CEN standardization activities related to CIMOSA

The paper describes the work of standardization committee CEN TC310 WG1 and its predecessor on manufacturing standards for Systems Architecture and in particular Enterprise Modelling for CIM. That work builds upon a common conceptual high-level framework (ENV 40 003:1991), heavily based on input from CIMOSA, within which key enterprise modelling concepts can be identified. A later standard (ENV 12204:1995) sets out thirteen ‘modelling constructs' necessary for computer-based modelling of enterprises, focusing on discrete parts manufacturing. In late 1998 WG1 was developing a draft ENV (‘EMEIS') on the services required to develop, execute (enact) and integrate enterprise models on an open ICT platform. The paper concludes with areas of possible future work on revising the Framework, on Human Issues, on Construct Modelling and on providing guidance in the use of modelling constructs.