Teaching product lifecycle management (PLM) with enterprise systems

• Autores: Y.B. Moon
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 25, no. Extra 5, 2009, págs. 876-885
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a solution for managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design,production, and delivery, to service, and disposal or recycle. While most of the Enterprise Systems–ERP (Enterprise ResourcePlanning), SCM (Supply Chain Management), CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and CAD (Computer Aided Design)systems–are separate software packages, current PLM solutions draw and integrate various functionalities and tools from thesevarious Enterprise Systems. This nature of PLM poses unique challenges for teaching PLM. This paper shares an experience ofdeveloping and teaching a course in PLM with Enterprise Systems. Students carry out a semester-long project of developing newproducts. At each stage of the new product development process, students learn to apply the state-of-the-art information tools,particularly the Enterprise Systems. In addition to course schedule and content, two instructional materials used in the course will bedescribed: (i) Enterprise Systems Configuration and Business, and (ii) Engineering Change Management. Lessons learned and futureplans for enhancement are also discussed.