Enterprise-control system integration—an international standard

This paper deals with the enterprise integration in the area of manufacturing operations and management. It aims at presenting an overview of an international standardization initiative carried out by the joint working group JWG15 of IEC and ISO. It is concerned with the development of a multipart standard, named IEC 62264: Enterprise-Control system integration. After a brief introduction on the background, goal and approach, some hierarchy models are reviewed, which are used as a basis to define the scope of the standard. Then, a functional data-flow model, object models and associated data attributes are outlined. The activity models of manufacturing operations management are presented. The focus of the paper is on the methodological approach to develop the standard and its underlying concepts. Future works and conclusions are given at the end of the paper.