Electronic Enterprise
Integration Committee
Introductory briefing
February 2009
Unpublished work © 2009 Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc.
Executive Summary
• Identity
– What is the AIA?
– What is the EEIC?
– What does the EEIC do?
• Problem
– What is the Industry Problem to be solved?
– Vision for the Future
• Approach
– EEIC Approach to Interoperability
• Operating Style
– Member Responsibilities
– Meetings
– Telecons
Identity
AIA Purpose and Structure
EEIC Purpose & Structure
EEIC Concept of Operations
AIA Overview
• The Aerospace Industries
Association represents the nation's
leading manufacturers and suppliers
of civil, military, and business
aircraft, helicopters, UAVs, space
systems, aircraft engines, missiles,
materiel, and related components,
equipment, services, and
information technology.
Strategic planning
Five Strategic Focus Areas
(4 external & 1 internal)
Two measurable performance
goals for each strategic focus area
Measures of success for
each performance goal
2008
2009
Specific performance targets
for each measure of success
in 2008 and 2009
AIA Exists to Advance the Aerospace Industry in the
United States
EEIC Overview
Board of
Governors.
Endorse
Send Back
Proposals
Proposals
Supplier Management
Council
Special Projects
Recommendations
Charter
eBusiness
Steering Group
Investigate, Evaluate & Propose
Electronic Interoperability standards
And Develop Guidelines
Electronic Enterprise
Special Projects
Recommendations
Integration Committee
Undertakes projects to propose
standards enabling interoperability in
the Aerospace industry
• EEIC is chartered jointly by
eBSG and SMC and reports to
both
• EEIC has Co-Chairs who
represent both chartering
organizations
• EEIC has a standing charter
which drives ongoing activity
• eBSG or SMC periodically
make requests to EEIC for
investigation or analysis
• EEIC sends recommendations
to the chartering organizations
which they accept and elevate
to the BOG, or send back for
more work
• EEIC reaches out to relevant
projects in other Committees,
eg. EMC, PSC, Legal
EEIC Is the Working Arm of Both SMC and eBSG
What does the EEIC do?
• Based on the AIA objective, the overall concept of
operations of the EEIC is to:
– Solicit, identify and rationalize specific business requirements.
– Identify and assess key standards and initiatives, as framework
components within an overall framework for eBusiness
– Develop AIA position statements on relevant standards/initiatives
– Undertake projects to ensure that appropriate standards are
available to industry in a timely manner, together with suitable
guidance material if required
– Develop guidelines for deployment of such components to meet
specific business scenarios
– Seek industry endorsement of the resulting standards and
solutions
The EEIC Is Chartered to Recommend
Interoperability Standards
The Problem
The Industry Problem
Industry Changes
Global Enterprise Needs
Business Case
End State Vision
What is the Industry Problem?
• Today’s reality… multiple point-to-point
solutions generate excessive cost and
complexity
• Examples of industry gaps and/or
inefficiencies:
- Lack of shared trust infrastructure impeding
collaboration between partners
Industry Perspective
Cost of a single interface ranges from $10K to $1M
depending on scope and complexity
AIA
Members
Business
Partners
Contractor
Customer
- Increasing number of customer-unique portals
adding cost to suppliers
- Multiple, redundant, incompatible “IDE
systems” within the industry
- Incompatibilities in information exchange
contribute to delay, rework, and error
• Excessive cost and complexity impeding
supply chain agility
• Expected business results not yet
realized with development of ebusiness
standards
Public
Exchange
OEM
Tier-1
Supplier
excessive
cost and
complexity
Airline
n-Tier
Supplier
Logistics
Provider
Need enabling capability to avoid one-off solutions
and achieve transformational change
Changes in the Aerospace Environment
• Numerous Governmental, Military and Commercial
activities continue to enter into the Aerospace
environment, requiring ever-evolving responses
from the industry members
