This part of IEC 62264 defines transactions in terms of information exchanges between applications performing business and manufacturing activities associated with Levels 3 and 4. The exchanges are intended to enable information collection, retrieval, transfer and storage in support of Enterprise-Control system integration. This part of IEC 62264 is consistent with the IEC 62264‑1 models and terminology and IEC 62264‑2 object model attributes. This standard also defines transactions that specify how to exchange the objects defined in IEC 62264‑1, Clause 7, IEC 62264‑2 and this standard. Other uses of the transaction model are not defined in this part.

The models covered in this standard are: Personnel Model, Equipment Model, Maintenance Model, Material Model, Process Segment Model, Production Capability Model, Product Definition Model, Production Schedule Model, and Production Performance Model.