This paper deals with the urgent problem to create integrated PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) solutions in today's European automotive industry. Two European automotive companies have been used as case companies in order to carry out these studies. Configuration management and engineering change management are two information management processes that span throughout the extended company, through engineering domains and through the product lifecycle. This makes them ideal as study objects to create new methods, and to enable PLM for cross-x engineering design. Several guidelines regarding IT system architectures for cross-x PLM are presented, e.g.: modularity, central coordination, standard communication, minimum process redundancy, and general modelling constructs. Car manufacturers in the premium segment struggle with relatively similar problems. It has been shown that engineering processes are more and more cross-x. CM (Configuration Management) is an important aspect in order to supply mass-customized products. Engineering change management is important due to the added complexity of managing more information (cross-disciplines) over a longer period of time (cross-lifecycle). PLM for cross-x engineering design is not yet a reality, but the companies have strategies moving in that direction. This research has identified important aspects of ECM (Engineering Change Management) and CM that can be further developed in future studies, and where integration through services is a promising concept. Moving towards an integrated cross-x PLM system, five major points have to be considered; namely: modularity, central coordination, standard communication, minimum process redundancy, and general modelling constructs.


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    Title :

    Product Lifecycle Management for cross-x engineering design


    Additional title:

    Produktlebenszyklusmanagement für die Cross-X-Konstruktion


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    12 Seiten, 9 Bilder, 17 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Storage medium


    Language :

    English




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