SMART-fm:Setting Interoperability in SME-based Industrial Environments

Ricardo Goncalves (1) , Hervé Panetto (2) , Maria-José Nunez (3) , Adolfo Steiger-Garcao (1)

1 UNINOVA - UNINOVA
2 CRAN - Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy
3 AIDIMA - Asociación de Investigación y Desarrollo en la Industria del Mueble y Afines

PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) is a set of capabilities that enable an enterprise to manage its products and services throughout the business lifecycle. A major trend in the present global market is the increasing need for cooperation among enterprises, which organizations can increase flexibility and reduce operational costs by focusing on its core competencies. However, enterprise applications need to be interoperable in order to achieve seamless interaction across organizations, leading to the need for adoption of data standards. This contribution to the chapter proposes a framework to support PLM, enhancing the interoperability in networked environments, and assisting the integration of reference models described following dissimilar methodologies. This framework assists in the automatic mapping between ISO10303 STEP, UML and XML models. The proposed work results from research developed and validated in the scope of the IMS SMART-fm project (www.smart-fm.funstep.org, www.ims.org), involving partners from USA, Europe, Canada and Australia, using emerging approaches for modelling and technology.

Mots clés: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM); Open Integration; Standards; Information Technology; Interoperability

Domaines: Ingénierie assistée par ordinateur

Ricardo Goncalves, Hervé Panetto, Maria-José Nunez, Adolfo Steiger-Garcao. SMART-fm:Setting Interoperability in SME-based Industrial Environments. Advanced Manufacturing – An ICT and Systems perspective, Taylor & Francis, pp.51-63, 2007, ISBN: 9780415429122, ⟨10.1201/9781439828328.ch5⟩. ⟨hal-00094261⟩