Journal articles: 'Product lifestyle management (PLM)'

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Thilmany, Jean. "Lifecycle Management." Mechanical Engineering 135, no. 03 (March 1, 2013): 38–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2013-mar-2.

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This article discusses the application of product life-cycle management (PLM) concepts in all types of manufacturing industries. PLM can handle product complexity whether a company designs a few items with many parts or a number of products that need to be localized to many communities around the globe. Fashion-driven industries are using PLM systems in new, idiosyncratic ways, and that means that they cannot simply purchase and implement an existing system the way an engineering company can. In fashion, PLM is used to keep abreast of trends and consolidate designs and inspirations. A study shows that the retail and apparel industries aren’t nearly as focused on product development as engineering companies are. For engineers, PLM is a way to centralize and to focus on product development and innovation. In retail and apparel, PLM is used to manage the supply chain more than product development.

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Zina, Souheïl, Muriel Lombard, Luc Lossent, and Charles Henriot. "Generic Modeling and Configuration Management in Product Lifecycle Management." International Journal of Computers Communications & Control 1, no. 4 (October 1, 2006): 126. http://dx.doi.org/10.15837/ijccc.2006.4.2314.

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The PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) is often defined as a set of functions and procedures which allows one to manage and to exploit the data defining at the same time the products and the processes implemented for their developments. However, the installation of a PLM solution remains a difficult exercise taking into account the complexity and the diversity of the customer requirements as well as the transverse utilization of this solution in all the company’s’ functions. The issues faced by both editors and integrators of PLM applications arise from the specific aspect of customers’ projects, even tough most functional needs are often generic. In this paper we are focused on product modeling in PLM applications, more particularly on configuration management that traces product evolutions throughout its lifecycle. we will insist on the links between the configuration needs and the multi-view approach models and we release problems related to PLM applications deployment. Our work concerns the PLM generic solutions based on the concept of generic models. This generic model takes into account the configurations specification associated to the managed product and can be extended to cover specific needs.

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Rangan, Ravi M., Steve M. Rohde, Russell Peak, Bipin Chadha, and Plamen Bliznakov. "Streamlining Product Lifecycle Processes: A Survey of Product Lifecycle Management Implementations, Directions, and Challenges." Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering 5, no. 3 (September 1, 2005): 227–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2031270.

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The past three decades have seen phenomenal growth in investments in the area of product lifecycle management (PLM) as companies exploit opportunities in streamlining product lifecycle processes, and fully harnessing their data assets. These processes span all product lifecycle phases from requirements definition, systems design/ analysis, and simulation, detailed design, manufacturing planning, production planning, quality management, customer support, in-service management, and end-of-life recycling. Initiatives ranging from process re-engineering, enterprise-level change management, standardization, globalization and the like have moved PLM processes to mission-critical enterprise systems. Product data representations that encapsulate semantics to support product data exchange and PLM collaboration processes have driven several standards organizations, vendor product development efforts, real-world PLM implementations, and research initiatives. However, the process and deployment dimensions have attracted little attention: The need to optimize organization processes rather than individual benefits poses challenging “culture change management” issues and have derailed many enterprise-scale PLM efforts. Drawn from the authors’ field experiences as PLM system integrators, business process consultants, corporate executives, vendors, and academicians, this paper explores the broad scope of PLM, with an added focus on the implementation and deployment of PLM beyond the development of technology. We review the historical evolution of engineering information management/PLM systems and processes, characterize PLM implementations and solution contexts, and discuss case studies from multiple industries. We conclude with a discussion of research issues motivated by improving PLM adoption in industry.

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Deuter, Andreas, and Sebastian Imort. "Product Lifecycle Management with the Asset Administration Shell." Computers 10, no. 7 (June 23, 2021): 84. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/computers10070084.

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Product lifecycle management (PLM) as a holistic process encompasses the idea generation for a product, its conception, and its production, as well as its operating phase. Numerous tools and data models are used throughout this process. In recent years, industry and academia have developed integration concepts to realize efficient PLM across all domains and phases. However, the solutions available in practice need specific interfaces and tend to be vendor dependent. The Asset Administration Shell (AAS) aims to be a standardized digital representation of an asset (e.g., a product). In accordance with its objective, it has the potential to integrate all data generated during the PLM process into one data model and to provide a universally valid interface for all PLM phases. However, to date, there is no holistic concept that demonstrates this potential. The goal of this research work is to develop and validate such an AAS-based concept. This article demonstrates the application of the AAS in an order-controlled production process, including the semi-automatic generation of PLM-related AAS data. Furthermore, it discusses the potential of the AAS as a standard interface providing a smooth data integration throughout the PLM process.

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Mendel, Alan F. "Why Care About PLM?" Mechanical Engineering 133, no. 03 (March 1, 2011): 42–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2011-mar-5.

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This article studies the role of product lifecycle management (PLM) in industrial engineering. The basic concepts of PLM—product data management, engineering change management, and product structure management—were also discussed. PLM provides data and management capabilities to reduce the non-value-added tasks required of engineers. It also increases engineering productivity, provides insight into engineering efforts, and improves product quality and customer satisfaction. Companies are receiving significant value and return from their PLM investments. Many companies begin implementing PLM by establishing a single source of product data, or product record. Most PLM solutions offer sophisticated interfaces to many design automation and office applications, which reduce the need to capture, store, and validate product data. Product designs are maintained as assemblies and parts in the PLM system, and that arrangement allows engineers easy searching when they are looking, for example, for legacy components, with software providing a critical control and value portion of the product. With PLM, disparate engineering teams work more collaboratively.

