A COMMON-SENSE MODEL OF THE ENTERPRISE

Abstract

There is a paradigm shift towards a distributed and integrated enterprise. Currently, computer systems that support enterprise functions were created independently. This hampers enterprise integration Therefore, there is a need for a computer based data model which provides a shared and well defined terminology of an enterprise, and has the capability to deductively answer common sense questions. This paper discusses how TOVE tackles these needs by defining a framework for modeling generic level representations such as activities, time, and resources. Since there has never been a well-defined set of criteria to evaluate such models, this paper also introduces a set of evaluation criteria which may be used to evaluate modelling efforts. INTRODUCTION Over the last 10 years there has been a shift in how we view the operations of an enterprise. Rather than view it as being hierarchical in both structure and control, a distributed view where organizational units communicate and cooperate...

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