Role of Product Data Management (PDM) in Lean Product Development

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.R.A. Nair ◽  
S. Krishnakumar ◽  
M.S. Srinivasan
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Product Data Management ◽  
Product Data ◽  
Lean Product Development

Business Strategy and the Role of Engineering Product Data Management: A Literature Review and Summary of the Emerging Research Questions

1996 ◽  
Vol 210 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
S B Harris
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Product Data Management ◽  
Engineering Product ◽  
Product Data ◽  
Manufacturing Organizations ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
The Relationship

This paper seeks to review the business strategy and product data management literature in an attempt to establish the nature of the relationship between them. One obvious linking theme is that of information systems strategies and their alignment with business processes, and therefore attention has also been given to this body of literature. The conclusions are that there is little well-researched understanding about the nature of the relationship and little concrete evidence of the relative importance of product data management in achieving overall business objectives. Therefore, if manufacturing organizations are to be able to invest wisely in product data management, substantial research is required to address the fundamental business and technical issues that have emerged as a result of this review.

From CAD/CAPP/CAM/CNC to PDM, PLM and Beyond

2009 ◽  
pp. 326-353
Author(s):  
Xun Xu
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Product Data Management ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Product Data ◽  
The World ◽  
The Right ◽  
Lifecycle Management

Companies that have been practicing CAD, CAPP, CAM, and CNC integration have now realized that there is a need to operate in a much broader scope with wider boundaries and more functionality. To foster innovation in a product development lifecycle, change in the early stage is good, and, in fact, should be encouraged. The more iteration a product design can experience at this stage when change is inexpensive, the lower cost our final product will become. At a later stage when hardware set-up is committed against a design, change becomes expensive and should be discouraged. Therefore, there is a need for an effective way of managing product-related information as well as the product development action flow, which captures actions that need to be done, have been done, and what other parts are affected. Engineers that subscribe to a portion of a design also need to be working with other collaborators and then automatically be notified when changes occur. This leads to increased implementation of Product Data Management (PDM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). PDM systems are used to control information, files, documents, and work processes required to design, build, support, distribute, and maintain products. Using PDM, people can contribute at the early stages of product design and development. In addition, PDM can be seen as an integration tool connecting many different areas, which ensures that the right information is available to the right person at the right time and in the right form throughout the enterprise. In this way, PDM improves communication and cooperation be tween diverse groups in an organization, and between organizations and clients (Peltonen, Pitkanen & Sulonen, 1996, Liu & Xu, 2001). PDM is strongly rooted in the world of CAD, CAPP, CAM, and CNC in a more specific sense as well as in the world of engineering and design in a more general sense. In recent years, more focus has also been on the improvement of the entire product lifecycles. The major concern here is time-to-market, as it reflects the competitiveness of a company. In response to the new area of focus, new generation PDM systems are developed to support the entire product lifecycle; from the initial concept to the finishing product. This has subsequently led to the birth to PLM systems. From the information context, PLM should cater for the management of the information throughout the lifecycle of a product, including multiple domain views, different business processes scattered across enterprises and different representations of a multitude of native product-, resource- and process-models (Stark, 2004, Rosén, 2006). This chapter starts with introduction to and discussions about product data management systems. Topics covered include PDM’s capabilities, its benefits, Web-based PDM and PDM standardization. The concept of integrated and extended PDM is also introduced. This is followed by discussions on product lifecycle management, for example definitions of PLM, its solution model, benefits, and implementation are among the topics covered. Like PDM, issues regarding PLM standardisation are also addressed. Share-A-space™ is a practical case of PLM. The core features and its architecture are discussed. Toward the end, the concept and some of the techniques of “grand” integration are introduced.

Product Data Management and Supporting Infrastructure for an Enterprise

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharad Sheth
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Addition Product ◽  
Product Data Management ◽  
Global Competition ◽  
Product Data ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Design And Manufacturing ◽  
Stringent Quality

Abstract Global competition challenges engineering and manufacturing enterprises to shorten product development cycles, while meeting more stringent quality and cost objectives. In addition, product design and manufacturing methodologies are more complex, encompassing a complicated integration of electronic, mechanical, optical, and other subsystems.

