Enterprise Integration Act of 2002

Enterprise Integration Act of 2002 - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish an initiative for advancing enterprise integration within the United States which shall: (1) involve the various units of NIST, including NIST laboratories, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program, and consortia that include government and industry; (2) build upon ongoing efforts of NIST and the private sector; and (3) address the enterprise integration needs of each major U.S. manufacturing industry at the earliest possible date. Authorizes the Director, with respect to each major manufacturing industry, to: (1) work with industry, trade associations, and professional societies to identify all enterprise standardization and implementation activities underway and to assess the current state of enterprise integration; and (2) assist in the development of roadmaps (to be based on voluntary consensus standards) to permit supply chains to operate as an integrated electronic enterprise. Requires the Director to submit annual reports to specified congressional committees on such activities. Authorizes the Director to work with industry, trade associations, and professional societies: (1) to raise awareness, including that by businesses that are majority owned by women and/or minorities, of enterprise integration activities; (2) on the development of enterprise integration roadmaps; (3) to support the development, testing, promulgation, integration, adoption, and upgrading of enterprise integration standards; and (4) to provide technical assistance and financial support to small and medium-sized businesses that set up enterprise integration pilot projects. Requires the Director to ensure that the Manufacturing Extension Program is prepared to advise small and medium-sized businesses on how to acquire the expertise, equipment, and training necessary to participate fully in supply chains using enterprise integration. Authorizes appropriations.

Enterprise Integration Act of 2002 - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish an initiative for advancing enterprise integration within the United States which shall: (1) involve the various units of NIST, including NIST laboratories, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program, and consortia that include government and industry; (2) build upon ongoing efforts of NIST and the private sector; and (3) address the enterprise integration needs of each major U.S. manufacturing industry at the earliest possible date. Authorizes the Director, with respect to each major manufacturing industry, to: (1) work with industry, trade associations, and professional societies to identify all enterprise standardization and implementation activities underway and to assess the current state of enterprise integration; and (2) assist in the development of roadmaps (to be based on voluntary consensus standards) to permit supply chains to operate as an integrated electronic enterprise. Requires the Director to submit annual reports to specified congressional committees on such activities. Authorizes the Director to work with industry, trade associations, and professional societies: (1) to raise awareness of enterprise integration activities; (2) on the development of enterprise integration roadmaps; (3) to support the development, testing, promulgation, integration, adoption, and upgrading of enterprise integration standards; and (4) to provide technical assistance and financial support to small and medium-sized businesses that set up enterprise integration pilot projects. Requires the Director to ensure that the Manufacturing Extension Program is prepared to advise small and medium-sized businesses on how to acquire the expertise, equipment, and training necessary to participate fully in supply chains using enterprise integration. Authorizes appropriations.

Enterprise Integration Act of 2001 - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish an initiative for advancing enterprise integration within the United States, to: (1) begin with product data management and build upon ongoing efforts of NIST and the private sector; (2) involve consortia that include government and industry; and(3) be designed to permit enterprise integration in each U.S. major manufacturing industry at the earliest possible date. Authorizes the Director, with respect to major manufacturing industries, to: (1) work with industry representatives and organizations currently engaged in enterprise integration activities and others to identify all enterprise standardization and implementation activities underway that impact that industry and to assess the current state of enterprise integration within such industry; and (2) assist such industry representatives and organizations in the development of roadmaps that identify the remaining steps needed to ensure that the standards, application protocols, and support for suppliers are in place to permit supply chains to operate as an integrated electronic enterprise. Requires NIST to develop milestones and anticipated costs by fiscal year for Government activities in support of such roadmaps and to make those milestones and anticipated costs known to industry. Authorizes the Director to: (1) work with companies and trade associations to raise awareness of enterprise integration activities; (2) work with an industry on the development of roadmaps; (3) support the development, testing, promulgation, and adoption of standards; (4) support the integration and upgrading of standards related to enterprise integration; (5) support pilot projects that include small and medium-sized businesses for new standards and enterprise integration; (6) ensure the training and regular upgrading of skills of Manufacturing Extension Program (MEP) employees; (7) develop tool kits and training materials to permit small and medium-sized businesses to participate in an integrated enterprise; and (8) set up legal and financial mechanisms to permit groups of MEP centers to work collectively on modernizing and integrating a company's or industry's supply chain.