CIMOSA (Computer Integrated Manufacturing Open System Architecture) represents one of the most popular enterprise modeling architectures.

The aim of CIMOSA is to elaborate an open system architecture for CIM and to define concepts and rules to facilitate the building of future CIM systems. It was developed by the AMICE Consortium, in an EU project.

Further reading

• AMICE (1993) CIMOSA: OPen Systm Architecture for CIM, second edition, Springer-Verlag, Berlin
• Vernadat, F.B. (1996) Enterprise Modeling and Integration: Principles and Applications, Chapman & Hall, London, ISBN 0-412-60550-3

External links

• CIMOSA homepage
• CIMOSA association
• CIMOSA bibliography