Vol. 1/1 date 94-08-01 CIMOSA - News Editor: M. Zelm, Gehenb|hlstr. 18A, D-70499 Stuttgart/Germany
Announcement: This is the first issue of the CIMOSA - News published by the CIMOSA Association. The CIMOSA News will report on CIMOSA applications, evolution of its technical specification, standardisation, advancements in standardisation and related items. Contributions from other parties are welcome. The CIMOSA - News will be printed periodically and will be distributed to all parties interested in CIMOSA.
CIMOSA Applications In addition to the applications demonstrated by the ESPRIT Consortium AMICE at its final Workshop in Aachen (94-02-09) several applications have been demonstrated by external parties (see also Press Release ESPRIT Consortium AMICE). The work done by FIAT has led to further CIMOSA adaptation of the ARTIFEX tool by the ARTIS company. Model documentation is supported now via CIMOSA templates. At a Workshop held by the LeanCIMOSA Initiative at Frankfurt (94-03-11) the Engineering School of Offenburg presented an industrial application of CIMOSA for SME's. The application is concerned with the management of a flexible machining center and the model is implemented on PC under Windows. The announcement of the CIMOSA GmbH emphasised the intention on product developments. Furthermore CIMOSA Exploitation Services are offered for end-users and implementors including a detailed information package on CIMOSA.
CIMOSA Technical Specifications The AMICE Formal Reference Base (FRB) which has been updated and extended during the last contract of the ESPRIT Consortium AMICE is currently being edited for publication and will become available as the new version of the CIMOSA Technical Baseline in October 1994. Beside a restructuring of its modelling constructs into business and IT oriented ones, the update completes the sets of constructs for the requirements definition and design specification modelling levels and defines the initial set for the implementation description modelling level as well. More emphasis is placed on the relation to object oriented modelling providing reuse of building blocks throughout the modelling life cycle.
CIMOSA in Standardisation ISO TC 184/SC5/WG1 has completed its Committee Draft (CD) on the Framework for Enterprise Modelling. This CD is currently submitted for ballot to member countries. The ballot results will determine the future of the ENV 40 003 which is based on CIMOSA which will either be replaced or amended accordingly. Work on modelling constructs is currently pursued in Europe by CEN/TC 310/WG1. This work has also led to efforts for harmonisation of two of the inputs to the standardisation work: CIMOSA and the German DIN supported IEM (Integrated Enterprise Modelling).CEN/TC 310/WG1 has published two technical reports on EMEIS (Enterprise Model Execution and Integration Services). One report is an evaluation of state-of-the-art, the other is a statement of requirements for EMEIS. Both reports reference the CIMOSA Integrating Infrastructure. Harmonisation of efforts in enterprise integration support is also the work done in the IFAC/IFIP Task Force led by the Purdue University. With emphasis on the distinction between methodology (Purdue Reference Architecture and GRAI) and language (CIMOSA) and tools this work also contributes to the convergence of efforts in enterprise integration and enterprise engineering.
Events 94-09-21 - CIMOSA Association; Workshop: Business Re-engineering; WZL/ADITEC, Aachen/Germany. 94-10-09 - EU/EC - CIM Europe; CIM Europe Conference; Copenhagen/Denmark 94-11-09 - CIMOSA Association; Workshop: Modelling and Simulation Tools; WZL/ADITEC, Aachen/Germany. 94-12-12/15 - INRIA; IMSE'94 - European Workshop on Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering; Grenoble/France 95-tbd - CIMOSA Association; Workshops to be held at WZL/ADITEC, Aachen /Germany: - Concurrent Engineering - Integrated Quality Strategies - Virtual Enterprise - Design Oriented Costing
The CIMOSA Association workshops address different topics all related to enterprise integration. The workshops are aimed at people involved in enterprise operation as well as in related research. Focus is on enterprise engineering; i.e. on enterprise modelling and its use in decision support for strategic, tactical and operational planning. All workshops highlight the applicability of CIMOSA as the major new development in enterprise integration, but will present other papers related to the particular topic as well. Working groups will provide the opportunity to further discuss the subject and the papers presented. CIMOSA Association Workshops are supported by the European Commission through its Programme on Accompanying Measures
CIMOSA Literature and new Publications CIMOSA - Open System Architecture for CIM; ESPRIT Consortium AMICE, Springer-Verlag 1993, (ISBN 3-540-56256-7), (ISBN 0-387-56256-7) CIMOSA - Open System Architecture for CIM, Technical Baseline; ESPRIT Consortium AMICE, private publication February 1993
CIMOSA Association The CIMOSA Association is involved in promotion of CIMOSA, its active support in national, European and international standardisation and in consolidation of the evolution of its technical specification - the CIMOSA Technical Baseline. The CIMOSA Association acts as a focal point for all parties involved in applying CIMOSA in industrial and research environments. It supports these efforts through expert service for clarifications on the CIMOSA technical specifications and by providing opportunities for presenting results to interested Workshop audiences and through general publications on CIMOSA applications.CIMOSA information dissemination will be carried out through workshops, seminars and conferences organised either by the Association it self or in collaboration with other organisations. These events will also provide feedback on user needs and will thereby support the evolution of the CIMOSA technical specifications as well. Members of the CIMOSA Association are industrial and research organisations involved in exploitation ofCIMOSA or interested in the subject of enterprise integration. Membership is open to any organisation interested in supporting enterprise integration and CIMOSA. Personal membership is welcome as well. Proformas for membership application may be obtained on request. The CIMOSA Association is a non-profit organisation registered at the court of Aachen and is mainly supported by membership fee (Fee for Organisations: ECU 1.000 per year).
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