Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions

Conference Track:  Emerging Technologies

Selection1:       Paper

Language:         English

Keywords:         Enterprise Engineering

Contact Title:    Dr.

Contact First Name: Ronald

Contact Last Name:  Giachetti

University:       Florida International University

Web:              www.eng.fiu.edu/ie/

Position:         Assistant Professor

Country:          USA

Email:            giachetr@fiu.edu

Fax:              305.348.3721

Paper Title:

An Overview of the Enterprise Engineering Research at FIU

Title Changed on Paper:

Enterprise Engineering Research: An Emerging Field and the Ongoing Research 

Maria Paula Hernandez (1)

Alba N. Nuñez (1)

Bertha M. Arteta (1)

Ronald E. Giachetti, PhD (2)

(1) PhD Candidate

(2) Assistant Professor

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Florida International University

Miami, FL

Abstract:

Enterprise integration can be defined as the study of an organization, its processes, and resources, understanding how they are related to each other and determining the enterprise structure so as to efficiently execute the enterprise goals. Integration across the enterprise is one of the most significant issues that organizations are facing today. Systems can no longer be designed and analyze as isolated islands within a corporation.  System designers must consider how the local system would fit the entire enterprise. The benefits of integration include decreasing delivery time, product design time, product design cost, space, inventory cost, and direct and indirect manpower cost. The PhD program in the Industrial and Systems Engineering at Florida International University provides integrated research and education in the area of enterprise systems engineering. The National Science Foundation, NASA AMES Research Center and local corporations have partially funded the department’s research in this area. This paper discusses the research conducted in enterprise engineering at FIU. We have proposed a framework that views the enterprise at five levels which are network, data, application, process, and organization. Corresponding to each level is a specific integration type defined as connectivity, data sharing, interoperability, coordination, and alignment respectively. Using this framework we describe how different projects at FIU fit together. One of these projects has been conducted to measure the coordination load, which is defined as the difficulty of coordinating business processes using a model that will be empirically tested through a survey and laboratory experiments. Another project that is under development is a contingency-based model of integration requirements. We are also working on a project that models the relationship between integration and complexity.

Mailing Address:

College of Engineering

Industrial & Systems Engineering

10555 W. Flagler Street (EC 3100)

Miami, FL 33174

Phone:

305.348.2256

305.348.3491

Other Authors:

1. Maria-Paula Hernandez  / mhern008@fiu.edu / Florida International University/(P)

2. Alba N. Nunez / alba.nunez@fiu.edu / Florida International University

3. Bertha M. Arteta / bertha.arteta@fiu.edu / Florida International University

4. Dr. Ronald Giachetti / giachetr@fiu.edu / Florida International University