ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an example of an enterprise systems engineering (ESE) challenge at the largest scale, crossing major materials and energy- related sectors of a nation’s economy. It illustrates a comprehensive ESE framework for planning, analysis, and management of the use of natural resources for materials and energy by private and public sector stakeholders at local, national, and international levels. The vitality of the economy of a nation or region is based on the effective use of material resources such as cement, iron, aluminum, plastics, wood, and agricultural products for public and private infrastructure, including housing, roads, railways, pipelines, utilities, agriculture, medical facilities, and industrial plants. The chapter describes a case study that applies an integrated information system encompassing critical data elements. It provides a comprehensive base for a variety of both process and econometric modeling approaches to support business decisions and government policy making.
