AMICE Consortium
AMICE Consortium was a European organization of major companies concerned with computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM). It was initiated in 1985 and dissolved in 1995, and eventually included users, vendors, consulting companies, and academia.[1] Among the participating companies were IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Siemens, Fiat, and Daimler-Benz.[2]
The AMICE Consortium was initiated as European Strategic Program on Research in Information Technology (ESPRIT) project[3] to bring together stakeholders in the development of CIM for the development of new standards for CIM systems. This led to the development of the Computer Integrated Manufacturing Open Systems Architecture (CIMOSA), which defined "a comprehensive set of constructs sufficient to describe all aspects of manufacturing systems."[4] This reference architecture can model the functions, information, resources and organisation of any particular enterprise.
Publications
The AMICE Consortium has published several books and papers. A selection:
- 1989. Open System Architecture for CIM, Research Report of ESPRIT Project 688, Vol. 1, Springer-Verlag.
- 1991. Open System Architecture, CIMOSA, AD 1.0, Architecture Description, ESPRIT Consortium AMICE, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1992. ESPRIT Project 5288, Milestone M-2, AD2.0, 2, Architecture description,document RO443/1. Consortium AMICE, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1993. CIMOSA: open system architecture for CIM, Springer, 1993.
References
- ↑ Qianfu Nia et al. (2006). "Business information modeling for process integration in the mold making industry". In: Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Volume 23, Issue 2, April 2007, pp. 195–207.
- ↑ Ted Williams (2000) "CIMOSA European Enterprise Integration Concept" on pera.net. Last updated August 21, 2000 by . Accessed July, 30, 2013.
- ↑ João José Pinto Ferreira (2004) E-manufacturing: Business Paradigms and Supporting Technologies. p. 242
- ↑ Manfred Klittich (1991) "From CIM to CIM-OSA a Step Ahead in System Integration."Computer Integrated Manufacturing. p. 55–65
5. Klittich, M. (1988). CIM-OSA: the implementation viewpoint. Puente, E. and MacCnaill, P., Ed. Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Proceedings of the 4th CIM Europe Conference, Madrid, May 18-20 1988. pp.251-264. Bedford, UK, IFS Publications.
6. W. N. Hou, M. Klittich, R van Gerwen: The Knowledge Base Oriented Machine Front End Services for the Integrating Infrastructure of CIM Open System Architecture(CIMOSA), Proc. Of the 8th CIM Europe Annual Conference 27-29 May 1992, Birmingham UK.
7. Klittich, M.: CIMOSA Part 3: CIMOSA Integrating Infrastructure - The Operational Basis for Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Int. J. Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 3, Nos. 3 and 4, pp. 168-180 (1990)
8. Klittich, M. (1989). CIM-OSA and its relationship to MAP. Halatsis, C. and Torres, J., Ed. Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Proceedings of the 5th CIM Europe Conference. pp.131-142. Bedford, UK, IFS Publications.
9. Milena Didic Frank Neuscheler Leszek Bogdanowicz Manfred Klittich McCIM: Execution of CIMOSA Models, Proceedings of the ninth CIM-Europe annual conference on realising CIM's industrial potential, Pages 223-232, IOS Press Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ©1993.
10. M. Klittich, F. Neuscheler: Ist die Zeit reif für CIMOSA? CIM Management 10 (1994) 6, Seite 17-21.