What Distinguishes PERA from Other Enterprise Architectures and Methodologies ?

PERA is unique among enterprise architectural models in the following aspects:

• It integrates all phases of the enterprise, from Concept, through Engineering, Construction and Operations.
• It adds the human role to the enterprise model
• It provides a formal way to identify optimum levels of automation, and the effects on the rest of the enterprise.
• It addresses both continuous processes and discrete parts manufacturing.