MANDATE Overview

The MANDATE (ISO 15531)The ISO 15531, Industrial automation systems and integration- manufacturing management data exchange (MANDATE) includes the representation of data relating to the management of the production process and the exchange and sharing of management data within or between companies

Three main categories of data relating to the management of manufacturing can be identified as the information related to:

1. external exchanges, e.g. with suppliers
2. the management of the resources used during the manufacturing processes
3. the management of the manufacturing flows within the plant and among the process stages.

ISO 15531 does not standardize the model of the manufacturing process. The aim of the standard is to provide standardized data models for the three types of data, above, which are usually complex, strongly time-dependent and with close relationships among them. The objective is to facilitate the integration between numerous industrial applications by means of a common, standardized tool able to represent these three sets of data that are shared and exchanged during the whole production life cycle and are in the core of the manufacturing process.

ISO 15531 is a collection of inter-related documents which form a multi-part standard. The full titles of the parts are given in the folders below. The folders identify each MANDATE Part, using the following sub-headings:

• Overview and fundamental principles (Part 1)
• Production data for external exchanges (Parts 21-23)
• Manufacturing resources usage management data (Parts 31-33); and
• Manufacturing flow management data (Parts 41-45)

MANDATE Parts:

• MANDATE Parts: 1-99