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This site provides all kinds of information on COSM™, a trademark of Herzum Software standing for “Component-Oriented Software Manufacturing”.

COSM is a powerful and comprehensive approach, formerly known as the “Business Component Approach”, to Component-Based Development (CBD) for the enterprise. This approach is applied in setting up a true Business Component Factory, a cost-effective software manufacturing capability able to produce quality-level enterprise software components in a repeatable way for scalable distributed systems.

The site includes:

	Articles, conferences & news written on the topic
	Complete glossary of CBD terms
	Links to related & interesting CBD sites
	Over time: reviews of related books & frequently-asked questions

The approach has been described in a number of publications & has been applied to many large scale projects in several domains including:

Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Finance, & Telecommunications.

We hope you enjoy your stay while visiting our site!