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Deschner, Christian. "Enhanced model-based engineering for centrally managed configuration management in product lifecycle management." SHS Web of Conferences 77 (2020): 03002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20207703002.

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In times products gain in complexity and variety whereby release and development cycles become even shorter, consistent and systematic variant management is essential not only for technical communication but also for the very most processes in PLM. Therefore, system engineering and system configuration themselves must be leading for a centrally managed, reliable variant management for all PLM processes. We depict how enhanced model-based system engineering approach based on product and product component models can be the enabler for variant management in all PLM processes by specific, explicitly deduced views in different stages of the entire Product Lifecycle.

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Zhang, Yu, and Hua Cai. "Research and Implementation of Product Lifecycle Management Platform Based on Teamcenter." Advanced Materials Research 538-541 (June 2012): 2961–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.538-541.2961.

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Product lifecycle management (PLM) is a kind of solution, software technology and a business strategy, which play an indispensable role in the enterprise informatization and network management. In this paper, Teamcenter management software of SIEMENS is applied as basic platform of implementing PLM project, the fundamental network structure and main functions and solutions are introduced, furthermore, it also mainly researches the implementation strategies and process of PLM project and analyses the application values and advantages of PLM project for the enterprises.

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Corallo, Angelo, Maria Elena Latino, Mariangela Lazoi, Serena Lettera, Manuela Marra, and Sabrina Verardi. "Defining Product Lifecycle Management: A Journey across Features, Definitions, and Concepts." ISRN Industrial Engineering 2013 (August 27, 2013): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/170812.

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Product lifecycle management (PLM) has become more important in companies providing technologies and methodologies to manage data, information, and knowledge along the whole product lifecycle. In recent years, several authors have argued about PLM using a managerial or a technological view. The paper analyses these studies and integrates different author's points of view using focus groups, blogs, and face-to-face meetings in a university community of practice. Three sets of features (i.e., managerial, technological, and collaborative ones) have been used to review the existing definitions shared between academic and industrial ones and to propose an extended PLM definition describing its key concepts. The paper is a useful reference for managers and academics who want to have a clear and critical understanding of PLM using a unique source to collect lines of evidence on several PLM definitions, features, and concepts.

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Thilmany, Jean. "Keeping in Touch." Mechanical Engineering 124, no. 09 (September 1, 2002): 50–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2002-sep-3.

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This article reviews product life cycle management (PLM) software. The PLM technology used in product creation can be reactivated farther down a product’s life. Some companies couple PLM—which allows engineers and manufacturers to exchange design files and communicate about product development—with a mix of other technologies to forecast a product’s life and to come up with more environmentally friendly products. Because mechanical and manufacturing engineers, designers, marketers, and many others are involved in creating a product, a PLM system helps these people exchange plans and ideas via the Internet, whatever their location, to brainstorm design and manufacturing. PLM technology, often thought of as a tool that is useful in the first stages of product design and manufacture, is now being used to project a product’s life, to follow a product even after it is sold, and to ensure an environmentally sound product in the first place. This article reviews product life cycle management (PLM) software. The PLM technology used in product creation can be reactivated farther down a product’s life. Some companies couple PLM—which allows engineers and manufacturers to exchange design files and communicate about product development—with a mix of other technologies to forecast a product’s life and to come up with more environmentally friendly products. Because mechanical and manufacturing engineers, designers, marketers, and many others are involved in creating a product, a PLM system helps these people exchange plans and ideas via the Internet, whatever their location, to brainstorm design and manufacturing. PLM technology, often thought of as a tool that is useful in the first stages of product design and manufacture, is now being used to project a product’s life, to follow a product even after it is sold, and to ensure an environmentally sound product in the first place.

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Yeh, Chi Hao, Ful Chiang Wu, and Ming Jaan Wang. "Using TRIZ-Based Conflicts-Solving Approaches for Product Life Management (PLM) of Innovative 3C Consuming Product." Applied Mechanics and Materials 236-237 (November 2012): 278–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.236-237.278.

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The aim of this paper is to show how to apply TRIZ to resolve conflicts in management area, especially in product life management (PLM) in desinging and manfacturing smart-phone. TRIZ has been well-known as a creative and innovative thinking theory in solving engineering and technology contradictions in the last two decades. However, few studies and practical usage were proposed in management area. Conflicts occurring in product life management including schedule, budget, and risk ones at smart phone R&D process are discussed to demonstrate the ideas guided by 39 TRIZ management parameters, 40 TRIZ innovative principles, and contradiction matrix. The results show that TRIZ is able to provide direct, quick and effective alternatives to resolve the conflicts in PLM. In this manner, huge effort and cost can be saved in further project execution stage. In this paper, an innovative 3C consuming product such as smart-phone is utilized as a case study to describe the proposed TRIZ-based conflicts-solving approaches at PLM stage.

