Course

Unit 1

Introduction to Product life cycle – PLM- PDM concepts -present market constraints – need for collaboration – Object oriented programming concepts – internet and developments in server – client computing. Components of a typical PLM / PDM setup – hardware and software – document management – creation and viewing of parts and documents- version control -case studies. Configuration management: Base lines – product structure – configuration management – Effectivity – case studies.

Unit 2

Creation of projects and roles – life cycle of a product- life cycle management – automating information flow-workflows – creation of work flow templates -life cycle – work flow integration – case studies. Change management: Change issue- change request- change investigation- change proposal – change activity – case studies.

Unit 3

Generic products and variants: Data Management Systems for FEA data – Product configuration – comparison between sales configuration and product configuration -generic product modeling in configuration model – use of order generator for variant creation-registering of variants in product register-case studies. Implementation issues and best practices.

Course Objectives

1. To expose the components of product life cycle
2. To develop structure and effectiveness of configuration
3. To describe various types of project flows and role
4. To make students’ understand the issues related to change
5. To familiarize on the configuration of product and data

Course Outcomes

Skills Acquired

Know about digitally connected enterprise and operational complexity, business process optimization

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4. Terry , “Visual Modeling with Rational Rose and UML”, Addison Wesley, 1998.
5. Antti Saaksvuori and Anselmi Immonen, “Product Life Cycle Management”, Second Edition, Springer,