Architectures for Enterprise Integration describes the latest methods to guide enterprises and consultants, managers and technical personnel through a complete life-cycle of enterprise development. This book is based on the findings of the IFIP/IFAC Task Force and presents the state-of-the-art in enterprise architecture. This book is essential reading for all practising engineers and researchers in manufacturing and engineering management with special interest for those involved in CIM and Enterprise Modelling and Integration.

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Introduction. The concept of enterprise integration. The needs of the field of enterprise integration. State-of-the-art on models, architectures and methodologies. Some important articles about enterprise integration. A summary of the CIMOSA reference architecture. The GRAI-GIM reference model, architecture and methodology. An overview of PERA. Introduction to the evaluation methods used. Evaluation questionnaires. Evaluation questionnaires for CIMOSA. Evaluation questionnaires for GRAI-GIM. Evaluation questionnaires for PERA. Analysis of questionnaire results. Short form evaluation questionnaire. Techniques to map the architectures directly against one another. Mappings against a matrix. General observations in comparing candidate architectures. Conclusions and summary of findings. Recommendations for future work. Appendices. Index.