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Net Centric Warfare
DOD Continuous Process Improvement
ATA eBusiness activities
Federated Identity Management – Bridges
E3AG, BoostAeroSpace & other International ventures
Adoption of ASD S1000D and S3000L specifications
Information Assurance
UID/RFID
Convergence of commercial and military processes
Move to contractor logistics support
Demands To Comply Drain Company Resources
Building One-Off Solutions that Do Not Integrate Well
Companies have achieved
some measure of ebusiness
success
− Reduced Inventory
− Reduced Material Cost
− Reduced Supply Base
− Better Utilization of
Agreements
− Reduced Headcount
− Improved Speed / Cycle
Times
Further benefits largely
dependent upon electronic
penetration of the customer
and supply base
− Focus on suppliers has
had a higher priority
Move from local efforts to…
Global Electronic Enterprise Needs
• Orchestrate a Common
Plan at Industry level
• Identify common
ebusiness interface
scenario models
• Identify a consistent
methodology for work
• “Normalize” the data
models and other
components
• Provide a forum for
driving all Electronic
Enterprise standards work
• Consistently connect
Electronic Enterprise
components to Enterprise
Interface Solutions
Industry Level Response is Needed to Continue to
Realize Benefits
Information Backbone Drivers
Evolving technologies, standards, and other IT-related capabilities are
becoming more complex. “Information Backbone” brings together relevant
initiatives to simplify ebusiness connections across the entire supply chain
Information
Standards
XML EDI
UML
STEP
PLCS
S1000D
Internet
Standards
HTTP
HTML
FTP SMTP
Public/Private
Registries
UDDI DoD XML
Registry
Information
Security
SAML
PKI
TSCP
Standards
Bodies
OASIS UN/CEFACT
W3C
ISO
E3AG
Web
Services
UDDI WSDL
XML SOAP
EEIC Challenge is simplification through industrylevel development of ‘e’ policy and standards
Business Case for Electronic Integration
Adoption of standards enables more efficient supply chain integration
Supplier Benefits
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Reduced cost of order entry and administration
Larger incentive for non-electronic suppliers to adopt ebusiness
Avoid or minimize added staff to manage ebusiness orders
Common interface to Primes
Prime Benefits
• Increased number of suppliers willing to accept ebusiness
• Implement new electronic processes to a more capable supplier
base
• Reduce costs through simplification of processes and systems with
adoption of standards
• Achieve a larger portion of their ebusiness cost benefits
• Common adoption of eCollaboration capabilities and processes
Intuitively, the adoption of standards is the right
thing to do… regardless of size of company
Electronic Enterprise End State Vision
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AIA members are committed to the following vision for eBusiness across
our industry:
All participants in the aerospace value chain will be able to exchange
information relative to product design, business relationships,
transactions, and product support across an information backbone which
is open and accessible to all.
“Information Backbone”
spanning the Industry
Information Backbone Built from Policy,
Infrastructure and Standards – Not Common Tools
Approach
Standards Strategy
Concept of Operations
Project tracking Radar
Standards Assessment Criteria
Going Forward Strategy
The Path to AIA eBusiness Interoperability
• Many eBusiness scenarios can be identified
• Many standards and initiatives have the potential to
satisfy part of the overall industry requirement for
interoperability
– Between companies and business partners
– Between functions in an organisation
– Between application systems
• Challenge:
– reduce overall cost and complexity by identifying the most
appropriate solution components
– provide concrete guidance on how to satisfy specific
business requirements using an appropriate selection of
those components
Standards strategy
Path to AIA eBusiness Standards
In order of preference
1.
AIA adopts existing standards for use in the aerospace industry
2.
AIA influences standards organizations through participation to meet its
requirements
3.
