Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 21-36 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management (IJPLM) |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2011 |
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Keywords
- annotation
- small enterprises
- CAD models
- life cycle management
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)
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Lightweight product lifecycle information management for small enterprises. / Ding, Lian; Ball, Alexander; Patel, Manjula; Mullineux, Glen; Matthews, Jason.
In: International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management (IJPLM), Vol. 5, No. 1, 01.2011, p. 21-36.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Lightweight product lifecycle information management for small enterprises
AU - Ding, Lian
AU - Ball, Alexander
AU - Patel, Manjula
AU - Mullineux, Glen
AU - Matthews, Jason
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - In an increasingly competitive and global market, small enterprises can benefit just as much from Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) as larger enterprises. However, the software currently available to support PLM is aimed at larger enterprises and does not entirely suit the more flexible business processes and heterogeneous systems environment of smaller enterprises. We argue that some of the most important benefits of PLM may be achieved by small enterprises using the combination of a full-featured CAD system with lightweight visualization formats and a system of overlaid annotations that may be applied to a model regardless of its format. We outline a proof-of-concept implementation of these ideas and indicate where further work is needed.
AB - In an increasingly competitive and global market, small enterprises can benefit just as much from Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) as larger enterprises. However, the software currently available to support PLM is aimed at larger enterprises and does not entirely suit the more flexible business processes and heterogeneous systems environment of smaller enterprises. We argue that some of the most important benefits of PLM may be achieved by small enterprises using the combination of a full-featured CAD system with lightweight visualization formats and a system of overlaid annotations that may be applied to a model regardless of its format. We outline a proof-of-concept implementation of these ideas and indicate where further work is needed.
KW - annotation
KW - small enterprises
KW - CAD models
KW - life cycle management
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UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJPLM.2011.038100
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DO - 10.1504/IJPLM.2011.038100
M3 - Article
VL - 5
SP - 21
EP - 36
JO - International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management
JF - International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management
SN - 1743-5110
IS - 1
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