Florida International University FIU Digital Commons FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations University Graduate School 11-10-2005 Framework for Enterprise Systems Engineering Oscar Alejandro Saenz Florida International University DOI: 10.25148/etd.FI08081544 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd Recommended Citation Saenz, Oscar Alejandro, "Framework for Enterprise Systems Engineering" (2005). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 32. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/32 This work is brought to you for free and open access by the University Graduate School at FIU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Miami, Florida FRAMEWORK FOR ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING by Oscar Alejandro Saenz 2005 To: Dean Vish Prasad College of Engineering and Computing The dissertation, written by Oscar Alejandro Saenz, and entitled Framework for Enterprise Systems Engineering, having been approved in respect to style and intellectual content, is referred to you for judgment. We have read this dissertation and recommend that it be approved. ________________________________ Ronald Giachetti ________________________________ Paulette Johnson ________________________________ Shih-Ming Lee ________________________________ Martha A. Centeno, Co-Major Professor ________________________________ Chin-Sheng Chen, Major Professor Date of Defense: November 10, 2005 The dissertation of Oscar Alejandro Saenz is approved. ________________________________ Dean Vish Prasad College of Engineering and Computing ________________________________ Dean Douglas Wartzok University Graduate School Florida International University, 2005 ii Copyright 2005 by Oscar Alejandro Saenz All rights reserved. iii DEDICATION To God, source of love, knowledge, and wisdom To my dear son, Oscar, a good and talented man. Thanks for giving me the joy of learning form you. Your love gives me the strength to try to be a better father. To Eliet, insightful woman, beloved wife. Your patience and fortitude gave me inspiration through this endeavor. My endless love and gratitude for taking care of me day by day, expressing your love and support in countless details. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thanks to the members of my dissertation committee. Dr. Chin-Sheng Chen, Major Professor, for the freedom I enjoyed while conducting this research, for his words of wisdom, and for sharing his vision with me. Dr. Ronald Giachetti, for introducing me into the world of research. Dr. Paulette Johnson, for her patience in training me, I enjoyed learning the statistical side of research while working for her. Dr. Shih-Ming Lee, for believing in me since the first day we met. Dr. Duane Truex, for his contributions as Committee member during the proposal stage of this dissertation. Dr. Martha Centeno, Co- Major Professor, mentor extraordinaire. I was fortunate for having your advice throughout my PhD studies. Thanks for the ongoing support of Francisco Vannini, my friend and mentor in the consulting field, a man able to create and nurture the best working environment. Thanks to EuroConsult, S.A., which granted me a partial scholarship to fund my doctoral studies. My everlasting gratitude to my brothers and sister, my support network in the USA, for giving me so much help during my years as a PhD student. Special thanks to Eduardo J. Saenz, for his editorial advice, and to Ricardo L. Saenz, Elizabeth Saenz & Daughters, thank you for always being there for me. Thanks to my Father, Don Oscar, always providing and caring, and Doña Cocó, loving and devoted mother, who instilled in me the passion for learning. v ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION FRAMEWORK FOR ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING by Oscar Alejandro Saenz Florida International University, 2005 Miami, Florida Professor Chin-Sheng Chen, Major Professor This research aimed at developing a research framework for the emerging field of enterprise systems engineering (ESE). The framework consists of an ESE definition, an ESE classification scheme, and an ESE process. This study views an enterprise as a system that creates value for its customers. Thus, developing the framework made use of system theory and IDEF methodologies. This study defined ESE as an engineering discipline that develops and applies systems theory and engineering techniques to specification, analysis, design, and implementation of an enterprise for its life cycle. The proposed ESE classification scheme breaks down an enterprise system into four elements. They are work, resources, decision, and information. Each enterprise element is specified with four system facets: strategy, competency, capacity, and structure. Each element-facet combination is subject to the engineering process of specification, analysis, design, and implementation, to achieve its pre-specified performance with respect to cost, time, quality, and benefit to the enterprise. vi This framework is intended for identifying research voids in the ESE discipline. It also helps to apply engineering and systems tools to this emerging field. It harnesses the relationships among various enterprise aspects and bridges the gap between engineering and management practices in an enterprise. The proposed ESE process is generic. It consists of a hierarchy of engineering activities presented in an IDEF0 model. Each activity is defined with its input, output, constraints, and mechanisms. The output of an ESE effort can be a partial or whole enterprise system design for its physical, managerial, and/or informational layers. The proposed ESE process is applicable to a new enterprise system design or an engineering change in an existing system. The long-term goal of this study aims at development of a scientific foundation for ESE research and development. vii TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND.................................................................1 1.1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 BACKGROUND............................................................................................................ 3 1.2.1 Enterprise Engineering........................................................................................... 4 1.2.2 Enterprise Integration............................................................................................. 6 1.2.3 Enterprise Architectures....................................................................................... 10 1.2.4 Enterprise Engineering and Strategy.................................................................... 13 II. RESEARCH FOCUS.................................................................................................17 2.1 PROBLEM STATEMENT .......................................................................................... 17 2.2 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................ 21 2.3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY................................................................................. 22 2.4 RESEARCH SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS ............................................................. 24 III. LITERATURE REVIEW ...........................................................................................27 3.1 DEFINITION ............................................................................................................... 27 3.1.1 Types of Definition.............................................................................................. 27 3.1.2 General Purposes of a Definition......................................................................... 28 3.1.3 Techniques for Defining ...................................................................................... 29 3.2 ENTERPRISES AND SYSTEMS ............................................................................... 30 3.3 ENTERPRISE FRAMEWORKS................................................................................. 34 3.3.1 GRAI Integrated Methodology ............................................................................ 35 3.3.2 Open Systems Architecture for Computer Integrated Manufacturing ................. 38 3.3.3 Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture........................................................... 41 3.3.4 Generalized Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology...................... 45 3.3.5 Zachman’s Framework ........................................................................................ 49 3.3.6 Architecture of Integrated Information System ................................................... 51 3.4 ENTERPRISE STRATEGY ........................................................................................ 54 3.4.1 Strategy ................................................................................................................ 54 3.4.2 Strategic Management ......................................................................................... 58 3.4.3 Links between Enterprise System Engineering and Strategy .............................. 59 3.5 IDEF METHODOLOGY............................................................................................. 62 3.6 QUEUING AND SCHEDULING NOTATIONS.......................................................