8.2.3 International Standards for System Integration

Abstract

Missing from the repertoire of mechanisms for systems integration presented at past INCOSE symposia are the International Standards for process component integration being developed in the context of industrial automation. To improve the efficiency of beneficially constructed interactions between systems and system components, the international community is adopting a wide range of standards through formal development and review processes. For this presentation, the focus is on the standards efforts for industrial automation conducted by ISO TC184 SC5 working groups. The work products range from shop floor communication structures through enterprise level system concept management – all with a process centric orientation. Of particular interest are the enablers of interoperable supply chain components and support for systems throughout their lifetime.

Safe Integration for System of Systems: The Safety Cube Theory

“…Numerous studies have been conducted to address the maturity of a component technology or an interface for proper integration. Metrics are available for TRL (technology readiness level), SRL (system readiness level), and IRL (Integration readiness level) for software, hardware or interfaces to assess the maturity [11,12]. However, a combination of two mature technology components is not always mature and flawless.…”

“…Regulations often target safe integration too. For example, the European Directives for Railways benchmarks for the safe integration of new rolling stocks [12,15]. IEC 61508 a seminal standard for functional safety delivered in several parts.…”

Process comprehension for interoperable CNC manufacturing

“…Ray and Jones (2006) defined interoperability as the capability to realise the error-free transmission and translation of information between different computer systems without manual intervention. In manufacturing, interoperability is a long pursued goal that has not been achieved in practice (Martin 2005). The dynamic response to the changing market is still limited by the paucity of interoperability (National Coalition for Advanced manufacturing 2001 ;Brunnermeier and Martin 2002).…”

“…only focused on solid model without considering process knowledge. For more advanced interoperability, a new data model standard of the CAx systems is needed to provide the wide and solid fundamental bases for constructive solutions Martin (2005). explored the opportunities of international standards as the enabler of the interoperability in manufacturing enterprises and supply chain, as reviewed in the previous section.…”

A platform for optimisation in distributed manufacturing enterprises based on cloud manufacturing paradigm

“…The lack of interoperability between information systems is becoming more and more a major problem in the collaboration of enterprises in global product development processes (Kosanke 2005;Martin 2005). During the product development process, the collaborating agents have to exchange product information and should have the same understanding of the exchanged information and to trust both the communication and validity information contents (Kosanke 2005;Cutting-Decelle et al 2007).…”