TY - GEN
T1 - Towards unification of product and enterprise system descriptions
AU - Erasmus, Jonnro
AU - Erasmus, Louwrence D.
AU - Pretorius, Jan Harm C.
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PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - An argument is presented for the unification of descriptions of product systems and enterprise systems. Product systems are developed and produced by enterprises, thus forming an integral part of the enterprise's architecture. However, many products are utilised by enterprises and some product systems contain entire businesses, such as the operating and maintenance business of a power station. Thus, products are part of enterprises, but enterprises may also be part of product systems. To enable the design of systems that include the product, its user and all the enterprises that make the product available and possible, it is necessary to align the enterprise engineering and systems engineering views. This article presents a starting point that allows the two disciplines to more accurately refer to a specific element of the complete system-of-interest. The aim is that this will allow for improved communication between the practitioners of the different disciplines and perhaps the development of improved solutions.
AB - An argument is presented for the unification of descriptions of product systems and enterprise systems. Product systems are developed and produced by enterprises, thus forming an integral part of the enterprise's architecture. However, many products are utilised by enterprises and some product systems contain entire businesses, such as the operating and maintenance business of a power station. Thus, products are part of enterprises, but enterprises may also be part of product systems. To enable the design of systems that include the product, its user and all the enterprises that make the product available and possible, it is necessary to align the enterprise engineering and systems engineering views. This article presents a starting point that allows the two disciplines to more accurately refer to a specific element of the complete system-of-interest. The aim is that this will allow for improved communication between the practitioners of the different disciplines and perhaps the development of improved solutions.
KW - Enterprise architecture
KW - Ontology
KW - Systems hierarchy
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84959266937
T3 - IAMOT 2015 - 24th International Association for Management of Technology Conference: Technology, Innovation and Management for Sustainable Growth, Proceedings
SP - 1837
EP - 1851
BT - IAMOT 2015 - 24th International Association for Management of Technology Conference
A2 - Thopil, George Alex
A2 - Pretorius, Leon
PB - Graduate School of Technology Management, University of Pretoria
T2 - 24th International Association for Management of Technology Conference: Technology, Innovation and Management for Sustainable Growth, IAMOT 2015
Y2 - 8 June 2015 through 11 June 2015
ER -