A flexible Web-based PDM approach to support virtual engineering cooperation

Author

Abramovici, Michael ; Gerhard, Detlef

Author_Institution

ITM, Ruhr-Univ., Bochum, Germany

fYear

2000

fDate

4-7 Jan. 2000

Abstract

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 integration into different PDM environments of cooperation partners and to enable use of various geographically dispersed WWW-based engineering information resources. In order to analyze the requirements for a flexible management of distributed engineering information resources the paper first describes an application case study. The requirements are compared to the state of the art of distributed PDM solutions and the existing deficits are shown. Finally the main ideas, the architecture, and prototype modules of the WebFlex-PDM approach are presented.

Keywords

CAD/CAM; Internet; engineering information systems; groupware; information resources; product development; CAD; Internet; Web-based PDM approach; WebFlex-PDM project; application case study; engineering design; engineering information resources; product development management; virtual engineering cooperation; Automotive engineering; Conference management; Consumer electronics; Design engineering; Electrical capacitance tomography; Engineering management; Globalization; Information technology; Maintenance engineering; Product development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 2000. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0493-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2000.926882

Filename

926882