ISA - 95
Introduction
International standard for the integration of enterprise and control systems Developed for global manufacturers, so as to apply in all industries, and in all sorts of processes, like batch processes, continuous and repetitive processes.
Objectives:
To provide consistent terminology that is a foundation for supplier and manufacturer communications To provide consistent information models To provide consistent operations models which is a foundation for clarifying application functionality and how information is to be used.
Parts of the ISA-95 standard
ISA-95.01 Models & Terminology ISA-95.02 Object Model Attributes ISA-95.03 Activity Models ISA-95.04 Object Models & Attributes ISA-95.05 B2M Transactions
Part 1: Models & Terminology
Provides standard models and terminology for describing the interfaces between the business systems of an enterprise and its manufacturing operations and control systems Models help define boundaries between the enterprise systems and the control systems
Part 2: Object Model Attributes
Consists of attributes for every object that is defined in part 1. The objects and attributes of part 2 can be used for the exchange of information between different systems Emphasize good integration practices
Benefits
Reduce users' times to reach full production levels for new products; Enable vendors to supply appropriate tools for implementing integration of control systems to enterprise systems; Enable users to better identify their needs; Reduce the costs of automating manufacturing processes; Optimize supply chains; and Reduce life-cycle engineering efforts.
Part 3: Activity Models
Defines production activities and information flows Provides reference models for production activities, quality activities, maintenance activities and inventory activities. It is an excellent guideline for describing and comparing the production levels of different sites in a standardized way.
Part 4: Object Models & Attributes
SP95 committee is yet developing part 4 of ISA-95 which is entitled Object models and attributes for Manufacturing Operations Management Defines object models that determine which information is exchanged between MES activities
Part 5: B2M Transactions
Yet in development Transactions occur at all levels within the enterprise and between enterprise partners Defines transactions in terms of information exchanges between applications performing business and manufacturing activities associated with Levels 3 and 4.