Interoperability in the cyber-physical manufacturing enterprise

New technologies supporting cyber-physical enterprise systems with respect to online decision-making based on up-to-date data, require networked sensor and actor systems in place. Interoperability is a key factor when supporting systems in a system-of-systems. In this paper, we survey approaches on Enterprise Interoperability with special attention to the Cyber-Physical Manufacturing Enterprise. The paper identifies the need for interoperability in system-of-systems in contrast to integration in a single system. Also identified are issues due to insufficient support for physical aspects of systems. An application scenario from the manufacturing domain will serve to underpin the developed approach.