The GRAI method, GRAI is short for Graphs with Results and Actions Inter-related, and the further developed GRAI Integrated
Methodology (GIM) is a modeling method of
Enterprise modelling.
The GRAI method was first proposed by
Guy Doumeingts Guy Doumeingts (born 1938) is a French engineer, Emeritus professor at the University of Bordeaux 1 and former Director of "Laboratoire d’Automatique, Productique Signal et Image" control theory, known for the development of the GRAI method and h ...
in his 1984 PhD thesis, entitled ''La Méthode GRAI'', further developed at the GRAI/LAP (Laboratory of Automation and Productics) of
University Bordeaux I, and followed by GRAI/GIM by Doumeingts and others in 1992.
The GRAI method can represent and analyze the operation of all or part of a production activity. The strength of the GRAI method lies in its ability to provide modelers can effectively model the decision-making system of the company, i.e. organizational processes that generate decisions.
In the GRAI methodology four types of
views
A view is a sight or prospect or the ability to see or be seen from a particular place.
View, views or Views may also refer to:
Common meanings
* View (Buddhism), a charged interpretation of experience which intensely shapes and affects thou ...
had been incorporated: the functional view, physical view, decisional view and informational systems view.
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References
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Further reading
* Chen, D., and
G. Doumeingts. "The GRAI-GIM reference model, architecture and methodology." ''Architectures for Enterprise Integration.'' Springer US, 1996. 102-126.
* Chen, David,
Bruno Vallespir Bruno Vallespir (born 1960) is a French engineer, and Professor of Enterprise Modelling at the University of Bordeaux, working in the fields of production management, performance evaluation and enterprise modeling.Ejub Kajan eds. (2011) ''Electron ...
, and Guy Doumeingts. "GRAI integrated methodology and its mapping onto generic enterprise reference architecture and methodology." ''Computers in industry'' 33.2 (1997): 387-394.
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Doumeingts, Guy Guy Doumeingts (born 1938) is a French engineer, Emeritus professor at the University of Bordeaux 1 and former Director of "Laboratoire d’Automatique, Productique Signal et Image" control theory, known for the development of the GRAI method and ...
, Bruno Vallespir, and David Chen. "GRAI grid decisional modelling." ''Handbook on architectures of information systems.'' Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1998. 313-337.
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Doumeingts, Guy Guy Doumeingts (born 1938) is a French engineer, Emeritus professor at the University of Bordeaux 1 and former Director of "Laboratoire d’Automatique, Productique Signal et Image" control theory, known for the development of the GRAI method and ...
. "How to decentralize decisions through GRAI model in production management." ''Computers in Industry'' 6.6 (1985): 501-514.
* Girard, Philippe, and
Guy Doumeingts Guy Doumeingts (born 1938) is a French engineer, Emeritus professor at the University of Bordeaux 1 and former Director of "Laboratoire d’Automatique, Productique Signal et Image" control theory, known for the development of the GRAI method and h ...
. "GRAI-Engineering: a method to model, design and run engineering design departments." ''International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing'' 17.8 (2004): 716-732.
External links
The GRAI Method Part 1: global modellingby B. Vallespir, G. Doumeingts
The GRAI method Part 2: detailed modeling and methodological issuesby B. Vallespir, G. Doumeingts
Enterprise modelling