A Systematic Evaluation of Enterprise Modelling Approaches on Their Applicability to Automatically Generate ERP Software

D. M M Schunselaar; J. Gulden; W.H. van Schuur; H. A. Reijers

doi:10.1109/CBI.2016.40

A Systematic Evaluation of Enterprise Modelling Approaches on Their Applicability to Automatically Generate ERP Software

D. M M Schunselaar, J. Gulden, W.H. van Schuur, H. A. Reijers

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Customising Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to the enterprise's needs is still a technical endeavour often involving enabling/disabling modules, modifying configuration files, etc. This is quite surprising given the large body of work on Enterprise Modelling and Model-Driven Software Engineering. Ideally, one models one's enterprise and, with a press on a button, the ERP software supporting the enterprise is generated. In this paper, we present a systematic evaluation of Enterprise Modelling approaches for their applicability to automatically generate ERP software supporting an enterprise. Inspired by the work of an ERP vendor, which, next to generating ERP software to support an enterprise, also wants to incorporate the common-sense of an enterprise in the ERP software, we also evaluate Enterprise Ontologies since current Enterprise Modelling languages lack semantics on the instance level. None of the existing approaches are tailored towards automated (ERP) software generation without the need for programming. However, the approaches possess valuable aspects which can aid in the ERP software generation process. Therefore, next to the evaluation, we present take-home points from the approaches, e.,g., reasoning capabilities to make common-sense suggestions when something is not possible.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	18th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2016, 29th August - 1st September 2016, Paris, France - Conference Papers
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Pages	290-299
Number of pages	10
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509032310
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CBI.2016.40
Publication status	Published - 9 Dec 2016
Event	18th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2016 - Paris, France Duration: 29 Aug 2016 → 1 Sept 2016

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Conference	18th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2016
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	29/08/16 → 1/09/16

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Enterprise Modelling
Enterprise Ontology
ERP Software Generation

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Schunselaar, D. M. M., Gulden, J., van Schuur, W. H., & Reijers, H. A. (2016). A Systematic Evaluation of Enterprise Modelling Approaches on Their Applicability to Automatically Generate ERP Software. In 18th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2016, 29th August - 1st September 2016, Paris, France - Conference Papers (Vol. 1, pp. 290-299). Article 7780325 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBI.2016.40

Schunselaar, D. M M ; Gulden, J. ; van Schuur, W.H. et al. / A Systematic Evaluation of Enterprise Modelling Approaches on Their Applicability to Automatically Generate ERP Software. 18th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2016, 29th August - 1st September 2016, Paris, France - Conference Papers. Vol. 1 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 2016. pp. 290-299

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Schunselaar, DMM, Gulden, J, van Schuur, WH & Reijers, HA 2016, A Systematic Evaluation of Enterprise Modelling Approaches on Their Applicability to Automatically Generate ERP Software. in 18th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2016, 29th August - 1st September 2016, Paris, France - Conference Papers. vol. 1, 7780325, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., pp. 290-299, 18th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2016, Paris, France, 29/08/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBI.2016.40

A Systematic Evaluation of Enterprise Modelling Approaches on Their Applicability to Automatically Generate ERP Software. / Schunselaar, D. M M; Gulden, J.; van Schuur, W.H. et al.
18th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2016, 29th August - 1st September 2016, Paris, France - Conference Papers. Vol. 1 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 2016. p. 290-299 7780325.

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Schunselaar DMM, Gulden J, van Schuur WH, Reijers HA. A Systematic Evaluation of Enterprise Modelling Approaches on Their Applicability to Automatically Generate ERP Software. In 18th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2016, 29th August - 1st September 2016, Paris, France - Conference Papers. Vol. 1. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 2016. p. 290-299. 7780325 doi: 10.1109/CBI.2016.40

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