The European B2B forum for the Electronics Industry
                    


 

Secretariat:

Dora Cresens
C&F bvba - Tiensestraat 2
3320 Hoegaarden
Belgium
Tel: +32 16 76 54 40  
Mob: +32 475 85 40 39  
Fax: +32 16 76 53 58
 info@edifice.org

 

Technical Support and Quality Assurance (TSQ)

Value Proposition
§EDIFICE's mission is to produce guidelines for implementation of B2B Standards

The Guideline framework covers:

  • EDIFICE Business and Information Modelling (BIM) Guide
  • The EDIFICE Repository
-B2B standards
  • -UN/EDIFACT (EDI)
  • RosettaNet (XML)
§Responsibilities:
  • -Quality assurance
  • -Standards conformance
  • -Technical support to business area task groups
  • §Application of the BIM principles to Guidelines
    • §Structure of the Repository based on BIM principles
  • §The conformance of EDIFICE guidelines to
    • -EDIFICE documentation principles
    • -The underlying standards
      • -UN/CEFACT EDIFACT 
      • -RosettaNet
      • -UN/ECE
      • -ISO
  • §Change management and publication cycle on the Repository
  • §Liaison contact with relevant standards bodies
    • -UN/CEFACT TBG 17 (Task Group for Core Components, Michael Dill, GEFEG)
    • -CEN EBES EEG1 (EU representation to UN/CEFACT, Andrew Black on Management Team)
12 Month Roadmap
  • §Workshop about the EDIFICE Guidelines and Repository
  • §Repository change management and publication cycle for 2007
  • §Revision of the EDIFICE Modelling Guide to incorporate 
    • -Core Components methodology (UN/CEFACT)
    • -process and information models (UML 2.0)
    • -alignment with service oriented architectures (SOA, ESA)
  • §Revision of the Repository structure
  • §Review program of all deliverables in the Repository
Expected deliverables
  • §Workshop about Repository
  • §Repository 2007-1
  • §Repository 2007-2
  • §Revised Business and Information Modelling Guide
  • §Repository restructure according to revised BIM Guide
Member companies
  • Elcoteq
  • GEFEG
  • Nokia
  • NXP Semiconductor

Meetings

  • Monthly conference Calls on 3rd Friday starting at 11:00 AM CET
  • F-t-F meetings adjacent to quarterly Plenary Meeting
Chairman / Contact
Andrew Black heads the Information Standards Management (ISM) group which is part of the Information Office organization in the global headquarters of NXP Semiconductors. The mission of ISM is to support the total business process with unambiguous and controlled information standards, as part of the enterprise architecture, to enable optimal information and data sharing and exchange among business functions and their information systems.
 
NXP is a newly independent semiconductor company (founded by Philips) with a fifty-year history of providing engineers and designers with semiconductors and software that deliver better sensory experiences for mobile communications, consumer electronics, security applications, contactless payment and connectivity, and in-car entertainment and networking. Prior to joining Philips Semiconductors (the predecessor of NXP), Andrew worked for many years in the Data Management group at Philips Electronics corporate headquarters.
 
During many years of representing Philips in EDIFICE Andrew has contributed to various aspect of the work of EDIFICE. He has been active in various roles, including Secretary, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, and Chairman of the TSQ and Billing Task Groups.
Contact details:
Andrew Black
NXP Semiconductors, Information Standards Manager,, Information Technology
e-mail: Andrew.Black@nxp.com 
Desk: +31 40 2785203     Mobile: +31 6 51242414    Fax: +31 40 2722706  
References/Links  
§ISO 
§UN/CEFACT TBG 17
§CEN EBES EEG1
UN/CEFACT EDIFACT
UN/ECE Codes
RosettaNet

 

 
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