Information technology and product lifecycle management

2007

Automated Identification(Auto-ID) technologies such as barcode and RFID can have significant impact on the management of the product lifecycle, and on the effectiveness with which product life-cycle data is generated and shared among suppliers, manufacturers, maintenance providers, remanufacturers etc [1]. The introduction of such Auto-ID technologies has the potential to enhance the quality of information available to decision-makers at various stages of a product's lifecycle [2].

Engineering the Future, 2010

Scientific research and essays

Existing product lifecycle management (PLM) software solutions today do not support product tracking. These solutions only support data exchange in company about products. Recent investigations indicate growing need to trace and manage data on products even when they leave the original production system, covering other product lifecycle stages such as exploitation, servicing, EoL (End of Life) warehousing, disassembly, recycling, and re-assembly. This paper describes radio-frequency identification (RFID)-based model, as part of a PLM solution, which allows updating of all critical product management information pertaining to changes in product status during its lifetime. The developed model allows application of RFID technology through dedicated software and hardware solution and software tools for decision making based on product information obtained by continuous tracing and updating, from the moment of delivery to end-user, to the moment of its life end. The model was verified on...

International Journal of Product Development, 2005

Good decision-making is founded on good information. Information technology supporting product lifecycle management ought to provide a high degree of information cohesion and traceability -knowledge of the interrelations among data, and basis for belief. Providing cohesion and traceability is made difficult by differences in viewpoint and ontology employed by the various disciplines and organizations involved in the product lifecycle. This paper describes an analysis of cohesion and tracability into its constitutents properties. The paper suggests that process-aware integration schema can improve the cohesion and traceability among product data.

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 2009

The circumstances of globalisation and ever-stricter environmental legislation over the past decade have led enterprises to work together to transform products into extended products, and to manage these throughout their life cycle. Innovative Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology can be introduced as an enabler of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) business, by enhancing the traceability of the product throughout its value chain via automatic identification, enabling the collection of product usage information during its Middle-of-Life (MOL) phase, and facilitating the integration of product life cycle information and knowledge across the value chain, thus closing the product's information loop from Beginning-of-Life (BOL), through MOL, to End-of-Life (EOL) and back again. This paper will introduce a framework for product life cycle information management with the support of RFID technology. A case study of how the framework supports the decision-making involved in the different life cycle phases of the automotive industry will be described using UML models. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing 2 1977 , RFID has seen increased usage from animal tracking and toll collection, to supply chain management in recent years.

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN THE AIR FORCE, 2016

PLM is a comprehensive vision for management of all data related to product design, production, support (service) and final withdrawal from the market of manufactured products. The article is focused on integration between PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) and Enterprise Resource Planning& data management programs (SAP). Thus, were identified the correlation between the elements of integrated information systems (SAP-Systems, Applications and Products) and traceability of finished goods according with customer complaints.

International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, 2010

This paper is a result of comprehensive consultation among the authors, with the scientists and leading actors in the area of PLM, which is a reference term for a list of phenomena currently ongoing in the industrial community. This paper discusses the pervasive concept of product lifecycle management (PLM), starting from its history to its constituent elements and its role in the current industry. The authors propose and elaborate their vision for the future steps of the PLM in terms of emerging issues and topics that industrial practitioners and researchers need to address.

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 2011

Nowadays companies need to focus on efficiency problems, assuring at the same time products to be compliant with quality standards, providing a full product support and managing suppliers and customers relationships. According to these needs, product is reassuming a central role as enterprise value creator. In literature, many authors agree upon that a correct and effective management of the product lifecycle could reduce costs by gaining, meanwhile, a higher customers satisfaction and brand loyalty. This kind of approach needs of an integrated management of all product related information and calls for a wide standardization activity. Today, a data model, capable to collect all the information regarding the product along its lifecycle, is still missing. This paper aims at providing a concrete answer to this urgent industrial need, presenting the steps taken towards the creation of a new Product Lifecycle Management standard, named Life Cycle Data Management. The development of this new standard is an effort to provide an effective and reliable information model to manage all product lifecycle data and information.

2015

2004

The development of information technologies enables one to regard a product's life cycle as a unified process from idea through development, manufacture and distribution to servicing. The transition to e-business within companies contains great potential for increasing their productivity and competitiveness. This paper analyses the idea that a company should first be capable of doing e-business internally, before it can start efficiently operating with external clients. The paper analyses product development and engineering change processes in detail. An example from Domel presents a solution for product documentation management using a SAP information system and PLM (Product Life cycle Management) module.