Enterprise Integration Links
This page contains interesting links related to the course Tik-86.140 Computer-Integrated Enterprise.
Sites listed under "interesting places" and particularly "topics for Web assignments" are candidates for Web surveys performed by one person. Entries under "topics for practical assignments" are candidates for somewhat larger assignments that are best handled by a group of 2 or 3 students.
The page will be updated regularly, bookmark and check it often. Let me know if there are interesting further candidate entries. Last update: 22.11.1997.
Interesting Places
Research Sites and Projects
Technische Hochschule Aachen, Department of Information Systems V.
Center for Design Research at Stanford University.
The Center for Coordination Science at MIT Sloane School of Management.
The Stanford Learning Organization Web (SLOW).
Rapid Design Exploration and Optimization programme of Defense Sciences Office.
Enterprise Integration Laboratory at the University of Toronto.
The Enterprise Project at the Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute at the University of Edinburgh.
PAKT, Program on Applied Coordination Technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
The MIT Center for Organizational Learning.
The Globeman 21 (Global Manufacturing for the 21st Century) IMS (Intelligent Manufacturing Systems) project.
The Carnot project and the EINet project at the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC).
Manufacturing Systems Integration Division at Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory of NIST.
The NIST Design, Process Planning and Assembly repository.
Enterprise Integration for Manufacturing Systems project at Department of Manufacturing Engineering at Boston University.
Unified process representation language project.
The ENGEN project of the ARPA Agile Manufacturing Initiative.
Enterprise Integration Frameworks
The IFIP/IFAC Task Force on Architectures for Enterprise Integration.
CIM Open System Architecture page of CIMOSA Association.
The Open Group (OSF) homepage, including the Open Group Architectural Framework documentation and the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) documents.
Object Management Group (OMG) homepage, in particular their Common Object Request Broker Architecture.
Open Blueprint, IBM's reference model for system interoperability.
IBM Insurance Application Architecture.
SAP Business Framework.
Enterprise Modelling
IDEF standards.
IDEF tools from Knowledge Based Systems, Inc.
METIS from NCR Norway A.S.
QFD Institute WWW site.
Process Modelling and BPR
Business Process Reengineering Online Learning Center.
Business Process Innovations pages.
The GUIDE Business Rules Project final report by GUIDE International Corporation.
Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Models .
Product Modelling and PDM
Product Data Management Information Center.
Configuration Management Yellow Pages.
U.S. Product Data Association.
ISO TC184/SC4 information page on industrial data standards (STEP etc.).
CIMdata home page.
Workflow and Document Management
Workflow Management Coalition.
Document Management Alliance.
Workflow and Reengineering International Association (WARIA).
Workflow tutorial from the Center for the New Engineer at George Mason University
Integration Tools and Other Fancy Stuff
Team IT Web Service of the UK Computer Supported Cooperative Work SIG (Special Interest Group).
Data Warehousing Institute.
Data mining student's notes by Ruth Dilly, Queen's University of Belfast.
UMBC KQML Web.
UMBC Agent Web.
The Mediator project at Knowledge Science Institute at the University of Calgary.
Topics for Web Assignments
BPR Tool Repository
Study the Business Process Engineering Tool Repository maintained by Enterprise Integration Laboratory at University of Toronto. Report on the scope and type of tools contained in the repository. Are there any obvious gaps in the available tools?
The Enterprise Ontology
Study the Enterprise Ontology released by the Enterprise project at the Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute at the University of Edinburgh. Report on the scope of the concepts included in the ontology. Can you identify gaps, inaccuracies, or other areas where improvement is desired?
Topics for Practical Assignments
ConceptBase
Install and test the ConceptBase system developed at TH Aachen, Germany. Create a brief report on the findings in WWW form. Comment especially on the preceived usefulness of the system for modelling enterprise processes for the purpose of integration. This assignment is somewhat more demanding than the others.
AIØ WIN
Download, install, and examine the AIØ WIN - Function Modeling and Activity Based Costing tool from Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. Prepare a brief report on the perceived utility and usefulness of the tool for its stated purpose.
FirstSTEP
Download, install, and examine the FirstSTEP business modelling tool from Interfacing Technologies, Inc. Prepare a brief report on the perceived utility and usefulness of the tool for its stated purpose.
ARIS Easy Design
(Download, install, and examine the ARIS Easy Design business modelling tool from IDS Scheer, Inc. Prepare a brief report on the perceived utility and usefulness of the tool for its stated purpose.)
: New information indicates that a free demonstration of ARIS is not available. Sorry to misguide you.
Office.IQ
Download, install, and examine the Office.IQ workflow and document management tool from Postfolio Technologies. Prepare a brief report on the perceived utility and usefulness of the tool for its stated purpose.
WorkXpert
Download, install, and examine the WorkXpert workflow modelling tool from Mentor Graphics Corporation. Prepare a brief report on the perceived utility and usefulness of the tool for its stated purpose.
BSCW
Study the BSCW system for Internet-based shared work provided by GMD. BSCW is a 'shared workspace' system which supports document upload, event notification, group management and much more. Prepare a brief report on the perceived utility and usefulness of the tool for its stated purpose.
TeamWare
The finnish-origin TeamWARE Group offers a several interesting systems related to enterprise integration: the TeamWare Office groupwork system, the ProcessWise Workbench for process modelling, and the TeamWare flow for workflow management. Of these, the TeamWare Office is available for download and study. Download, install, and study the system from the viewpoint of enterprise integration. Prepare a brief report on the system.
ProcessBuilder
Action Technologies' ProcessBuilder - Analyst Edition is a tool combining process modelling and workflow management. Download, install, and study the system from the viewpoint of enterprise integration. Prepare a brief report on the system.
Further Links
Workflow management Web resources list maintained at Computer Science Department of University of Erlangen.
Activity based costing site of ABC technologies, Inc.
STEP links maintained by Department of Engineering Applications at Fraunhofer-IGD in Darmstadt.
Martti.Mantyla@hut.fi