The research described in this paper investigates the problems and issues faced by companies implementing Product Data Management (PDM) systems. The aim is to produce guidelines to help managers implement PDM to gain maximum competitive advantage. A pilot study, which illustrates the key factors necessary for the successful implementation of a PDM system, was carried out and this was followed w...

With the development of E-commerce and the coming of information age, Chinese manufacturing industry has been faced with vast opportunities and challenges. How to realize comprehensive information is enterprises’ pursuit. The primary task is to establish reasonable and efficient management information system. Through the analysis of the principle and architecture of PDM and the roles of Ecommer...

The paper deals with the use of a UML approach for the specifications of a PDM system (product data management) implementation. A PDM system enables the management of the whole product data and related information about its entire

What does the addition of Web browser technology bring to a PDM system? It expands access to the system, allowing people to connect regardless of their computer, operating system, or location. "Our implementations of PDM span multiple sites, multiple applications, multiple uses, all the way from the salesperson through manufacturing," says Scott Vanselous, PDM product manager at EDS/Unigraphics...

The field of Prognostic Health Management (PHM) has been undergoing rapid growth in recent years, with development of increasingly sophisticated techniques for diagnosing faults in system components and estimating fault progression trajectories. Research efforts on how to utilize prognostic health information (e.g. for extending the remaining useful life of the system, increasing safety, or max...

The objective of the work presented in this paper is to provide a methodology and tools for distributed PDM environments especially suited for virtual project based cooperation in engineering design. A research project called WebFlex-PDM (Web-enabled Flexible PDM federation) is introduced. This project mainly deals with extensions to existing PDM systems to provide the capability for easy integ...

The closely linked pdm-1 and pdm-2 genes of Drosophila are expressed in complex patterns that suggest diverse roles in segmentation and nervous system development. A D. virilis pdm cDNA clone was isolated and sequenced. It shares sequence similarity with just the POU domain region of pdm-1, but shares extensive sequence similarity with the largest exon of pdm-2. In situ hybridization to D. viri...

Implementing a new information technology (IT) system often requires an enterprise to adopt many changes in order to exploit the full set of capabilities generated by the new system. However, the new IT system itself can often act as a barrier to change rather than as an enabler. The challenge in making sure that the new IT system serves as an enabler, rather than a barrier, to change requires ...

Based on the integration research, one multi-dimension integrated mode of CAPP and PDM was proposed including the integration of knowledge store dimension, knowledge transfer dimension and knowledge application dimension. In the integration of knowledge application dimension, an innovated integration method named key control function module was proposed. In knowledge transfer dimension integrat...