Towards a meta-model for networked enterprise

Gabriel S S Leal (1, 2) , Wided Guédria (1) , Hervé Panetto (2) , Erik Proper (1)

1 LIST - Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
2 CRAN - Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy

To deal with challenges as globalization and fast-changing environments, enterprises are progressively collaborating with others and becoming a Networked Enterprise (NE). In this context, Enterprise Interoperability (EI) is a crucial requirement that needs to be verified by enterprises when starting a relationship to avoid interoperability problems. The concepts of NE and EI are not easy to understand due the variety of interpretations that exist in the literature. Having a clear and shared understanding of the NE and the different interoperations between partners is a necessity to manage the interoperability development. In order to reach such an objective, this research work defines a meta-model for NE based on a systemic approach. Concepts related to EI are taken into account to highlight the importance of this ability (i.e. Interoperability), seen as a requirement, within a system to attain its targeted goals. Finally, a real case study is proposed to validate the defined meta-model.

Mots clés: Networked Enterprise; Enterprise Interoperability; Meta-Model; Systemic approach

Domaines: Ingénierie assistée par ordinateur

Gabriel S S Leal, Wided Guédria, Hervé Panetto, Erik Proper. Towards a meta-model for networked enterprise. 21st international conference on exploring modelling methods for systems analysis and design, EMMSAD 2016, Jun 2016, Ljubljana, Slovenia. pp.417-431, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-39429-9_26⟩. ⟨hal-01331856⟩