The use of GERAM for design of a virtual enterprise for a ship maintenance consortium

Chapter XXI describes the application of the generalized enterprise reference architecture and methodology (GERAM) in analyzing the ANZAC ship alliance (ASA). The chapter discusses the details of the use of GERA in developing and studying a virtual enterprise, especially issues relating to logistics and information architecture management needed to support the operations of ASA as a virtual enterprise. The chapter starts with a brief overview of the GERAM including the key reasons of why it was selected for use. The chapter then describes ASA as a virtual enterprise including the peculiarities and nuances of a virtual enterprise. The chapter concludes with a description of enterprise engineering programme at ASA, the artifacts, and models developed based on GERAM requirements.