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Zhang, Su Mei. "Total Object Unified Model Driven Architecture Method for Manufacturing Information Management." Applied Mechanics and Materials 55-57 (May 2011): 37–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.55-57.37.

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The purpose of this study was to provide a unified modelling framework of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Firstly, the paper presented a Total Object Unified Model(TOUM) method which was used to abstract the concepts of manufacturing domain, format the meta-model of manufacturing data, construct the data model of PLM; Secondly, this paper presented three kinds of architectures based on TOUM to unify and simplify model, which are development architecture, deployment architecture and application architecture. At last, a model instance applied in a PLM product-CAXA V5 was shown based on the method of TOUM to confirm the validity of this method. This paper has provided a reference operation model and method for Product Lifecycle Management.

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Conlon, Jo. "From PLM 1.0 to PLM 2.0: the evolving role of product lifecycle management (PLM) in the textile and apparel industries." Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An International Journal 24, no. 4 (April 28, 2020): 533–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfmm-12-2017-0143.

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PurposeProduct lifecycle management (PLM) is an enterprise-wide strategy gaining prominence across manufacturing. The fashion industry is a late adopter of PLM, yet within global fashion and textile organisations PLM is now becoming a mainstream approach to optimize core processes. This literature review analyses the latest academic research to establish a broad basis of understanding of PLM in the sector and identify potential future research directions.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review was conducted to investigate the current state and main perspectives of research on PLM in the textiles and apparel sector. The paper adopts the three features (managerial, technological and collaborative) of the definition of PLM by Corallo et al. (2013) as the analytic framework for the 27 papers to illustrate how PLM is framed and conceptualised in the RFA sector.FindingsPLM is at an interesting phase as it evolves from classical PLM 1.0 to connected PLM 2.0. The evolution of PLM from its PDM origins as an IT tool to a critical component of the strategy for digital transformation is reported. The strategic role of suppliers is noted as a critical success factor. Key inhibitors relating to PLM adoption and optimization in the sector are identified as limited holistic and theoretical perspective of PLM coupled with a deficiency in relevant industry skills. It is argued that the transformational potential of PLM 2.0 may not be fully realised without a more coordinated development effort through industrial and academic collaboration.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitations of this study are that it is a literature review of academic papers in the RFA sector papers within the timescale 2000–2018. PLM 1.0 has dominated in this time period however the potential trajectory of connected PLM 2.0 is beginning to emerge.Practical implicationsThe results from this paper indicate that there is a lack of research on PLM in the sector and concludes by suggesting promising future research possibilities: further empirical and case studies on organisations implementing a PLM strategy; studies reporting on the contribution of PLM to address the challenges of sustainability, traceability and transparency in the industry and inter-industry collaborations; studies with knowledge management theories specifically applied to the textile and apparel sector; and the opportunity for academic and industry collaboration on the development of PLM to meet these needs.Originality/valueTo the best of the author's knowledge, no systematic literature review on this topic has previously been published in academic journals. Given levels of investment in PLM platforms in the sector, both practitioners in companies and the academic community might find the review and agenda for future research useful.

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Urban ,, Susan D., and Ravi Rangan. "From Engineering Information Management (EIM) to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)." Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering 4, no. 4 (December 1, 2004): 279–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.1819940.

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Lin, Yi, and X. G. Ming. "Multi-level contextual product development knowledge management in PLM." International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology 37, no. 3/4 (2010): 279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijcat.2010.031943.

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Vila, C., J. V. Abellán-Nebot, J. C. Albiñana, and G. Hernández. "An Approach to Sustainable Product Lifecycle Management (Green PLM)." Procedia Engineering 132 (2015): 585–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.12.608.

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Popa, Luminita I., and N. Vasile Popa. "PLM Innovation Matrix for a Complex Product Development Process." Applied Mechanics and Materials 371 (August 2013): 862–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.371.862.

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PLM is a transformation strategy built on shared access to a single knowledge base, data and processes related to our products. This strategy allows us to grow and to control the rate of change of products or degree of innovation. The purpose of this paper is to find out the importance of innovative processes on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) integration strategies with the objective to help companies to answer to the main market needs. In the case study we propose to analyze the innovation potential influence over electro-mechanic manufacturing process considering its specific tools. To exemplify our researches we approached the PLM as a multi-dimensional topic and we intent to explore the innovation complex metrics dimensions and help the reader gain a broad perspective of PLM in the Romanian industry. By using this approach, we can score, weight and prioritize customer assessment for different stages of product development process and to take in consideration the most likely changes that will improve the process. There are identified and assessed five innovation complex metrics used in PLM process stages within a complex Product Development Process. Also, based on this metrics, we create and and analyze "PLM innovation matrix" and a related chart.

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Thilmany, Jean. "In One Place." Mechanical Engineering 131, no. 03 (March 1, 2009): 34–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2009-mar-3.

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This review explores the prospects of using product lifecycle management (PLM) as an end-to-end solution. The components of PLM provide significant value, but there are no fully integrated offerings on the market that perfectly cover every aspect of product lifecycle, according to a report. In the absence of an end-to-end tracking system, one trend coming to prominence is the use of PLM as the complete system of record for all product data. Though a study concluded that PLM still has a way to go in terms of tracking product design from early inception right through sales to reclamation, it is becoming the main go-to source for a large amount of product data. Experts believe that PLM still has a way to go in terms of tracking product design from early inception right through sales to reclamation; however, it is becoming the main go-to source for a large amount of product data. Software developers are working to create tools that can incorporate ever more of the big picture and make it accessible to engineers.