AIA develops its own standards when none exists from standards
organizations
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AIA may then submit a proposal to the applicable standards organization for
international adoption
In each case
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The AIA may supplement existing standards with aerospace-agreed
implementation conventions (subset), models/examples, and
guidelines
High Level Framework
Business Applications
(Company Specific)
“Information Backbone”
Processes
IT Services
Data
Registry
Repository
Contractual
Regulatory
AIA
Member
Company
Security
Business scenarios
Business
Partner
AIA Guidelines
Technical Environment
(Framework is product & company agnostic)
Key Components for Building Interoperability
eBusiness Component Framework
Business scenarios
Process definition
mechanisms
Information content/components
Classification schemes
Data
Component libraries
Assembly
Enterprise data and metadata
Reference data
Identifiers
Information definition mechanisms
Service definition mechanisms
Representation options
Transport options
Networks
Physical representation
AIA Guidelines (Design, Build, Operate)
Conformance and interoperability testing
Contractual and regulatory
Constraints
Process models
Security
Registry/Repository
for Discovery, Presence, Availability
Service assembly
Semantics - Terminology
Example Mapping to Framework
OAGIS
X12
STEP/PLCS
BoostAero
OAGi
ANSI
ISO
eBSG & ASD
UDEF
Open Group
UID/RFID
AIA & DoD
GTPA
AIA
GECA
AIA
TSCP
CONOPS: Two processes
PSC
EMC
eBSG
SMC
Business
requirements
Scenarios
EEIC
Solutions
Business
Solutions
Companies
Monitor
external
development
Adopt
existing
standard
Framework
Components
AIA eBusiness
Interoperability
Framework
SAML
New
Interoperability
Requirements
XBRL
PLCS
AIA eBusiness
Implementation
Guidebook
RFID
STEP
X12
EDI
GTPA
Template
Supplier
UID
Adopted
AIA
development
GECA
UDEF
Clickable
GTPA
Candidate
Track
Standards and Guidelines
PM/E
Boost
Aero
V
M
Participate in
external
development
Delivering Business Solutions
Scenarios
Which Enable
Composed of
Scenarios form
the basis for
defining solutions
Definition Process
Process
Constrained by
Data
Contract &
Regulatory
Delivered by
Security
IT Services
Design Guidelines
Implementation Guidelines
Operational Guidelines
Adding new components
Need for new
Framework
Component
Business need
Opportunity
BLIP
NONE SUITABLE
Existing initiatives
ASSES
S
FLAG REJECTS
CANDIDATE
FOUND
NEED
INPUT
?
No - MONITOR
Yes -PARTICIPATE
NONE SUITABLE
AIA Development
BUSINESS CASE
FOR
DEVELOPMENT
SPONSO
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APPROV
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Yes -DEVELOP
No
New Framework
Component added
Adoption plan
FLAG REJECTS
Guidelines if needed
CANDIDATE FOUND
ASSES
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Strategy for component
Existing standards
DOES RESULT MEET AIA
NEED?
COORDINATE WITH STAKEHOLDERS
AIA ADOPTION
EEIC Standards Radar Screen
Active AIA Project
UIMA
AIA Guidelines
TSCP
Adopt
existing
standard
Monitor
external
development
PM/EVM
CPI
Boost
Aero
EIA-927
Units
ML
PLCS
GTPA
LOTAR
UDEF
SOA
• Supplier
GECA
X12
d
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UID
EDI
Template
Guidebook
SEINE
RFID
App Stds ebXML
Supplier
RFID
STEP
Boost
AeroSpace
Template
OTD S3000L
Supplier
UID
EDIG
Adopted
Candidate
AIA
development
TDP
(SMC)
Clickable
GTPA
NCO
CDE
S1000D
REACH
IT
EKM
Track
Participate in
external
development
As of 2009-02-04
Information behind the “Radar blip”
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Abstract
Full Title of Standard or Initiative (Acronym)
– Responsible organisation
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Lead Organization within AIA
– Other stakeholders – by function/organisation
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Business justification
Description of activity/deliverables
Business benefits
Location in EEIC Framework
EEIC Action Plan – Monitor/Participate/Develop/Adopt – Guidelines?
EEIC Status (updated as necessary)
Adoption plan
Stakeholder adoption statement (final disposition)
AIA recommendation (published on AIA website)
Link to a standards host site
Link to supporting material
• Used for new tasks and updates
• Word template – stored in PDF form
Assessment Criteria
Ensure Compliance with Guiding Principles
Qualify against Standards Selection Criteria
• Based on the results of science, technology and
experience; promotes optimum community benefits.
• Provides clear business value & supports the industry
business strategy and requirements
• Must align with the context of an overall architecture
strategy that is driven by the business
• Leverage available standards and technologies, first
within aerospace, then in the broader market
• Partner with aero-related groups to increase adoption
and lower workload: ATA, ASD, other AIA Councils etc.
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Evaluate against Architectural Principles
• Evaluate against AIA project criteria
• Business must drive information technology
architecture decisions:
• Use industry proven approaches
• Open and/or vendor neutral standards
• The architecture must enable secure communications
and appropriate protection of information and
technology.
• Reduce integration complexity: Keep it simple.
• The project proposal needs to satisfy the criteria
established by the AIA for all new projects.
• Within EEIC charter and scope.
• An issue the AIA can effectively address.
• A clearly defined and measurable outcome.
