Our goal was to create a support for better PLM development target identification. A method titled ”PIA – PLM Impact Analysis” was created in order to help recognizing the most value-adding potentials. The method is supported by a MS–Excel based tool. The method was built and developed in workshops interactively with researchers and representatives from companies. So far the PIA method and tool...

The Programmer’s Learning Machine (PLM) is an interactive exerciser aimed at learning programming and algorithms. It targets students in (semi-)autonomous settings, using an integrated and graphical environment that provides a short feedback loop. This generic platform also enables teachers to create specific programming microworlds that match their teaching goals. This paper discusses our desi...

Successful Project Management (PM) comes from the combination of skills, knowledge, tools and techniques to strategically plan, execute and control projects with a variety of requirements and constrains. In recent years, there has been an increased interest in implementation methodologies that not only allows successful PM, but integrates Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Business Process Mod...

Fig 3 – PLM from sites 1 (a) and 2 (b), shown at the same magnification. Cartilage at site 1 is much thinner than site 2. Arrows indicate bone/cartilage interface. Site 1 exhibits an amorphous, deeply fibrillated collagen matrix with a weakly stained deep radial zone suggesting low collagen density adjacent to bone. Site 2 shows disorganization in the thin superficial zone and a more uniformly ...

Despite improvements in educational tools, teaching some elements in the eld of production engineering is di cult. In this context, teaching PLM systems remains di cult from a motivation point of view. The purpose of this paper is to propose a highly innovative approach around serious gaming. In the PEGASE project, we have realized an environment for coupling a gaming platform and a content pla...

This paper argues for the importance of product configuration data management during the operational life phase of modern, software intensive, reconfigurable and networked mechatronic products. The state-of-practice of the configuration management of mechatronic products is presented first. The challenges in configuration management that the machine industry is facing are then identified empiri...

In order to reduce product development (PD) costs and duration, PD cycles are being accelerated in order to reduce the time to market and satisfy the end customer needs. Another key challenge in PD today, is product diversification in the technologies used, requiring improved collaboration amongst local and dispersed multi disciple PD teams. A main stream tool that aids and support engineers in...

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is an integrated business approach to the collaborative creation, management and dissemination of engineering information throughout the extended enterprise. Concretely, PLM enables a supply chain to become much more competitive by an effective collaboration among customers, developers, suppliers and manufacturers at various lifecycle stages of a product. Our ...

Modern organization paradigms within manufacturing enterprises have arose in last years, like Agile Manufacturing and collaboration, in order for enterprises to increase their productivity and be more competitive in front of shorter due dates and increasing product qualities required by customers. Most previous works on PLM and currently available systems are usually focused on the use of addit...

OBJECTIVES To assess the potential of an online platform, PatientsLikeMe.com (PLM), for research in multiple sclerosis (MS). An investigation of the role of body mass index (BMI) on MS disease course was conducted to illustrate the utility of the platform. METHODS First, we compared the demographic characteristics of subjects from PLM and from a regional MS center. Second, we validated PLM's ...