Integration of Requirement Management and Product Data Management Systems

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Svensson ◽  
Johan Malmqvist
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Product Data Management ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Product Data ◽  
Product Models ◽  
Requirement Management

Abstract Various database systems are used during the product development process to store and retrieve data about products. For example product data management (PDM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and requirement management (RM) systems. All those might be needed to support the product development process. Earlier research has investigated the co-existence of PDM and ERP systems. This paper extends this question and takes a look on how requirement management systems fit into the picture and how these systems can be used together in order to support the product development process. A comparison of functionality and product models of RM and PDM systems is made. A requirements driven product model of a car cockpit implemented in a RM tool is used as a theoretical reference. The actual situation at the company developing the cockpit is then described. Based on the comparison of the functionality and the product models, three strategies for how the systems could cooperate are presented. The strategies are discussed from both a theoretical and a practical point of view. The conclusions are that RM systems has functionalities for requirements management that do not exist in a PDM system, which calls for the use of both systems. This results in problems with traceability and duplicate data. A certain degree of requirements traceability can be achieved between the systems by applying the strategies presented, but this is not a trivial task.

Product Development Process Management System Based on P_PROCE Model

2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu Qian ◽  
Zhang Shensheng
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Product Data Management ◽  
Workflow Engine ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Workflow Modeling ◽  
Product Data

Product data management (PDM) systems are enabling tool of concurrent engineering (CE). Although the PDM system provides good support for product data, particularly at the early stages of design, it is seldom used beyond the design process. Furthermore, it provides few facilities for activity definition and no facilities for the enactment of production activities. In order to manage the whole lifecycle of motorcycle development, this paper presents a product development process management system that integrates the workflow management system (WFMS) with the PDM. On one hand we can use the powerful product data management functionality of PDM systems, on the other hand we can use the effective process management and control functionalities of WFMS. For the sake of guiding and constraining the workflow modeling, we provide an integrated product development workflow model named P_PROCE model. It is made up of five views that are the process view(P), the product view(P), the resource view(R), and the organization view(O), the control & evaluation view(CE). Based on this model, the architecture and implementation of the product development process management system is presented. It consists of the workflow modeling module, the workflow enactment module and the PDM system. The first module includes process modeling, system sustain and API. The second module includes the personal desktop and the workflow engine. The PDM system is regarded as a workflow-enabled application. The workflow engine invokes it by the Tool Agent.

Process and Technology Perspectives on Integrated Product Development

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. I. Izuchukwu
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Product Data Management ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Data Management System ◽  
Integrated Product Development ◽  
Product Data Management System

This paper discusses the role of automation in not only achieving faster product development and deployment, but also forging better collaboration between the functions responsible for product development and support. It presents how information should be shared, managed, and communicated throughout the product development process. The role of product data management system as an information technology for integrated product development is discussed.

Research and Application on Product Data Management Technology

2010 ◽  
Vol 118-120 ◽  
pp. 944-947
Author(s):  
You Jun Zhang ◽  
Shi Jie Wang ◽  
Han Li
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Product Data Management ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Product Data ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Management Technology ◽  
Implementation Method

Product Data Management (PDM) enables the management of the entire product lifecycle and related information about its design and its manufacturing. The key of implement PDM technology is realization of the structure and configuration management about the product. The main functions of PDM and the product development process based on PDM are detailed in this paper. An implementation method is proposed and it is applied for a system by means of an example, which achieves a good result.

Research on the Data Modeling of PDM Based on SmarTeam

2011 ◽  
Vol 314-316 ◽  
pp. 1647-1651
Author(s):  
Zhi Hua Yuan ◽  
Zhi Jun Wang ◽  
Hai Wei Li
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Data Modeling ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Product Data Management ◽  
Formulation Design ◽  
Product Data ◽  
Comprehensive Management ◽  
Management Capabilities

Current manufacturing industry requires product data management (PDM) for efficient product development and production. As a key tool of PDM, SmarTeam provides comprehensive management capabilities for data associated with products, covering concept formulation, design, manufacture, maintenance and disposal. In this paper, based on the notions of Class and Object, an integrated model to aid data management of product is proposed.

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