• Clearly defined sunset provisions.
• Senior-level commitment from multiple AIA member
companies.
• Contributes to AIA meeting its goals and objectives.
• A clearly defined "customer pull" or "company push."
Basis for one or more Framework Components
Web / Internet-based standards
Preferably globally accepted
“Open” host organization committed to collaboration
with other groups to ensure interoperability
• SW/HW vendor participation in the process and
commitment to use the results in their products
• Critical mass for adoption
• Interoperability with the standards used by our
customers and supplier
AIA eBusiness Implementation Guidebook
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Concept of operations
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eBusiness Interoperability Framework
• Description of framework and its use – simplified from MoU/MG model
• Lower levels of detail for boxes where needed
• Selection criteria for different components within a box
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Building a solution
Extending the framework
Extensible taxonomy of framework components
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Shows coverage of adopted blips – matrix against framework
Populated from adopted blips – list of blips in framework classification
Common guidance information
Extensible set of scenarios and corresponding solutions
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Radar screen
Blips
EEIC standards selection process
Scenarios – in business terms
AIA eBusiness Framework Components required
Architectural guidance – design time
Implementation guidance – build time
Operational guidance – run time
Annex – The MoU/MG framework – colour coded to AIA Framework
Going Forward Strategy
• Recommended Approach from eBSG:
– AIA members agree to implement ebusiness standards as
developed and approved by the AIA
– Transactional data presented to suppliers through prime
contractor “portals” shall also be made available to
suppliers in an automatable electronic format
– Each prime develops its own roadmap and schedule to
compliance over long term
– Companies re-engineer processes and deploy tools as
required to achieve maximum benefit from adoption of
industry standards -- at their own pace
Agreement to Move Together,
but NOT Mandated Compliance
Operating Style
Operating Style: Member Responsibilities
Your Challenge - Member company representatives must:
• Speak authoritatively for their company on all “e” matters
– Coordinate internally in your company and maintain communication with
your AIA leadership
• Adopt an Industry, not Company-specific frame of reference
• Represent a balance of “business” and “technical”,
“Commercial” and “Defense” perspectives; and
• Provide the necessary company support (e.g. resources,
direction, etc.) to enable “e” decisions to be made and
implemented by AIA as well as coordinate with company eBSG
and SMC members.
• Attend Face-to-Face meetings (3/year) and bi-weekly Telecons
– Every other Monday Tel: +1 866 309 0490 Access: *6990584*
Appendix 1: Glossary & Acronyms
Glossary & Acronyms - Organizations
• AIA – Aerospace Industries Association
• ATA – Air Transport Association
• ASD – Aerospace and Defence Industries
Association of Europe
• BOG – AIA Board of Governors
• eBSG – eBusiness Steering Group
• EEIC – Electronic Enterprise Integration Committee
• EMC – Engineering and Manufacturing Committee
• PSC – Product Support Committee
• SMC – Supplier Management Council
Glossary & Acronyms – Radar screen
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ebXML – eBusiness eXtensible Markup Language
EKM – Electronic Knowledge Management
EDI – Electronic Data Interchange
FIPS – Federal Information Processing Standard
GECA – Global Electronic Collaboration Agreement
GTPA – Global Trading Partner Agreement
IADFA – International Aerospace and Defense Federation Alliance
LOTAR – Long Term Archiving and Retention
NCO-CDE – Net- Centric Operations – Common Data Environment
OTD – Open Technical Dictionary
PKI – Public Key Infrastructure
PLCS – Product Life Cycle Support
PM/EVM – Program Management/ Earned Value Management
REACH-IT - Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals
RFID – Radio Frequency Identification
SOA – Service Oriented Architecture
STEP- Standard for the Exchange of Product model data
TDP – Technical Data Package
TSCP- Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program(me)
UDEF – Universal Data Element Framework
UID – Unique IDentification
Glossary & Acronyms – Other
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FTP – File Transfer Protocol
HTML – HyperText Markup Language
HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
ISO – International Organization for Standardization
OASIS – Organization for the Advancement of Structured
Information Standards
SAML – Security Assertion Markup Language
SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SOAP –Simple Object Access Protocol
UDDI – Universal Description, Discovery and Integration
UML – Unified Modeling Language
WSDL – Web Services Definition Language
W3C – World-Wide Web Consortium
XML – eXtensible Markup Language