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Wilkes, Wolfgang, Jörg Brunsmann, Dominic Heutelbeck, Andreas Hundsdörfer, Matthias Hemmje, and Hans-Ulrich Heidbrink. "Towards Support for Long-Term Digital Preservation in Product Life Cycle Management." International Journal of Digital Curation 6, no. 1 (March 11, 2011): 282–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v6i1.188.

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Important legal and economic motivations exist for the design and engineering industry to address and integrate digital long-term preservation into product life cycle management (PLM). Investigations revealed that it is not sufficient to archive only the product design data which is created in early PLM phases, but preservation is needed for data that is produced during the entire product lifecycle including early and late phases. Data that is relevant for preservation consists of requirements analysis documents, design rationale, data that reflects experiences during product operation and also metadata like social collaboration context. In addition, also the engineering environment itself that contains specific versions of all tools and services is a candidate for preservation. This paper takes a closer look at engineering preservation use case scenarios as well as PLM characteristics and workflows that are relevant for long-term preservation. Resulting requirements for a long-term preservation system lead to an OAIS (Open Archival Information System) based system architecture and a proposed preservation service interface that respects the needs of the engineering industry.

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Winters, Jeffrey. "Punching Above their Weight." Mechanical Engineering 128, no. 02 (February 1, 2006): 22–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2006-feb-1.

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Smaller Companies are discovering that product management tools can help their small staffs get a global reach. The Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software has become an important tool for managing people and resources at enterprises of any size. At Sonnax, the adoption of a PLM solution has led to some clear changes in information management. Instead of relying on a single point-person to do the project management for the whole company, each product line sales manager has become more deeply involved in the designs of specific lines. Indeed, many startups are incorporating PLM solutions before they even have products to manage. One factor that may be pushing small- and medium-size enterprises to adopt PLM solutions is the new globalized business model. Experts see PLM as way to help the far-flung pieces of the production chain mesh together. The system can be set up to enable suppliers of components anywhere in the world to look at the documentation they need, and to determine the most relevant information: what the history was, the nature of the changes, who approved it, and so forth.

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Lee, Ju Yeon, Sang Su Choi, Gun Yeon Kim, and Sang Do Noh. "Ubiquitous product life cycle management (u-PLM): a real-time and integrated engineering environment using ubiquitous technology in product life cycle management (PLM)." International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing 24, no. 7 (July 2011): 627–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0951192x.2011.569953.

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Villamil Velasquez, C., N. Salehi, and S. I. Hallstedt. "HOW CAN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT THE LINK BETWEEN CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT? – A REVIEW." Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference 1 (May 2020): 2187–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dsd.2020.299.

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AbstractLinear production is related to resource scarcity and negative environmental impacts. Circular Economy (CE) emerged for society transition towards sustainability, based on regenerative systems and multiple life cycle products. Product Life cycle Management (PLM) supports the whole life cycle with the aid of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). A literature review analyzed the role of ICT enabling CE based on PLM, identifying challenges and opportunities, active and passive PLM, system perspective, stakeholder's role, and sustainability. Concluding that ICT enables the CE transition.

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Sharma, R., and Kim Tae-wan. "Development of a Logic-Based Product Life-Cycle Management (LBPLM) System for Shipbuilding Industry—Conceptual Development." Journal of Ship Production and Design 26, no. 04 (November 1, 2010): 231–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/jspd.2010.26.4.231.

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Product life-cycle management (PLM) has become something like "a magic wand" for various industries because of its capability to integrate different product modules via online network through the product's complete life cycle and hence to provide one-window access, thereby making the whole processes of product conception, design, manufacturing, delivery, maintenance, and disposal integrated with a reduction in product development time and cost. However, heavy industries (i.e., shipbuilding and shipbreaking) are different from consumer product industries because of high customization in design process and engineering software, widely varying scales of operations, and less compatibility between different design and production processes, for example, ship production is planned in activity-driven network scheduling system, in general, and is assumed to be more of a construction process or assembly process rather than a production process. In this paper, we present the conceptual development and the basic building concepts for a logic-based PLM system for the shipbuilding industry. Our logic bases consist of modularization, standardization, geographical zoning, and functional zoning. The logic bases of modularization and standardization are used in the ship design and production processes, and the logic bases of geographical zoning and functional zoning are used in "logically grouping" the on-board activities in the ship production process. Overall, this paper introduces a logic-driven methodology for PLM: planning and integration of ship design and production processes. Finally, in our implementation we show that by developing a logic-based PLM system the ship design and production processes become more streamlined and better planned and executed.

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Li, Xiao Na, and Heng Li Liu. "Research on PLM-Oriented Product Design Evaluation Based on User Experience." Key Engineering Materials 693 (May 2016): 1905–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.693.1905.

