On November 3 we submitted a proposal entitled “Strategic Choices and Operational Processes for Personalised Manufacturing” for objective FoF.NMP.2010-2 “Supply chain approaches for small series industrial production”. Participants of the consortium are Möbius (Belgium), Stockholm University (Sweden), Lancaster University (UK), Barco (Belgium), and McBride (France).

Abstract:
Personalised Manufacturing is one of the European answers to the competition on the global market where Europe cannot compete on the lowest price, and looks for another differentiator. This new
paradigm based on innovative manufacturing and IT echnologies, enables the creation of personalised products in small quantities without incurring long lead-times or high costs.

The project aims at creating a widely applicable and integrated framework for making and implementing the best strategic choices and corresponding operational processes for European companies moving to a Personalised Manufacturing strategy.

PoEM provides an excellent oportunity to publish research results and ideas as well as to discuss them with peers. Proceedings by Springer LNBIP. http://poem.dsv.su.se/

Dr. Dr. Björn Niehaves, University of Münster, Germany gave a seminar on emerging issues in Business Process Management (BPM) and process innovation. The main issue for discussion was how far do different contexts (here: country) lead to differences in BPM network structures. Examples of the public sector in Germany and Japan we presented.
Presentation availablel in PDF.

PoEM 2009 is organized by Syslab and is an exellent opportunity for DSV’s researchers to publish. See Call For Papers on http://poem.dsv.su.se/
Proceedings by Springer LNBIP.

International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD) takes place 8-9 June in Amsterdam in conjunction with CAiSE 2009.

This year I have been involved in two papers reporting on our experiences from using organizational patterns for the purpose of representing reusable knowledge chunks such as for instance best practices, guidelines and experiences. The accepted papers are:
– “Organizational Patterns for B2B Environments-Validation and Comparison” by Moses Niwe and Janis Stirna
– “Anti-patterns as a Means of Focusing on Critical Quality Aspects in Enterprise Modeling” by Janis Stirna and Anne Persson

EMMSAD proceedings will be printer by Springer LNBIP series.

Innovations in Information Systems Modeling: Methods and Best Practices, Edited By: Terry Halpin, John Krogstie, and Erik Proper, ISBN: 978-1-60566-278-7, IGI, link

Modeling is used across a number of tasks in connection to information systems, but it is rare to see and easily compare all the uses of diagrammatical models as knowledge representation in one place, highlighting both commonalities and differences between different kinds of modeling.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section I: Conceptual Information Modeling
Chapter I: Enriched Conceptualization of Subtyping
Terry Halpin, Neumont University, USA

Chapter II: Essential, Mandatory, and Shared Parts in Conceptual Data Models
Alessandro Artale, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
C. Maria Keet, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

Chapter III: Extending the ORM Conceptual Schema Language and Design Procedure with Modeling Constructs for Capturing the Domain Ontology
Peter Bollen, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Section II: Modeling Approaches
Chapter IV: EKD – An Enterprise Modeling Approach to Support Creativity and Quality in Information Systems and Business Development
Janis Stirna, Jönköping University, Sweden
Anne Persson, University of Skövde, Sweden

Chapter V: Integrated Requirement and Solution Modeling: An Approach based on Enterprise Models
Anders Carstensen, Jönköping University, Sweden
Lennart Holmberg, Kongsberg Automotive, Sweden
Kurt Sandkuhl, Jönköping University, Sweden
Janis Stirna, Jönköping University, Sweden

Chapter VI: Methodologies for Active Knowledge Modeling
John Krogstie, IDI, NTNU, Norway
Frank Lillehagen, AKModeling, Norway

Chapter VII: Data Modeling and Functional Modeling – Examining the Preferred Order of Using UML Class Diagrams and Use Cases
Peretz Shoval, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Mark Last, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Avi Yampolsky, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

Section III: Modeling Frameworks, Architectures, and Applications
Chapter VIII: OntoFrame – An Ontological Framework for Method Engineering
Mauri Leppänen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Chapter IX: Concepts and Strategies for Quality of Modeling
P. (Patrick) van Bommel, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
S.J.B.A. (Stijn) Hoppenbrouwers, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
H.A. (Erik) Proper, Capgemini, The Netherlands
J. (Jeroen) Roelofs, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Chapter X: Service Oriented Architecture: A Research Review from the Software and Applications Perspective
John Erickson, University of Omaha, USA
Keng Siau, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

Chapter XI: Designing Web Information Systems for a Framework-based Construction
Vítor Estêvão Silva Souza, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil
Ricardo de Almeida Falbo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil
Giancarlo Guizzardi, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil

Section IV: Selected Readings
Chapter XII: Business Process Simulation: An Alternative Modelling Technique for the Information System Development Process
Tony Elliman, Brunel University, UK
Tally Hatzakis, Brunel University, UK
Alan Serrano, Brunel University, UK

Chapter XIII: An Agent Based Formal Approach for Modeling and Verifying Integrated Intelligent Information Systems
Leandro Dias da Silva, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
Elthon Allex da Silva Oliveira, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
Hyggo Almeida, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
Angelo Perkusich, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil

Chapter XIV: Design Principles for Reference Modelling: Reusing Information Models by Means of Aggregation, Specialisation, Instantiation and Analogy
Jan vom Brocke, University of Muenster, Germany

Chapter XV: Examining the Quality of Evaluation Frameworks and Metamodeling Paradigms of Information Systems Development Methodologies
Eleni Berki, University of Jyvaskla, Finland

Link to PoEM 2008 website.
The conference was jointly organized by the University of Skövde, the University of Jönköping and SYSLAB. The goal of PoEM 2008 was to establish a dedicated forum where the use of EM in practice is addressed by bringing together researchers, users and practitioners. The goals of the conference were to develop a better understanding of the practice of EM, to contribute to improved EM practice as well as to share knowledge and experiences. The conference program consisted of 17 paper presentations addressing original and significant topics of Enterprise Modeling ranging from reports of innovative case studies to laying grounds to novel solutions in terms of methods and tools. The program faatured a keynote entitled “Information, architecture and other costly concepts” by Björn Nilsson, one of Sweden’s most experienced EM practitioners.
The highly interactive program of PoEM 2008 which included joint brainstorming sessions on the emerging topics of Enterprise Modeling attracted 47 participants both from academia and industry. The delegates came from many European contries as well as Canada and India.

Closing discussion, Programme Co-chair Prof. Anne Persson in front

PoEM 2008 proceedings are available on line. You can find information about it at http://www.springeronline.com/978-3-540-89217-5 or access the online version at http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-540-89217-5/