 MR-IE: an enterprise integration reference model for CIMS implementationYuan-Chen Yu International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 2000, vol. 1, issue 2/3, 195-217 Abstract: It has been well recognised that implementing a CIM system can provide great benefit for an enterprise to improve production efficiency, flexibility and product quality. It can also help reducing production cost, lead-time, inventory, and the time-to-market. However, despite the great advances of information technologies and automation technologies in recent years, the implementation of a CIM system remains a fairly hard task. The major reason for the difficulty in implementing a CIM system is due to the high complexity of many business aspects in a manufacturing enterprise. How to model the enterprise business so that the real-world business can be properly "mapped" into the computer-processing world becomes the key issue for a successful CIM implementation. In this paper, a new reference model, named MR-IE, for modelling the total business of a manufacturing enterprise to facilitate the implementation of a CIM system is proposed. In this reference model, not only the static constitutional structures but also the various dynamic behaviours of a manufacturing enterprise business are modelled. Keywords: computer integrated manufacturing; enterprise integration; manufacturing process modelling. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijmtma:v:1:y:2000:i:2/3:p:195-217 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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