Product data management in a strategic perspective

Taal: Engels

Aantal pagina's: 103

Contributors: Jayne Wilkinson

Quality, short completion times, low costs, innovation: these are crucial requirements for a successful modern manufacturing business. But one thing missing from this list is the management of product information.

The current approach to the product development process is multi-disciplinary. In the past, manufacturing companies dealt with customers and suppliers, but outsourcing and globalization mean that many more parties are now involved in the product development process. Clients want a customized product and they want it fast; they are now being given a say on matters that penetrate deeply into the process of developing the eventual product.

All this makes the need for sound information management even more essential. The availability of data, and the ability to pull up the right version of the right documents at the right moment and send them to the right people, are becoming increasingly important.

This book, Product Data Management: A Strategic Perspective, describes the management of all the various type...