Business To Manufacturing

Markup Language
Process Segment
Version 6.0 - March 2013
B2MML-ProcessSegment

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Table of Contents

CHANGE HISTORY .............................................................................. 3

SCHEMA SCOPE ................................................................................. 4
Key Information Assumptions ............................................................ 4
ProcessSegmentInformation .............................................................. 5
ProcessSegment ................................................................................ 5
Resource Identification ...................................................................... 7
ELEMENT DEFINITIONS....................................................................... 8

TRANSACTION ELEMENTS ................................................................ 13

DIAGRAM CONVENTION .................................................................. 14

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CHANGE HISTORY
Change Date Person Description
V01 7 April 2002 Dennis Brandl Initial release
Dave Emerson
V02 23 Sept 2003 Dennis Brandl • Changed ##any to "Any" element of type
Dave Emerson "AnyType"

V03 26 Aug 2005 Dennis Brandl • Added substitution groups. One group added
Dave Emerson just before each Any element.

V0301 29 Dec 2005 Dennis Brandl • Made “Value” elements 0..unbounded

V04 04 June 2007 Dennis Brandl • Added transaction elements

• Removed choice elements in Equipment,
Material, and Personnel segment specification
types.
V0401 Oct 2008 Dennis Brandl • Changed version number

V0500 Mar 2011 Dennis Brandl • Updated for ISA 95.02-2010

• Added Physical Asset elements
• Added material assembly elements
• Removed ##any elements
V0600 Aug 2012 D. Brandl Updated MESA Copyright

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SCHEMA SCOPE
This document defines the information about process segment definitions that may be exchanged between
business systems and manufacturing operations systems. This information is based on the data models and
attributes defined in the ANSI/ISA 95.00.02 Enterprise/Control System Integration standard. Contact ISA
(The Instrumentation, System, and Automation Society) for copies of the standard. Additional information
on the standard is available at www.isa.org.

Key Information Assumptions

The data represented in these schemas is derived from the UML model below. This model is defined in the
ANSI/ISA 95.00.02 standard. The information model in the model below is hierarchical with process
segments containing process segments and personnel, equipment, and material specification information.
The key assumption is that the information will be accessed by process segment.

Information About
Process Segments

0..n has an execution dependency on

Process 0..n
Segment

0..n Process
is a collection of Segment
May be made up of Dependency

0..n 0..n 0..n 0..n 0..n

Process Personnel Equipment Physical Asset Material

Segment Segment Segment Segment Segment
Parameter Specification Specification Specification Specification 0..n

Has properties Has properties Has properties Has properties Is assembled

0..n
of of of of from
May be made up of
0..n 0..n 0..n 0..n
Physical Asset
Personnel Segment Equipment Segment Material Segment
Segment
Specification Specification Specification
Specification
Property Property Property
Property

Model of Exchanged Process Segment Information

This schema uses a common schema for definition of elements that are used in multiple schemas, such as
ID, Description, and Value. See the document defining the Common schema for definition of the common
elements.

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ProcessSegmentInformation
The main structuring element of the schema definition is ProcessSegmentInformation.

ProcessSegment
A process segment is a logical grouping of personnel resources, equipment resources, and material
required to carry out a production step. Process segment usually define the needed classes of personnel,
equipment, and material, but it may define specific resources, such as specific equipment needed. Process
segment usually define the quantity of the resource needed.
Identifying process segments requires an understanding of the business processes within the company and
the general structure of the manufacturing processes. Not all process segments need to relate to
production, there are at least three general types of process segments:

• Production segments – those relating to conversion of raw or intermediate materials into

intermediate materials or final products.
• Movement segments – those relating to movement of materials and keeping track of material and
product locations.
• Inspection segments – those relating to confirming or testing quality and suitability of materials and
products.

ProcessSegment elements may be used to contain information about defined process segments, and the
personnel, equipment, and materials required for the segment.
Process segments may also contain process segments, for example a product assembly segment may be
made up of assembly, test, and packaging segments. Each segment may be defined as a separate element
with separate specifications
Routing may be dependent on the processes. In the figure below the routing contains material
dependencies information. The routing information is then used for scheduling. The route in the left side
of the figure can be represented in a set of process segment definitions (center table in figure) and process
segment dependency definitions (right table in figure). The process segment definitions contain the
material production and consumption information. The consumption and production information within
the process segments define additional constraints and dependencies required for scheduling of material
B1, C1, and F1.