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With the rapid development of experience economy, manufacturing should provide products and services which can satisfy the users. The product design evaluation methods and the relationships with PLM were studied. The research actuality and deficiency of product user experience were analyzed. To solve the problems which product design evaluation cannot be implemented throughout the whole product life cycle and user experience cannot guide design evaluation, product development process was divided into four stages based on the product lifecycle management. The design evaluation requirements for every stage were researched, the evaluation contents were analyzed with user experience methods, and the evaluation targets and missions were summarized. So the model of PLM-oriented product design evaluation system based on user experience was established. It proposed the direction of future research, and wished to guide the development of PLM-oriented product design.

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Vezzetti, Enrico, Maria Grazia Violante, and Federica Marcolin. "A benchmarking framework for product lifecycle management (PLM) maturity models." International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 71, no. 5-8 (December 13, 2013): 899–918. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-013-5529-1.

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David, Mickaël, and Frantz Rowe. "Le management des systèmes PLM (product lifecycle management): Un agenda de recherche." Journal of Decision Systems 24, no. 3 (April 30, 2015): 273–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/12460125.2015.1030352.

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Grieves, Michael W. "Product Lifecycle Quality (PLQ): a framework within Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for achieving product quality." International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management 19, no. 3/4 (2010): 180. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijmtm.2010.031367.

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Mary Mathew, D. Aseri, and R. Isaac. "An Analysis of Product Life Cycle Orientation in PLM Software Tool Vendors." Journal of Technology Management for Growing Economies 2, no. 2 (October 25, 2011): 99–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.15415/jtmge.2011.22012.

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A challenge in implementation of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools is the selection of the right vendor and the solution. Implementing PLM entails huge financial investment on the part of the user and hence precise knowledge as to where each tool can be applied is a must. In this paper, seven PLM tool vendors are compared on their definitions of PLM and also their product offerings in different Product Life Cycle (PLC) phases, including the extreme ends of PLC viz. R&D and end-of-life phase, which are usually ignored. An integrated PLC model is developed and the tools are then mapped onto different phases of PLC. Vendors are compared based on number of tools offered in different PLC phases. The results reveal an uneven distribution in the applicability of various tools, with majority of them focusing on the product development phase and an astonishingly low number on the R&D and end-of-life phases.

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Horváth, László, and Imre J. Rudas. "Engineering Objective Controls Knowledge Driven Product Definition in Industrial Product Development." Applied Mechanics and Materials 300-301 (February 2013): 1494–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.300-301.1494.

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High information content of integrated engineering activities stimulated development of product modeling during the past decades in order to support information management for lifecycle of products. Mechatronics is one of the engineering areas those require integrated product development techniques with strong knowledge based modeling and simulation in their background. The authors of this paper analyzed product modeling advancements in industrially applied product lifecycle management (PLM) systems in order to conceptualize new method to enhance knowledge content in product model. As a result of this analysis, they proposed a new method for control of product definition which extends the existing control in current PLM systems. This method is a contribution to solution for problems in current product modeling and is called as coordinated request based product modeling (CRPM). CRPM applies actual requested product definition (ARPD) as extension to currently applied product model. In this paper, the new method and entities as well as engineering objective definition and product behavior handling are explained as main contributions by the proposed modeling.

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SCHWEITZER, FIONA MARIA, MATTHIAS HANDRICH, and SVEN HEIDENREICH. "DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: THE ROLE OF IT-ENABLED PLM SYSTEMS FOR RELATIONAL, STRUCTURAL, AND NPD PERFORMANCE." International Journal of Innovation Management 23, no. 07 (August 23, 2019): 1950067. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1363919619500671.

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Companies increasingly use digital product lifecycle management (PLM) systems with information technology (IT)-based workflow and product data management functions to assist new product development (NPD). However, empirical evidence on whether and how such digital transformation in PLM contributes to NPD performance is scarce. The objective of this paper is to fill this void. We use Assemblage Theory to develop a theoretical model that links the digital transformation in PLM to performance and focus on the extent to which IT-based data gathering and exchange occur in NPD. We carry out a quantitative survey among 216 key informants of manufacturing companies and use structural equation modelling on the resultant data to provide empirical evidence for our hypothesis. We find that the level of digital transformation in PLM positively influences structural and relational performance and, in effect, also enhances NPD performance. Our findings also show that organisational complexity positively moderates these relationships. For managers, our findings demonstrate the value of digital transformation for managing the NPD process, notably in larger, more complex organisations.

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Thilmany, Jean. "Information in Order." Mechanical Engineering 126, no. 09 (September 1, 2004): 46–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2004-sep-5.

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This article discusses various aspects of product lifecycle management (PLM). Medical device makers constantly seek innovative technologies; some use product lifecycle management systems to smooth the road to food and drug administration approval. Engineers at superDimension manage hundreds of design changes flying around the company by using the manufacturer’s product lifecycle management technology. Keeping close track of the overwhelming number of documents that a regulatory agency might ask to see is one of them. The Air Force will soon use the technology for a different purpose-to give personnel wireless access to maintenance records and technical manuals where they service aircraft. In order to organize the flow and head off chaos, superDimension implemented its PLM software from the very beginning. The manufacturer uses SmarTeam from the vendor of the same name. The company is now owned by IBM. The company engineered its PLM technology to suit its needs.

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Huang, Kezheng, Jinyong Yang, and Huaiwei Ren. "Study on PLM-oriented Product Lifecycle Genetic Model." International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management 14, no. 1/2 (2008): 201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijmtm.2008.017495.

