Interoperability is the ability of a system or an organisation to work seamlessly with other systems or organisations. Many efforts to overcome interoperability barriers in industry, non-interoperability, still causes an enormous cost for all business partners. This book provides knowledge for cost savings and business improvement.

Within a scenario of globalised markets, where the capacity to efficiently cooperate with other firms starts to become essential in order to remain in the market in an economically, socially and environmentally cost-effective manner, it can be seen how the most innovative enterprises are beginning to redesign their business model to become interoperable. This goal of interoperability is essential, not only from the perspective of the individual enterprise but also in the new business structures that are now emerging, such as supply chains, virtual enterprises, interconnected organisations or...