The institute carries out a multitude of research and standard revision programs on: Enterprise and Information Modeling (IE/EE/MDA), basic data and manufacturing process, digital design (CAD/CAE/CAPP/CAM/CAQ/PDM), digital manufacturing and equipment (MRM/MPP/MES/CNC), life-cycle product management (CPC/PLM/PLE), enterprise resource planning and management (MRPII/ERP/CRM/SCM/EC), enterprise  informatization and business integration (BPR/EAI/SOA/ASP). The institute also serves as the Secretariat of ¡°Industrial Data Subcommittee on National Industry Automation System and Integration Standardization of China¡±, and it is a liaison institution for ISO/TC184/SC4 (Industry Data representation and exchange).