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R&D Activities

At ISEE, our scientific research aims to explore the application potential of the Business Model Ontology and the Business Digital Twin system in economic practice.

Our research

This ongoing cognitive process is driven by creative and experimental efforts through various projects and dedicated campaigns. Our research taps into three principal sources of scientific knowledge about economic management:

Science and Education
Science and EducationISEE has undertaken major research projects focused on educational and research systems.To the research
Consultancy Companies
Consultancy CompaniesThe role of audit and management consultancy companies in creating and disseminating the latest research.To the research
Business Software
Business SoftwareISEE has undertaken several major research projects focused on business management software.To the research

Business Model Ontology brings together what has been learned

and is tested through experiments in real enterprises

Our experiments

The experimental work of the Institute for Systemic Economic Engineering (ISEE) in defining the capabilities of the Business Digital Twin (BDT) system and the Business Model Ontology (BMO) is a multi-annual cognitive accumulation process.

All experiments
Transformative impact on SMEs

Unitraf JSC, Bulgaria, 2021

357%profit surge

Transformative impact on SMEs

In 2021, Unitraf JSC, a manufacturer of transformers, reactors, machined parts, and components, embarked on a transformative, organizational reengineering journey by implementing the Business Model Ontology (BMO) within their management practices.

The full experiment
  1. 2×production volume and diversity Transformative impact on large enterpriseYambol, Bulgaria, 1997-2011
  2. 500+workplaces in each campaign Large-scale industrial reengineeringYambol, Bulgaria, 2002-2003 and 2010-2011
  3. < 2 monthsto ISO 9001:2000 certification System for quality managementYambol, Bulgaria, 2005
  4. 5-10×productivity increase SMED and lean manufacturingYambol, Bulgaria, 2009-2010
  5. 5.5×sales increase Educating highly effective leadersRyazan, Russia, 2010-2012
  6. USD 0.75Mfor the factory and the working prototype Nurturing entrepreneur's capabilities in high-tech industriesYambol and Kazanlak, Bulgaria, 2013-2015

A valid simulation of reality

We believe that high-quality IT solutions for enterprise management should be rooted in ontological knowledge about economic management. In the words of Oliver Wight from his book “Manufacturing resource planning: MRP II, unlocking America’s productivity potential”:

“A system must be a valid simulation of reality or it simply doesn’t work. The system must work the way the real world actually works. […] The system must represent the movement that is actually taking place. The test of the valid simulation is: How does it really happen? The system is just a representation of the way it really happens – a simulation. And if the simulation does not represent the way it really happens, it cannot be used.”
Oliver Wight“Manufacturing resource planning: MRP II, unlocking America’s productivity potential”

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We work with universities, consultants and manufacturing enterprises.

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