Integrating workflow and project management systems for PLM applications

The adoption of Product Life-cycle Management Systems (PLMs) concept is fundamental to improve the product development, mainly to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). One of the challenges is the integration between project management and product data management functions. The paper presents an anal...

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Main Authors: Fabio Fonseca Pereira de Paula, Daniel Capaldo Amaral, Henrique Rozenfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2008-07-01
Series:Revista Produção Online
Online Access:http://producaoonline.org.br/rpo/article/view/48
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Summary:The adoption of Product Life-cycle Management Systems (PLMs) concept is fundamental to improve the product development, mainly to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). One of the challenges is the integration between project management and product data management functions. The paper presents an analysis of the potential integration strategies for a specifics product data management system (SMARTEAM) and a project management system (Microsoft Project), which are commonly used for SMEs. Finally the article presents some considerations about the study of Project Management solutions in SMB’s companies, considering the PLM approach. Key-words: integration, project management (PM), workflow, PDM, PLM.
ISSN:1676-1901