Next-generation enterprise architectures: Common vernacular and evolution towards service-orientation

• Published in: 2017 IEEE 15th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN) pp. 32 - 37
• Main Authors: Moghaddam, Mohsen, Kenley, C. Robert, Colby, Julia M., Cadavid Berns, Marissa N., Rausch, Randy, Markham, Joel, Skeffington, Wesley M., Garrity, John, Chaturvedi, Alok R., Deshmukh, Abhijit V.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-07-2017
• Subjects: Business; Computer architecture; Cyber-physical system; IEC Standards; Industrial internet of things; Industries; Industry 4.0; Manufacturing; Modular design; Service-oriented architecture; Unified modeling language
• ISSN: 2378-363X
• DOI: 10.1109/INDIN.2017.8104742

Industry 4.0 is opening new avenues for reconfigurable and information-centric integration of enterprise functions and control systems. Most of the current approaches (e.g., ISA-95) view enterprise architectures in a pre-defined, monolithic, and hierarchical sense. To enable more innovative, personalized, and efficient manufacturing processes, however, such `tree-like' architectures must turn into decentralized and cyber-physical networks of `things' and `services'. This article investigates the emerging Industry 4.0 paradigms and architectures (e.g., IIRA, RAMI4.0), their commonalities, limitations, and evolution towards modular and service-oriented architectures (eg., ISO/IEC 18384:2016). The goal is to identify and analyze the existing technical and technological gaps, and provide recommendations for developing new reference models/architectures for next-generation enterprises.