based on the system life cycle concept, and offers a modelling language, methodology and supporting technology to support these goals.
It was developed in the 1990s by the AMICE Consortium
AMICE Consortium
AMICE Consortium was a European organization of major companies, including users, vendors,consulting companies, and academia, from 1985 to 1995, concerned with Computer Integrated Manufacturing...
, in an EU project. Eventually the non-profit organization CIMOSA Association has been established to keep ownership of the CIMOSA specification, to promote it and to support its further evolution.
Overview
The original aim of CIMOSA (1992) has been "to elaborate an open system architecture for CIM and to define a set of concepts and rules to facilitate the building of future CIM systems". One of the main idea of CIMOSA is the categorization of manufacturing operations in:- Generic functions : Generic parts of every enterprise, independent of its organisation-structure or business area.
- Specific (Partial and Particular) functions : Specific for individual enterprises.
Eventually the development of CIMOSA has resulted in two key items:
- Modeling Framework : This framework supports "all phases of the CIM system life-cycle from requirements definition, through design specification, implementation description and execution of the daily enterprise operation".
- Integrating Infrastructure : This infrastructure provides "specific information technology services for the execution of the Particular Implementation Model", which has providen to be vendor independent and portable.
The framework furthermore offers an "event-driven, process-based modeling approach with the goal to cover essential enterprise aspects in one integrated model. The main aspects are the functional, behavioral, resource, information and organizational aspect".
CIMOSA can be applied in process simulation and analysis. Standardized CIMOSA models "can also be used on line in the manufacturing enterprise for scheduling, dispatching, monitoring and providing process information". One of the standards based on CIMOSA is the Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology
Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology
Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology is a generalised Enterprise Architecture framework for enterprise integration and business process engineering. It identifies the set of components recommended for use in enterprise engineering.This framework is developed in the 1990s...
(GERAM).
Building blocks
The main focus of CIMOSA has been to construct:- a framework for enterprise modelling, a reference architecture
- an enterprise modelling language
- an integrating infrastructure for model enactment supported by
- a common terminology
A close liaison with European and international standardisation organisations has been established to stimulate the standardisation process for enterprise integration.
CIMOSA aims at integrating enterprise operations by means of efficient information exchange within the enterprise. CIMOSA models enterprises using four perspectives:
- the function view describes the functional structure required to satisfy the objectives of an enterprise and related control structures;
- the information view describes the information required by each function;
- the resource view describes the resources and their relations to functional and control structures; and
- the organization view describes the responsibilities assigned to individuals for functional and control structures.
CIMOSA Association
Begin 1990s the CIMOSA Association (COA) was founded by the AMICE ConsortiumAMICE Consortium
AMICE Consortium was a European organization of major companies, including users, vendors,consulting companies, and academia, from 1985 to 1995, concerned with Computer Integrated Manufacturing...
as a non-profit organisation aiming to promote Enterprise Engineering
Enterprise engineering
Enterprise engineering is a subdiscipline of systems engineering, which applies the knowledge and methods of systems engineering to the design of businesses. The discipline examines each aspect of the enterprise, including business processes, information flows, and organizational structure...
and Integration
Enterprise integration
Enterprise integration is a technical field of Enterprise Architecture, which focused on the study of topics such as system interconnection, electronic data interchange, product data exchange and distributed computing environments....
(EE&I) based on CIMOSA. It has extended its goals in the new millennium towards "upcoming new enterprise paradigms of extended, virtual and agile enterprises, which cause new requirements on organisational concepts and supporting technologies. Enhanced decision support and operation monitoring and control are some of the needs of today and tomorrow. Capturing knowledge and using it across organisational boundaries will be a major challenge in the new types of businesses. This real-time knowledge needed to support the establishment, deployment and discontinuation of the inter and intra organisational relations".
From the start CIMOSA has been an active supporter for national, European and international standardisation of Enterprise Integration.
See also
- Architecture of Integrated Information SystemsArchitecture of Integrated Information SystemsARIS is an approach to enterprise modeling. It offers methods for analyzing processes and taking a holistic view of process design, management, work flow, and application processing....
(ARIS) - Computer Integrated ManufacturingComputer Integrated ManufacturingComputer-integrated manufacturing is the manufacturing approach of using computers to control the entire production process. This integration allows individual processes to exchange information with each other and initiate actions...
- Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and MethodologyGeneralised Enterprise Reference Architecture and MethodologyGeneralised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology is a generalised Enterprise Architecture framework for enterprise integration and business process engineering. It identifies the set of components recommended for use in enterprise engineering.This framework is developed in the 1990s...
(GERAM) - ISO 19439ISO 19439ISO 19439:2006 Enterprise integration -- Framework for enterprise modelling, is an international standard for enterprise modelling and enterprise integration developed by the International Organization for Standardization, based on CIMOSA and GERAM....
Framework for enterprise modelling
Further reading
- AMICE (1993) CIMOSA: OPen Systm Architecture for CIM, second edition, Springer-Verlag, Berlin
- François VernadatFrançois VernadatFrançois B. Vernadat is a French and Canadian computer scientist, who has contributed to Enterprise Modelling, Integration and Networking over the last 25 years specialising in enterprise architectures, business process modelling, information systems design and analysis, systems integration and...
(1996) Enterprise Modeling and Integration: Principles and Applications, Chapman & Hall, London, ISBN 0-412-60550-3