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An IFIP WG5.8 State-of-the-Art View on Methods and Approaches for Interoperable Enterprise Systems

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IFIP’s workgroup 5.8 on Enterprise Interoperability was founded in 2008. In this paper we provide a workgroup point of view on the state of the art in Enterprise Modelling, Enterprise Engineering, Enterprise Architectures, Enterprise Integration, Enterprise Interoperability. We present an overview of the state-of-the-art from the WG5.8’s research point of view. A brief history of these topics, with special attention to the work developed by IFIP WG5.8 former and current members is given. With respect to application, references to production systems and the manufacturing enterprise will be made. This article closes with a brief look into very recent developments in the domain of Enterprise Interoperability.

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Acknowledgement

This work has been supported by Pro2Future (FFG under contract No. 854184). Pro2Future is funded within the Austrian COMET Program (under the auspices of the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK), the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW)) and of the Provinces of Upper Austria and Styria. COMET is managed by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG. It has also received support by the European Union and the State of Upper Austria within the strategic program Innovative Upper Austria 2020, projects: “Smart Factory Lab” and “DigiManu”.

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