Electronic Enterprise Engineering - An Outline of an Architecture

Michael Bieber, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Michael Bartolacci, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Jerry Fjermestad, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Franz J. Kurfess, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Qianhong Liu, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Marvin Nakayama, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Ajaz Rana, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Wilhelm Rossak, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Richard Scherl, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Murat Tanik, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Jason Wang, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Raymond Yeh, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Peter Ng, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Richard Sweeney, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Fabio Vitali, University of Bologna

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECBS.1997.581910.

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NOTE: At the time of publication, the author Franz Kurfess was affiliated with the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Currently, August 2008, he is Professor of Computer Science at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo .

Abstract

In this paper we put forth a vision for organizations to fully embrace computer support. We propose a business-process oriented architecture for Electronic Enterprise Engineering (EEE) that will enable enterprises to manage and evolve all technological and organizational processes effectively; integrate and manage all enterprise information electronically; and empower knowledge workers at all levels with broad decision support capabilities. Our goal is for the EEE architecture to empower an enterprise to make the best use of its informational assets to operate effectively in this new era of electronic commerce. As part of this project we are developing a standard-based, customizable, integrated tool set called the Support Environment for Enterprise Engineering (SEEE). This paper presents the current SEEE architecture and shouts how it supports the three EEE goals.