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Singh, Shikha, and Subhas Chandra Misra. "Identification of barriers to PLM institutionalization in large manufacturing organizations." Business Process Management Journal 25, no. 6 (September 17, 2019): 1335–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-12-2017-0367.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the barriers to institutionalize the product lifecycle management (PLM) in large manufacturing organizations. The paper explores the hurdles and identifies the causal barriers to support the organizations’ transformation into digitized firms. Design/methodology/approach The paper utilized the multi-criteria decision making technique, i.e., DEMATEL (DEcision MAking Trial and Evaluation Laboratory) method to find the causal barriers, and adopted maximum mean de-entropy (MMDE) algorithm to determine the threshold value based on the information entropy of the relations among the barriers to PLM institutionalization. Findings This study explored nine barriers to PLM institutionalization and empirically identified the four critical barriers among the nine. Research limitations/implications The present work is exploratory case-based research which is limited to a case of an Indian aircraft manufacturing firm with a limited number of respondents. More sophisticated statistical tools can be utilized to consider the subjectivity of the respondents. However, this research explores the various hurdles to PLM success and serves as a relevant outcome to identify the critical barriers to institutionalize the PLM concept. Practical implications The findings of the paper provide guidelines to the case company and similar firms for obtaining maximum benefits of PLM. The methodology shown in this paper will be useful to various large scale industries in identifying the critical barriers to PLM institutionalization among all existing barriers so that they can take appropriate measures before they proceed to adopt PLM. Originality/value The present work discusses the different reasons for which the companies are not able to derive the maximum benefits of PLM even after the implementation of PLM systems. This work uniquely applied the DEMATEL and MMDE methods to investigate the critical barriers to PLM institutionalization in an aircraft manufacturing firm.

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N.Norazlin. "TIME RESPONSE STUDY FOR COMMUNICATION IN PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT." International Journal of Engineering Science Technologies 1, no. 1 (August 17, 2019): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/ijoest.v1.i1.2017.01.

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The evolvement of Internet of thing (IoT) is undeniable by making the management process become more ease at lowest cost as possible. Product lifecycle management (PLM) is a best approach to be embedded the IoT for the entire manufacturing processes. Real cases reported for weak PLM implemented like late market entry faced by A380 while Toyota faced cost loses in repair, deals and market share from massive called made which effect on company reputations. In this paper, traceability becomes a factor among man, machine and management in order to make fast respond on the data retrieved. The term traceability is measured based on response time in real time system to track the information in just in time for one-to-one communicationthrough JAVA programming and two different operating systems as an approach. The communication can be occurred in less than 20seconds within two different machines. The traceability time is a performance measure for just in time data process which the human behavior factor is neglected for this study. The fastest time response have a potential to optimize the manufacturing management, make more efficient and offer the traceability on product/project status beside improve the flexibility, maintainability, reusability as well as extensibility.

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Cao, Lei, Hui Jun Deng, and Yi Xu. "Product Lifecycle Oriented Domain Specific Model for Knowledge Resource Allocation Service." Applied Mechanics and Materials 151 (January 2012): 707–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.151.707.

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Product lifecycle management (PLM) is a valuable concept for the implementation of advanced manufacturing method. Based on the principle of PLM, the involved manufacturing sessions were integrated, and scientifically managed in order to improve the cooperation and innovation ability of a modern enterprise. The knowledge resource allocation service is one of key technologies for the successfully implementation of product lifecycle management. Aim at the knowledge resource allocation service, an product lifecycle oriented domain specific model (p-DSM) was proposed in the paper, which will help to guide the knowledge resource modeling and resource allocation, and provide a system framework for knowledge based enterprise management system.

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Jia, Xiao Liang. "Research on Complex Product Lifecycle Quality Management Technology Based on 3D Product Model." Advanced Materials Research 346 (September 2011): 96–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.346.96.

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In connection with characteristics of complex product development, in order to solve problems of long product development cycle, multi-collaborative firms, difficult to control product quality in manufacturing firms, the approach of complex product lifecycle quality management technology based on the collaboration of 3D virtual product and physical product is put forward. The connotation of complex product lifecycle quality management technology based on 3D product model is analyzed. Complex product lifecycle quality management model based on 3D product model is founded also. Base on 3D virtual product model and PLM technology, key technologies on complex product lifecycle quality management are described in detail.

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Luo, Yong Shun, Yong Yang, Yu Zhong Li, and Xiao Jun Wang. "Information Network of C-L PLM Based on the Internet of Things." Advanced Materials Research 421 (December 2011): 499–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.421.499.

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Closed-Loop PLM is the development direction of product management in the future. Network platform is the indispensable means for realizing closed-loop. It could be concluded that the Internet Things can be the network platform of C-L PLM by analyzing the circulation data, data distribution, and hardware and software configuration. The connection method of EPCglobal network and C-L PLM was designed, based on analyzing them belonging to the same standard frame.

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Brindasu, Paul Dan, Livia Dana Beju, and Corina Baitoiu. "Designing Educational Materials Through Product Lifecycle Management." Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education 1, no. 1 (August 15, 2014): 73–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/cplbu-2014-0016.

