Inter-Enterprise Integration - Moving Beyond Data Level Integration
Abstract
Navy METOC is fundamentally a knowledge-based enterprise. The products are themselves knowledge products and the processes that produce them are based upon the application of highly skilled scientific, warfighting, and information technology know how. The core of Navy METOC value is created from processes that transform massive amounts of environmental measurements, ultimately, into only a few actionable recommendations on the impacts of the environment on personnel, platforms, sensors, weapons, and mission courses of action. These impact assessments are output in support of mission planning, mission execution, mission postconstruction and analysis, and mission training processes conducted by our warfighter consumers. Key inputs to our processes come from multiple providers, including other military and non-military METOC enterprises, and warfighter operations enterprises. As with any enterprise, sustained success for Navy METOC requires continuous improvement of the value output from the enterprise, as well as the processes applied in the creation, distribution, and use of output products. Improvement requires that the sources of value are understood, monitored, and optimized. Traditionally, the framework used to depict, understand, and assess the value points in an enterprise is referred to as a value-chain. The value-chain depicts upstream suppliers who provide input to internal processes, a description of key internal processes which produce products, and the downstream customers. In the context of this linear model, it is natural to focus on the exchange of data as the primary means of integration between enterprises. Previous advances in IT (ubiquitous bandwidth, canonical data models, interface adapters, computing power) have supported improved data integration solutions through broader access to relevant information and more flexibility via more loosely-coupled architectures.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA527360
Entities
People
- Bruce R. Gritton
Organizations
- Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command