Enterprise engineering discipline

Enterprise Engineering is defined as that body of knowledge, principles, and practices having to do with the analysis, design, implementation and operation of an enterprise. In a continually changing and unpredictable competitive environment, the Enterprise Engineer addresses a fundamental question: “how to design and improve all elements associated with the total enterprise through the use of engineering and analysis methods and tools to more effectively achieve its goals and objectives”. Industrial Engineering provides an analytical approach to the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, material, information, equipment and energy. It thereby provides the holistic view of the enterprise necessary for successful implementation of Enterprise Engineering. This paper discusses the emerging discipline of Enterprise Engineering.