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AbstractThe paper analyses the situation of teaching materials in technical schools in Romania via a marketing research that takes into account stakeholders, the microenvironment, as well as the macroenvironment. The research has shed light on a number of problems that require a new approach to the design of educational tools. The paper proposes that this design of educational tools be performed through the product lifecycle management (PLM) perspective. All phases of the design and lifecycle of such products are analysed, and concrete solutions for realising each of these phases are proposed. Finally, some examples of educational products are presented, which have the purpose of aiding the teaching of technical drawing, and which have been devised using this very methodology.

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Li, Yi Bing, Zhi Wei Zhang, and Jun Guo. "PLM Oriented Quality Information Model and Management System for Optoelectronic Product." Advanced Materials Research 889-890 (February 2014): 1467–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.889-890.1467.

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Optoelectronic industry is one of the pillar cornerstone industries in the 21st century. For China optoelectronic enterprises, how to participate in the global competition by means of the world-class quality has become the survival or perish subject. Based on the analysis of optoelectronic products and its quality management characteristics, this paper proposed the product lifecycle quality management model which is customer demands-driven and six sigma process control targeted by emphasizing the process control based on fact and data. This paper suggested and illustrated the prototype system of optoelectronic product lifecycle quality management combined with the actual quality management for demonstrating the feasibility of model.

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Tomovic, Cynthia L., Lisa B. Ncube, Abram Walton, and Michael Grieves. "Development of Product Lifecycle Management metrics: measuring the impact of PLM." International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management 19, no. 3/4 (2010): 167. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijmtm.2010.031366.

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Nosenzo, Vladi, Stefano Tornincasa, Elvio Bonisoli, and Marco Brino. "Open questions on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) with CAD /CAE integration." International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM) 8, no. 2 (April 6, 2013): 91–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12008-013-0184-1.

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Yu, Xi, Haiqing Zhang, Abdelaziz Bouras, Yacine Ouzrout, and Aicha Sekhari. "Multi-Criteria Decision Making for PLM Maturity Analysis based on an Integrated Fuzzy AHP and VIKOR Methodology." Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems 17, no. 02 (May 11, 2018): 155–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219686718500105.

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A wide range of product lifecycle management (PLM) maturity models are proposed to assess the relative position of companies on their road to complete PLM implementation. However, it is a tough job for the company to dynamically evaluate the gradual process of PLM maturity by using existing values and accurately make decisions of improving PLM maturity by selecting the optimum alternative. A fuzzy PLM components maturity model (PCMA) is presented to build the internal logical relationship between maturity levels and existing values that can automatically predict the unknown PLM maturity levels. A fuzzy AHP–VIKOR methodology is used to make a decision among option PLM strategies. The weights of the criteria are determined by fuzzy pairwise comparison matrices (PCM). The weights of alternatives with respect to criteria are calculated by fuzzy VIKOR. The fuzzy AHP–VIKOR is a compromise solution and has the ability of transfer subjective and implicit linguistics into objective and transparent data. A numerical example illustrates and clarifies the running steps of the proposed methodology.

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Thilmany, Jean. "Engineering Meets Manufacturing." Mechanical Engineering 129, no. 12 (December 1, 2007): 20–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2007-dec-1.

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This article discusses the future of software that links engineering and manufacturing. Companies are seeking a natural link between engineering and manufacturing, even if some aspects of it may be restricted. According to experts, giving manufacturers direct access to that design information would help them isolate potential manufacturing problems earlier in the cycle, cut product development time by stepping up design-manufacturing communication, and ensure that products will comply with government regulations. The article also describes that by allowing for quick communication and updates to an already existing computer-aided design model, product lifecycle management (PLM) can help speed these products to market. Engineers are putting efforts to bring PLM information to the factory floor to cut production time. Though the day of easy integration has yet to arrive, many companies are using PLM to reduce cycle time. Pushing PLM to the factory floor would help, according to an engineer. However, that's not an option for many until integration software comes to the fore.

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Bilello, Peter A. "Critical Information." Mechanical Engineering 134, no. 06 (June 1, 2012): 32–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2012-jun-2.

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This article discusses the shift to product lifecycle management (PLM) systems by various mechanical engineering companies. Systems engineers and information-handling experts are joining forces to get a grip on the information explosion, thanks primarily to the timely convergence of systems engineering with digital design and development. PLM supports the extended enterprise. The rationale behind using PLM is to ensure that the ideas and information driving the development of today’s products incorporate best practices and everything learned right up to the product-release date. The rapid increase in electronic controls and software that are being built into key auto components requires that mechanical engineers and electrical engineers work ever more closely together. This highlights the need to integrate the very different approaches to development that the two disciplines use. One of the key functions of PLM is to make sure all the data in those analyses are retained, not just the conclusions.

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Xu, X., J. L. Q. Chen, and S. Q. Xie. "Framework of a Product Lifecycle Costing System." Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering 6, no. 1 (March 22, 2005): 69–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2161227.

