What is PD CEN/TS 16658 - Manufacturing enterprise process interoperability about?
PD CEN/TS 16658 as a technical Specification specifies:
- Levels to represent the capability of an enterprise to interoperate with other enterprises
- Measures for assessing the capability of a specific enterprise to interoperate with other enterprises
- Methods for combining these measures into two kinds of overall assessment (i) maturity level by concern and barrier and (ii) assessment relative to four designated maturity levels
- A method for representing concern and barrier overall assessments in a graphical form and for identifying where capabilities are required to achieve desired higher levels of interoperability
Who is PD CEN/TS 16658 - Manufacturing enterprise process interoperability for?
PD CEN/TS 16658 on manufacturing enterprise process interoperability is useful for:
- Mechanical engineers
- Enterprise process and interoperability in manufacturing
- Industrial engineering
- The automation industry
Why should you use PD CEN/TS 16658 - Manufacturing enterprise process interoperability?
PD CEN/TS 16658 is based on EN ISO 11354-1. Part 1 of the standard (EN ISO 11354-1:2011) describes the background and motivation for the standard, and provides a Framework for Enterprise Interoperability (FEI) for describing and representing concerns, barriers and approaches to enabling enterprise interoperability. It identifies four levels of concern (business, process, services, data) and three kinds of barriers (conceptual, technological, organisational) that are significant for enterprise interoperability, and specifies three approaches (integrated, unified, federated) to address these concerns and overcome these barriers. This Technical Specification is also based on work carried out in the European projects ATHENA, INTEROP NoE and others.
The barriers and concerns identified in EN ISO 11354-1 are used to characterise five levels of interoperability maturity. For each combination of barriers and concerns, for all levels of interoperability maturity, mechanisms are specified to enable an enterprise to assess its interoperability capabilities, and to evaluate these against characterisations of maturity level. Two methods are then specified for overall assessment (i) by concern and barrier or (ii) by maturity level. An illustrative method is provided to show how concern and barrier assessments can be combined into a graphical representation, so providing an overall indication of existing enterprise capability to interoperate with others (AS-IS). Additionally, this analysis and representation can identify where capabilities that are needed to achieve desired higher levels of interoperability are insufficient and consequently investment or reengineering is required (TO-BE). EN ISO 11354 focuses on, but is not restricted to, enterprise (manufacturing or service) interoperability. It is intended for use by people who are concerned to assess capabilities for enterprise interoperability and identify areas where those might need to be improved to meet the needs and ambitions of the enterprise. Using PD CEN/TS 16658 guidelines, you will increase productivity by automating human labor.
