Product Lifecycle Management (eBook)

Preface 5
Table of Contents 8
Chapter 1 – Introduction 13
PLM – What is it? 13
Product Lifecycle Management – background 14
Corporate challenges 17
Chapter 2 – Fundamentals 19
Product data or product information 19
Product Lifecycle Management – PLM 21
Product lifecycle management concept 23
Items 24
Product lifecycle management systems 25
System architecture 31
Information models and product structures 34
Reasons for the deployment of PLM systems 38
Summary 39
Chapter 3 – Product lifecycle management systems 41
Functionality of the systems 41
Use of product lifecycle management systems in different organization verticals 52
Product development and engineering 54
Production 55
After sales 55
Sales and marketing 56
Sub-contracting 57
Sourcing and procurement 59
Summary 60
Chapter 4 – Product structures 61
Example 1 – Product structure of a ship 63
Example 2: Product structure of a cellular telephone 65
Example 3: Product structure of a customizable product 66
Summary 68
Chapter 5 – Integration of the PLM system with other applications 69
Different ways to integrate PLM systems 69
Transfer file 71
Chapter 6 – Deployment of the PLM system 85
Different stages of deployment 85
Study of present and objective processes (AS IS and TO BE) 87
Choosing a system 91
Realization stage of the project 94
Accomplishing change in the organization 105
Chapter 7 – Business benefits of a PLM system 111
Factors leading to product lifecycle management 111
Benefits of the PLM system in product lifecycle management 113
Measuring the business benefits in daily operations 118
Material costs – reducing inventory tied capital 118
Improving the productivity of labor 120
Costs of quality 122
PLM and data warehousing as a tool to support decision- making 124
Set indicators 125
Collect information Analyze and report Develop Apply to the system 125
Analyzing the cost of acquisition and the deployment of a PLM system 130
PLM software licenses 132
Database licenses 133
Hardware acquisitions 133
Maintenance of equipment, licenses and software 133
Summary 133
Chapter 8 – Challenges of product management in manufacturing industry 135
Challenges of product management in the engineering and manufacturing industry 136
Special challenges of product management in the high tech industry 146
Case 1: Electronics manufacturer 148
Case 2: An engineering product 155
Frame of reference for product management 160
Developing product lifecycle management in Project workshop Plc. 162
Case 3: Capital goods manufacturer and customer-specifically variable product 171
Breakthroughs on subprojects 173
Controlled entry of documentation into the system 173
The business processes determine 174
Rome was not built in a day either 175
Guidelines for the future 175
Summary 175
Chapter 9 – The role of product information management in collaborative business development 177
CIM – Computer Integrated Manufacturing 177
CE Concurrent Engineering 181
Product lifecycle management as an enabler of cooperation between companies 184
Contents of collaboration 187
Successful cooperation 188
Tools of collaboration 188
CPC 190
cPDm 191
Summary 191
Chapter 10 – Understanding the product lifecycle 193
The basic behavior of products and lifecycles 194
Building a product business case 201
Summary 209
Chapter 11 – Product and product management strategy as a part of business strategy 211
Product lifecycle management as a business strategy tool 211
From changes in the business environment to product strategy 212
Making a product strategy 214
Product management strategy 217
Summary 226
Chapter 12 – e-Business – electronic business and PLM 227
Preconditions for electric business from the viewpoint of the individual company 230
Significance of product management, collaboration and electronic business for the manufacturing industry 233
Summary 234
Chapter 13 – Digest 235
Epilogue 238
Appendix 1 – Tools and standards of PLM 240
A. CALS 240
B. STEP 241
C. DXF 244
D. IGES 244
E. SGML 245
F. XML 245
G. UML 246
Appendix 2 – Companies and products in the PLM field 248
Appendix 3: PLM terminology 249
Literature and articles 255