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Routings and Process Segment Process Segment

Material Dependencies Dependencies
A1 Process Segment A B must follow A
B1 produces material A1
A A2 B produces material A2
C must follow A
C must follow E
produces material A3 D must follow A
A3 produces material A4
A4 C1 F must follow C
C Process Segment B F must follow D
consumes material A1
E1 C2 consumes material A2
E D F produces material B1
E2 D1 F1 Process Segment C
consumes material A3
consumes material E1
produces material C1
produces material C2
Process Segment D
consumes material A4
consumes material E2
produces material D1
Process Segment E
produces material E1
produces material E2
Process Segment F
consumes material C2
consumes material D1
produced material F1

Routing with co-products and material dependencies

PersonnelSegmentSpecification
PersonnelSegmentSpecification information may be used to contain information about personnel resources
required for execution of the process segment. An element defines the quantity of the personnel class or
person required, or a list of properties that identify the subset of the class and quantity of the subset
required.

EquipmentSegmentSpecification
EquipmentSegmentSpecification information may be used to contain information about equipment
resources required for execution of the process segment. An element defines the quantity of the
equipment class or equipment required, or a list of properties that identify the subset of the class and
quantity of the subset required.

PhysicalAssetSegmentSpecification
PhysicalAssetSegmentSpecification information may be used to contain information about physical asset
resources required for execution of the process segment. An element defines the quantity of the physical
asset class or physical asset required, or a list of properties that identify the subset of the class and quantity
of the subset required.

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MaterialSegmentSpecification
MaterialSegmentSpecification information may be used to contain information about material resources
required for execution of the process segment. An element defines the quantity of the material class or
material definition required, or a list of properties that identify the subset of the class and quantity of the
subset required.

Resource Identification
The process segment information defines what resources are required for execution of the process
segment. It does this by defining the classes of resources, or in some cases the exact instance of a resource
required. For example, an inspection segment may require 1 inspector for 2 hours and 1 inspection
machine for 2 hours. In some industries the exact inspection machine may have to be specified, such as
“ElectonMicroprobe#1”.
The schemas follow the ANSI/ISA-95 standard by defining resources by class or instance ID, or by defining
them by class ID and a property value that is used to define a subset of the resource. For example, the
figure below illustrates that a segment may require a certain number of “operators”, a personnel class.
Other segments may require a subset of operators, such as “Master” operators only. In the first case the
class name, “Operator”, is sufficient to identify the resource required. In the second case the class name,
“Operator”, and property name and value, “Ranking” and “Master”, define the required resource.

Identify Class by ID Identify subclass By Class ID & Property Value

Personnel Capability Personnel Capability

- Class = Operator - Class = Operator
Operator
- Quantity = 8 - Quantity = 8

Personnel Capability
Property
Operator - Ranking = Master Operator Property
- Quantity = 3 - Ranking = Master

Personnel Capability
Property Operator Property
- Ranking = Standard - Ranking = Standard
- Quantity = 4

Personnel Capability
Property
- Ranking = Junior Operator Property
- Quantity = 1 - Ranking = Junior

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ELEMENT DEFINITIONS

Element/Type Description
ProcessSegmentInformation Contains a list of process segments, includes the location of the scope
ProcessSegmentInformationType of the information, and the date of publication of the information.
May also contain application specific extended elements.
ProcessSegm entInform ationType

ID

Description

0..∞

Location

ProcessSegm entInform ation HierarchyScope

PublishedDate

ProcessSegm ent

0..∞

Extended:ProcessSegmentInformation

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Element/Type Description
ProcessSegment Contains a definition of a process segment, including the location of
ProcessSegmentType the scope the definition, the date of publication, the segment
dependencies, encapsulated segments, parameters associated with
the segment, and the material, personnel, and equipment resources
required for the segment. May also be a top level element. This may
also contain application specific extended elements.

ProcessSegm entType

ID

Description

0..∞

OperationsType

Location

HierarchyScope

PublishedDate

Duration

PersonnelSegm entSpecification

0..∞

Equipm entSegm entSpecification

ProcessSegm ent
0..∞

PhysicalAssetSegm entSpecific...

0..∞

MaterialSegm entSpecification

0..∞

Param eter

0..∞

Segm entDependency

0..∞

ProcessSegm ent

0..∞

Extended:ProcessSegment

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Element/Type
EquipmentSegmentSpecification
EquipmentSegmentSpecificationType
Description
Contains a specification of an equipment resource required for a
process segment, the quantity of the resource, and a definition of the
class or equipment and property.
May also contain application specific extension elements.
Equipm e ntClass ID

Equipm e ntID

De scription

0..∞

Equipm e ntUse
Equipm e ntSe gm e ntSpecificatio...

Quantity

0..∞

Equipm e ntSegm entSpe cificatio...

0..∞

Extended:EquipmentSegmentSpecific...

