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Applied Architecture

Industry Reference Models

Pre-shaped architectures for manufacturing, aerospace & defense, government, professional services, private equity, and industrial operations.

Last updated Version 2.2

How to read these

Reference models are starting points, not prescriptions. Each shows how the same architecture — a knowledge foundation, the Institutional Intelligence Layer, and a governed runtime — is shaped by the priorities and constraints of a given industry. Read the one closest to your context, then adapt the deployment posture and source systems to your own environment.

Reference models

Manufacturing

Hybrid or On-Premise

Operational knowledge & supplier intelligence

Connects PLM, MES, and ERP into a shared model so process expertise, supplier risk, and quality reasoning persist across shifts and sites.

Aerospace & Defense

Air-Gapped or Sovereign

Program assurance & classified reasoning

Preserves engineering judgment and program decisions under the highest assurance requirements, including air-gapped enclaves.

Government

Sovereign or Air-Gapped

Mission continuity & institutional memory

Retains policy rationale and operational knowledge across administrations and personnel rotation within sovereign boundaries.

Professional Services

Managed Cloud or Hybrid

Expertise capture & reuse

Turns the reasoning behind client engagements into reusable institutional knowledge instead of leaving it in individual inboxes.

Private Equity

Managed Cloud

Diligence & portfolio reasoning

Compounds diligence reasoning and operating playbooks across deals and portfolio companies to accelerate value creation.

Industrial Operations

Hybrid or On-Premise

Asset & reliability intelligence

Unifies SCADA, OPC-UA, and maintenance history so reliability reasoning survives equipment, vendor, and workforce changes.