VERAM: Virtual Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology

this paper is to lay down a foundation for future applications to support the set up and operation of VEs. It is a result of research performed on the definition of an architectural framework for virtual enterprise engineering, as part of IMS project GLOBEMEN [2]. The project focuses on one-of-a-kind-production (OKP) and aims to organise knowledge about the formation and operation of virtual enterprises. The framework that organises all this knowledge is called VERAM -- Virtual Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology and is a VE specialisation of GERAM (ISO15704: 2000) [3]