Business Model Interoperability using Enterprise Model Integration

Managing complexity in developing enterprise-spanning applications is still a challenge. A vital field of delivering technical concepts and technologies to support interoperability in business systems is the area of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI). In modelling and developing large enterprise applications, it is necessary to integrate applications on the business and conceptual level as well. Nevertheless, standardisations on modelling languages and model exchange formats (incl. their industrial implementation) still can rarely be found. Because of today’s diversity of models and heterogeneous modelling languages in the area of business modelling, we apply the Enterprise Model Integration (EMI) approach. This paper focuses on the model transformation part of EMI supporting business model interoperability. A technical overview of the BOC Model Transformer (BMT) is given and business benefits and their measurements are explained. A brief case study shows the application of the transformation approach.