EquipmentSegmentSpecificationProperty Contains a specification of a quantity required for an equipment

EquipmentSegmentSpecificationPropertyType property that is identified by value.
ID

Description

0..∞

Value
Equipm entSegm entSpecificatio...
0..∞

Quantity

0..∞

Extended:EquipmentSegmentSpecific...

MaterialSegmentSpecification Contains a specification of a material resource required for a process

MaterialSegmentSpecificationType segment, the quantity of the resource, and a definition of the class or
definition and property.
May also contain application specific extension elements.
ID

MaterialClassID

MaterialDefinitionID

Description

0..∞

Assem blyType

Assem blyRelationship
MaterialSegm entSpecificationTy...
Assem blySpecificationID

0..∞

MaterialUse

Quantity

0..∞

MaterialSegm entSpecificationP...

0..∞

Extended:MaterialSegmentSpecificati...

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Element/Type Description
MaterialSegmentSpecificationProperty Contains a specification of a quantity required for a material property
MaterialSegmentSpecificationPropertyType that is identified by value.
ID

Description

0..∞

Value
MaterialSegm entSpecificationPr...
0..∞

Quantity

0..∞

Extended:MaterialSegmentSpecificati...

PersonnelSegmentSpecification Contains a specification of a personnel resource required for a

PersonnelSegmentSpecificationType process segment, the quantity of the resource, and a definition of the
class or person and property.
May also contain application specific extension elements.
PersonnelClassID

PersonID

Description

0..∞

PersonnelUse
PersonnelSegm entSpecificatio...

Quantity

0..∞

PersonnelSegm entSpecificatio...

0..∞

Extended:PersonnelSegmentSpecific...

PersonnelSegmentSpecificationProperty Contains a specification of a quantity required for a personnel property

PersonnelSegmentSpecificationPropertyType that is identified by value.
PersonnelClassID

PersonID

Description

0..∞

PersonnelUse
PersonnelSegm entSpecificatio...

Quantity

0..∞

PersonnelSegm entSpecificatio...

0..∞

Extended:PersonnelSegmentSpecific...

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Element/Type
PhysicalAssetSegmentSpecification
PhysicalAssetSegmentSpecificationType
Description
process segment, the quantity of the resource, and a definition of the
class or person and property.
May also contain application specific extension elements.
PhysicalAssetClassID

PhysicalAssetID

Description

0..∞

PhysicalAssetUse
PhysicalAssetSegm entSpecific...

Quantity

0..∞

PhysicalAssetSegm entSpecific...

0..∞

Extended:PhysicalAssetSegmentSpe...

PhysicalAssetSegmentSpecificationProperty Contains a specification of a quantity required for a personnel property

PhysicalAssetSegmentSpecificationPropertyTyp that is identified by value.
e ID

Description

0..∞

Value
PhysicalAssetSegm entSpecific...
0..∞

Quantity

0..∞

Extended:PhysicalAssetSegmentSpe...

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TRANSACTION ELEMENTS
The following elements are defined to support the ISA 95 Part 5 transactions, using the transaction data types defined in
the B2MML-Common.xsd schema.
Process Segment Information Elements
GetProcessSegmentInformation
ShowProcessSegmentInformation
ProcessProcessSegmentInformation
AcknowledgeProcessSegmentInformation Returned status from the ProcessProcessSegmentInformation
message.
ChangeProcessSegmentInformation
RespondProcessSegmentInformation
CancelProcessSegmentInformation
SyncProcessSegmentInformation
Process Segment Elements
GetProcessSegment
ShowProcessSegment
ProcessProcessSegment
AcknowledgeProcessSegment
ChangeProcessSegment
RespondProcessSegment
CancelProcessSegmentI
SyncProcessSegment
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Description
Get ProcessSegment definitions.
Returned information from the GetProcessSegmentInformation
message.
Process ProcessSegment definitions.
Change ProcessSegment definitions.
Returned status from the ChangeProcessSegmentInformation
message.
Cancel ProcessSegment definitions.
Published ProcessSegment definitions.
Description
Get a ProcessSegment definition.
Returned information from the GetProcessSegment message.
Process a ProcessSegment definition.
Returned status from the ProcessProcessSegment message.
Change a ProcessSegment definition.
Returned status from the ChangeProcessSegment message.
Cancel a ProcessSegment definition.
Published ProcessSegment definition.
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DIAGRAM CONVENTION
The schema diagrams using the following convention to illustrate the structure of the schema elements, the type of the
elements and attributes, and the rules for optional elements and repetition.

Name of an element or element type

Indicates fixed order of elements

Indicates elements

Indicates 1 instance only

Indicates 1 to many instances

Indicates 0 or 1 instance only

Indicates 0 to many instances

Indicates selection of alternatives

Indicates contained elements

Indicates no contained elements

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