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

Information modeling is concerned with the construction of computer-based symbol
structures which capture the meaning of information and organize it in ways that make it …

Purpose–As economies move into the information age and post‐industrial era, information
and knowledge become important resources to organizations. The article sets out to discuss …

Figure 1b shows the REA object constellation (in entity–relationship form) of every business
process. In general, each process includes eight entities, although there is often overlap or …

This paper distinguishes between the business domain, the application software domain,
and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) platform domain. It analyses …

This article presents an analysis of the Zachman framework for enterprise architecture and
its mapping onto the Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology …

To completely describe a manufacturing system, several models are usually created, each
from a different viewpoint. Traditionally, these models were created independently using …

Abstract Information systems technology, computer-supported cooperative work practice,
and organizational modeling and planning theories have evolved with only accidental …

As the rates of business and technological changes accelerate, misalignments between
business and IT architectures are inevitable. Existing alignment models, while important for …

Purpose–The emergence of new manufacturing technologies, spurred by intense
competition, will lead to dramatically new products and processes. New management …