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* ''' Enterprise Context ''' {nid 2RFV}

* Core Process Integration: An enterprise will have at least one and maybe several core processes. These are the processes the execution of which are the purpose of the enterprise. In business they are often around the provision of goods or services to customers. These core processes are supported by information systems, and information needs to pass between them in order to efficiently perform the overall process, integrating the disparate systems involved. A key part of this will include Master Data Management so that all the systems use the same identification for key things like products and customers. {nid 2RFW}

* Lifecycle Integration: There will be a number of things needed to support the core processes, such as factories and vehicles, each of which has a lifecycle that needs to be integrated. Particularly with large and long lived assets like factories and ships, information needs to be passed between lifecycle stages (e.g. design to construction, design and construction to operations, etc) and between the information systems that support the different processes in those different stages. {nid 2RFX}

* Supply Chain Integration: When enterprises procure goods in particular, but also services, they do not just capture price information, part of the product will be information about it, and its use. This information needs to be integrated within the systems that are involved with the operation and use of those products. {nid 2RFY}

* Business Intelligence (Performance Management): To understand how well an enterprise is performing its processes you need to be able to analyse the data that arises from the performance of its processes. This usually involves collecting and integrating the data from multiple systems, and populating star or snowflake schemas so that for example sales can be analysed by customer type, by product type, by geographic region, by volume, by value, by profitability etc. {nid 2RFZ}