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Today’s competitive business environment imposes new challenges to manufacturing companies. For these companies to survive in this environment, implementing product lifecycle management (PLM) technologies with an emphasis on cost control is one valid approach. PLM is a strategic business approach that applies a consistent set of business solutions to help manufacturing companies manage all the activities related to a product in an integrated way across the lifecycle from customer need to product recycling and disposal. Product lifecycle cost is an important measure for PLM implementation. It can help track and analyze the financial information of activities associated with each phase of a product’s lifecycle. The paper presents a framework of the product lifecycle costing system for supporting decision making, especially the decision making at very early stages of a product lifecycle. It can be used as a design support tool to help new product development. A number of methodologies and tools are developed in the system. The case based reasoning method is used to quickly build a new product model. The costs of product development processes related to the new product are calculated using activity based costing methods. Dynamic programming is then used to obtain an optimal set of product development processes with the objective of optimizing the overall product development cost. This system is built using object oriented modeling methods.

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Кожевников, Николай, Nikolay Kozhevnikov, Святослав Кондратьев, Svyatoslav Kondratev, Олег Ульянин, and Oleg Ulyanin. "Automation of control processes of constructive electronic structure of the product." Bulletin of Bryansk state technical university 2015, no. 3 (September 30, 2015): 143–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/22990.

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The article reflects questions about management of the constructive electronic structure product at the PLM-system Windchill and questions about organization of exchange of product data in terms of interaction with ERP-system.

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Han, Bing, Geng Liu, and Hai Wei Wang. "Performance Simulation Model in Product Life-Cycle Management." Applied Mechanics and Materials 201-202 (October 2012): 1046–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.201-202.1046.

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Automobile, aerospace, and other industrial sectors have evolved over years on product life-cycle management (PLM) systems. Product design and simulation have been long used to support their enterprise-wide engineering activities. This paper describes, in detail, a case study and solution of a simulation process management project called performance simulation model (PSM) .We focus on several research issues, including integration of design process and simulation process, simulation data management, simulation flow management, and the architecture of PSM. A prototype for PSM that allows a unification of design process and simulation process by PDM’s engineering Bill of Material (EBOM) is presented. The prototype has been used successfully for static analysis of transmission system.

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Martin, John. "Data, Data Everywhere." Mechanical Engineering 137, no. 07 (July 1, 2015): 46–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2015-jul-3.

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This article explores evolution of product lifecycle management (PLM) and its advantages. PLM is commonly defined as a set of applications that enable the creation, design, and development of new products through rollout, servicing, upgrade, and end of life. PLM seller Dassault Systèmes, for example, said its 3DExperience platform is compliant with more than 40 standards requested by industry, including web, communication, visualization, and security standards. Most PLM software is able to generate reports from information located in a single system; but only skilled users are able to access, aggregate, and analyze real-time structured and unstructured data found in multiple applications across the organization. Social networks are cropping up in PLM, helping users quickly identify and construct communities with complementary skills to solve problems and enable processes. The experts comment that wherever the end user is working, behind the scenes, the PLM platform is ensuring real-time visibility and control—driving better products and reducing liability and risk.

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Shariatzadeh, Navid, Gunilla Sivard, and Lars Lindberg. "An Approach for Manufacturing Process Representation in Product Lifecycle Management." Key Engineering Materials 572 (September 2013): 239–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.572.239.

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Current PLM systems have concentrated on product design, not on manufacturing engineering with its development of e.g. Material flows and layouts. This paper proposes an approach to describe how to represent the main required manufacturing process data using ontologies together with generic data standards. This approach makes it possible to develop translations between different software, and also providing users with the meaning of different concepts. It contributes to an efficient management of manufacturing information, with a focus on the material flow information as used in Discrete Event Simulation - DES.

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Antonelli, Dario, and Paolo Chiabert. "Introducing Collaborative Practices in Small Medium Enterprises." International Journal of Computers Communications & Control 5, no. 1 (March 1, 2010): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.15837/ijccc.2015.1.2461.

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In an enterprise, collaborative working schemes are obtained only by adopting a suitable organization of the enterprise functions. At the informative level collaboration can be enabled by using suitable project management tools for the exchange of information that is the basis of collaboration. One of these tools is Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). On the basis of an exhaustive analysis of the PLM impact on the different aspects of the enterprise, the paper proposes an original methodology to evaluate the possibility of using PLM as framework in which exploit collaboration links within the enterprise. The methodology is not founded on the formal declared organization but on the actual data flows that are induced by the relations among the documents used to develop a project. Data are collected on the field using questionnaires. The links are made explicit by applying the hierarchical clustering with single linkage agglomerative technique. The attitude to the implementation of PLM is then analysed with respect to the organization and to the informative system. Such methodology is general and can be profitably applied to assist the PLM implementation in the enterprises.

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Thilmany, Jean. "Into the Fold." Mechanical Engineering 129, no. 02 (February 1, 2007): 36–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2007-feb-4.

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This article focuses on the need for improvement in product lifecycle management (PLM) interoperation. PLM interoperation would allow companies to work with the best tools for its business and not be limited in communicating with customers and suppliers. PLM systems are getting a fresh look and one should expect to see more of the type now often called end-to-end open systems. The secret is the middleware, dubbed service-oriented architecture (SOA), which links all these applications in an interconnected web. IBM introduced plans for its Product Development Integration Framework, which will tie all business applications via SOA to create an end-to-end, open PLM system. The company is also marketing an enterprise service bus that can loosely couple its own business applications with other applications, which will then operate on the system. According to an expert, by linking research to engineering, Samsung’s products could hit the market quicker than if the two functions worked separately, and products could be designed in ways that had only just been conceptualized.

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