Some Aspects of Interoperability of Enterprise and Manufacturing Systems

Abstract:

The exchange of data between systems is a very complex process. This is the resultant of a huge variety of communication tools, the differences in the systems' structure, data storage, etc. Therefore, integration of systems - highly desired by businesses - becomes equally important challenge as the possession of the systems. Systems integration, however, is responsible only for the exchange of information. Wider notion from integration is interoperability. Treated as a systems property, allows not only to exchange information but also mutual understanding between them. The paper presents the concept of middleware application that could provide the interoperability of enterprise systems. The application structure was based on three aspects: the transformation, completeness verification and validation of data that can be exchanged between ERP and MES systems. Each of these aspects is discussed in this paper. The application uses a unified model of data based on a dedicated language B2MML.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 613)
• Pages: 368-378
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.613.368
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Jacek Pękala
• Keywords: B2MML, ERP, Integration, Interoperability, MES

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