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Announcement: ------------- The CIMOSA - News is 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: -------------------- Several CIMOSA related research papers and new applications have been reported by external parties during the IMSE'94 Workshop at Grenoble, =46rance. (see also 'Reports from Events'). The work done by FIAT has led to further CIMOSA adaptation of the ARTIFEX tool by the ARTIS company and has been proposed to be used in a project of the AIT Main Phase. Model documentation is now supported via CIMOSA templates. The Institute for Real Time Computer Systems and Robotics at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany has developed an integrated approach for requirements definition and software (application resources) selection based on the CIMOSA modelling methodology. The underlying idea of the approach is the conversion of the planning problem into an equivalent constraint satisfaction problem. The conversion process can be accomplished fully automatically. For details please contact Mr. Naeger (1).
CIMOSA Association Contracts: ----------------------------- A first contract has been received from the European Commission under the ESPRIT III Workprogramme / Accompanying Measures as EP 9814 CIMOSA-PES. The Contract is concerned with Promotion and Evaluation Support (PES) of CIMOSA to be done jointly with EP 6682 'VOICE' and the 'Lean CIMOSA Group'. Start date of the project is 95-01-01.
CIMOSA Technical Specifications: -------------------------------- Effort was spent to refine the modelling methodology of CIMOSA and to provide a graphical representation using the CIMOSA methodology. The modelling methodology, called the CIMOSA Business Modelling Process, follows the enterprise system life cycle, starting with requirements definition, followed by design specification and ending with the description, and maintenance of the implemented operational system. A paper describing the CIMOSA Business Modelling Process has been submitted for publication in the journal 'Computers in Industry' .
CIMOSA Cooperations: -------------------- A comparison study of the CIMOSA IIS with the AMBAS platform of the Research Institute of Applied Knowledge Processing (FAW) Ulm, Germany , evaluation done by FAW, revealed a high degree of compatibility between the two concepts. A small CIMOSA model has been prepared to validate the model execution on the AMBAS platform.
CIMOSA in Standardisation: -------------------------- During the CEN TC 310/WG1 meeting of December 15-16, 1994 held at Grenoble, =46rance, several issues of standardisation in enterprise integration have been discussed. As part of a common paper on modelling constructs, FhG-IPK Berlin, Germany and the CIMOSA Association provided inputs concerning the modelling process with the IEM approach, and with CIMOSA respectively. =46urther work comparing both modelling methods is still required.
Reports from Events: -------------------- IMSE'94 - European Workshop on Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Grenoble/France (94-12-12/15 - INRIA Rhone-Alpes). The European Workshop on Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) was held in association with EC DG III ESPRIT CIME, IFIP WG 5.7 (Production Management), IFAC TC on Manufacturing Modelling , Management and Control , GSIP-CNRS (Groupement Scientifique Inter-disciplinaire pour la Productique) and ENSGI (Ecole Nationale Superieure de Genie Industriel). The main aim of the workshop was to bring together European experts from industry and academia to address and discuss key issues of Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering. The workshop agenda covered a wide spectrum of papers on enterprise architectures, modelling and infrastructures, the concept of the extended enterprise, concurrent engineering, manufacturing systems scheduling and standardisation. The discussions centered around the direction of further work required, one being the issue of how to best integrate different methodologies with possibly one language into one enterprise framework enabling the enactment of enterprise models and covering the entire enterprise system life cycle. Out of 58 papers presented at the workshop, 22 papers were referencing or relating to CIMOSA which indicates a high level of recognition of CIMOSA as an integrating methodology and a widely accepted framework. CIMOSA is referenced as a modelling language and methodology for the GERAM Reference Architecture. Workshop Proceedings may be obtained from F. Vernadat (2).
CIMOSA Association Workshop: ---------------------------- 'Modelling and Simulation Tools', WZL/ADITEC, Aachen, Germany. (94-11-09). This workshop had to be cancelled due to limited registration of participants possibly caused by late announcement. 10 different tools had been registered for presentations and demonstrations. The workshop will be re-scheduled in 1995 .
Upcoming Events: ----------------
1. 95-03-9/10 - Business Process Management with CIMOSA. 2nd Open Workshop held jointly by the CIMOSA Association and the CIMOSA Foundation at the Engineering School Offenburg, Germany. The Workshop topics are Processes in Manufacturing, Engineering, Administration and Service with emphasis on Human Aspects and on SME's. For information please contact M. Klittich (3).
2. 95-tbd - CIMOSA Association; Workshops to be held at WZL/ADITEC, Aachen, Germany: - Concurrent Engineering - Modelling and Simulation Tools - Integrated Quality Strategies - Virtual Enterprise - Design Oriented Costing
CIMOSA Literature: ------------------
1. CIMOSA - Open System Architecture for CIM; ESPRIT Consortium AMICE, Springer-Verlag 1993, (ISBN 3-540-56256-7), (ISBN 0-387-56256-7)
2. CIMOSA - Open System Architecture for CIM, Technical Baseline, Version 3.0 ; CIMOSA Association (e.V.) , October 1994 .
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. Members of the CIMOSA Association are industrial and research organisations involved in the exploitation of CIMOSA or interested in the subject of enterprise integration. Membership is open to any organisation interested in supporting enterprise integration and CIMOSA. Proformas for membership application may be obtained on request. Registration of the CIMOSA Association has taken place at the Court of= Aachen .
=46or more information please contact K. Kosanke at the following address: CIMOSA Association Stockholmerstr. 7 D-71034 Boeblingen, Germany
(1) G. Naeger, Department of Computer Science at University of Karlsruhe, Germany; Fax: (49) 721 60 67 40; E-mail: naeger@ira.uka.de
(2) F. Vernadat at, INRIA Rhone-Alpes, 46 Av. Felix Viallet, F-38031 Grenoble, France; Fax (33) 76 57 47 54, e-mail: vernadat@imag.fr
(3) M. Klittich, EEISS, Spessartweg 54, D-65760 Eschborn, Germany Fax +49-6196-48 45 28 .
Please, note my new phone and fax numbers ---------------------------------------- =46rancois B. Vernadat INRIA Rh=F4ne-Alpes 46, avenue F=E9lix Viallet =46-38031 Grenoble Cedex =46rance
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