An Ontology-Based Framework for Virtual Enterprise Integration and Interoperability

Abstract

Virtual enterprise integration and interoperability between its different information systems are the first systemic paradigms to achieve a successful collaborative product development. In such a context, the information flow has a centric place. Therefore, our aim in this paper is to propose a new ontology-based framework, exploiting the expressiveness of ontologies to ensure collaboration and semantic interoperability between partners and using, at the same time, ontologies inference capacities to support the decision making processes. An industrial application will be developed in the context of the simultaneous design of products and their optimized supply chains.

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“…The authors of [10,11] examine in detail the issues of organizing virtual enterprises using an ontological approach; work [12] discusses the role of ontological engineering in the implementation of the Industry 4.0 concept in general, and, in particular, in the organization of manufacturing in the post-industrial period. The scientific results reported in the cited publications allow the authors to argue that under the current conditions the only way to improve the efficiency of industrial business processes is to move from data-oriented technologies to knowledge-oriented technologies, among which the most advanced one is the ontological approach.…”