B2MML
B2MML (Business to Manufacturing Markup Language) is the XML implementation of the
ISA 95 standards.
Think of B2MML as XML applied to manufacturing data and processes. To date, XML
has mostly been used in exchanging data between business-to-business applications.
B2MML changes that.
According to the B2MML caretakers, the World Batch Forum (WBF;
Research Triangle Park, NC), B2MML helps integrate business systems, such
as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply chain management systems, with
manufacturing systems, such as control systems and manufacturing execution systems
(MES).
Standard, common definitions for data and processes in B2MML reduce the duplication
in matching data from different software applications and business processes. This,
in turn, provides low-maintenance interoperability between information systems,
reduces the costs and risks of systems integration, and increases the flexibility
of integrating disparate production and enterprise management systems throughout
a manufacturing enterprise and its supply chain.