Saaksvuori / Immonen Product Lifecycle Management

Third Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-78172-1
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 254 Seiten

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is an essential means to cope with the challenges of global competition. This is the first English-language book on PLM that introduces the reader to the basic terms and fundamentals of PLM. The text provides a solid foundation for starting a PLM development project. It gives ideas and examples of how PLM can be utilized. In addition, it offers insight into how PLM can assist in creating opportunities and in making real eBusiness possible.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Saaksvuori, Antti

Immonen, Anselmi

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;5
2;Table of Contents;9
3;Chapter 1 – Introduction;14
3.1;What is a product?;14
3.2;PLM: What is it?;14
3.3;Product Lifecycle Management: background;16
3.4;Corporate challenges;18
4;Chapter 2 – Fundamentals;20
4.1;Product data or product information;20
4.2;Product Lifecycle Management (PLM);22
4.3;Product lifecycle management concept;24
4.4;Items;24
4.5;Product lifecycle management systems;26
4.6;System architecture;30
4.7;Information models and product structures;34
4.8;Reasons for the deployment of PLM systems;37
4.9;Summary;38
5;Chapter 3 – Product lifecycle management systems;40
5.1;Functionality of the systems;40
5.2;Use of product lifecycle management systems in different organization verticals;49
5.3;Product development and engineering;51
5.4;Production;52
5.5;After sales;53
5.6;Sales and marketing;53
5.7;Sub-contracting;54
5.8;Sourcing and procurement;56
5.9;Summary;57
6;Chapter 4 – Product structures;58
6.1;Example 1: Product structure of a ship;60
6.2;Example 2: Product structure of a cellular telephone;61
6.3;Example 3: Product structure of a customizable product;63
6.4;Example 4: Product structure of a configurable service product;64
6.5;Summary;65
7;Chapter 5 – Integration of the PLM system with other applications;66
7.1;Transfer file;68
7.2;Summary;78
8;Chapter 6 – Deployment of the PLM system;80
8.1;Different stages of deployment;80
8.2;Study of present and objective processes ( AS IS and TO BE);82
8.3;Choosing a system;83
8.4;Realization stage of the project;88
8.5;Accomplishing change in the organization;98
8.6;Summary;102
9;Chapter 7 – Business benefits of a PLM system;104
9.1;Factors leading to product lifecycle management;104
9.2;Benefits of the PLM system in product lifecycle management;106
9.3;Measuring the business benefits in daily operations;110
9.4;Material costs: reducing inventory tied capital;110
9.5;Improving the productivity of labor;112
9.6;Costs of quality;114
9.7;PLM and data warehousing as a tool to support decision- making;116
9.8;Analyzing the cost of acquisition and the deployment of a PLM system;120
9.9;PLM software licenses;122
9.10;Database licenses;123
9.11;Hardware acquisitions;123
9.12;Maintenance of equipment, licenses and software;123
9.13;Summary;123
10;Chapter 8 – Challenges of product management in manufacturing industry;124
10.1;Challenges of product management in the engineering and manufacturing industry;124
10.2;Special challenges of product management in the high tech industry;134
10.3;Case 1: Electronics manufacturer;135
10.4;Case 2: An engineering product;142
10.5;Frame of reference for product management;146
10.6;Developing product lifecycle management in project workshop Plc.;148
10.7;Case 3: Capital goods manufacturer and customer- specifically variable product;156
10.8;Breakthroughs on subprojects;158
10.9;Controlled entry of documentation into the system;158
10.10;The business processes determine;159
10.11;Rome was not built in a day either;159
10.12;Guidelines for the future;160
10.13;Summary;160
11;Chapter 9 – Service industry and PLM;162
11.1;Introduction;162
11.2;What is a service?;163
11.3;PLM in service business;177
11.4;Case 4: An IT-service (managed services) provider and a customer- specifically variable product;182
11.5;Summary;189
12;Chapter 10 – The role of product information management in collaborative business development;190
12.1;CIM: Computer integrated manufacturing;190
12.2;CE: Concurrent engineering;193
12.3;Product lifecycle management as an enabler of cooperation between companies;196
12.4;Contents of collaboration;198
12.5;Successful cooperation;199
12.6;Tools of collaboration;200
12.7;CPC;201
12.8;cPDm;202
12.9;Summary;203
13;Chapter 11 – Understanding the product lifecycle;204
13.1;The basic behavior of products and lifecycles;205
13.2;Building a product business case;211
13.3;Summary;218
14;Chapter 12 – Product and product management strategy as a part of business strategy;220
14.1;Product lifecycle management as a business strategy tool;220
14.2;From changes in the business environment to product strategy;221
14.3;Making a product strategy;223
14.4;Product management strategy;225
14.5;Summary;233
15;Chapter 13 – e-Business: electronic business and PLM;234
15.1;Preconditions for electric business from the viewpoint of the individual company;237
15.2;Significance of product management, collaboration and electronic business for the manufacturing industry;240
15.3;Summary;240
16;Chapter 14 – Digest;242
17;Epilogue;246
18;Appendix 1 – Tools and standards of PLM;248
18.1;A. CALS;248
18.2;B. STEP;249
18.3;C. DXF;251
18.4;D. IGES;252
18.5;E. SGML;252
18.6;F. XML;253
18.7;G. UML;253
19;Appendix 2 – Companies and products in the PLM field;256
20;Appendix 3 – PLM terminology;258
21;Literature and articles;264