enterprise

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/Enterprise

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/ManufacturingSystemOrganization/

SubClass Of: business organization

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thingbfo:entitybfo:continuantbfo:independent continuantbfo:material entitybfo:object aggregategroup of agentsorganized group of agentsorganizationbusiness organizationenterprise

Definition

business organization that is at the highest decision-making and control to achieve the common mission, goals, and objectives of manufacturing or providing products or services by coordinating one or more physical sites

Explanatory Notes

ISA-95 and ISA-88 business organization that coordinates the operation of one or more physical sites or areas

Examples

  • oil and gas company that explores, extracts, refines, and distributes petroleum products; aerospace alliance that produces aircraft components, assembles them into final products and provides services to these aircrafts; multinational automotive manufacturer; pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, and supplies prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products

Adapted From

  • ISA95 and ISA88

Primitive Class

This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.

Primitive Rationale

There are insufficient constructs to fully define enterprise at this moment.

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Axioms

Enterprise(x) → BusinessOrganization(x)

Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms

if x is an ‘enterprise’ then x is a ‘business organization’

Description Logic