2376. Product Data Management Technology Opportunities for Weight and Cost Management Throughout the Product Life Cycle
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Abstract
New database and communications technologies are creating software platforms such as the Product Data Manager (PDM) which create, manage, and distribute information. Integration of a PDM to engineering and manufacturing systems provides opportunities to engineer both the design and build activity with respect to product definition. The implementation of Product Data Management software solutions and its integration with enterprise systems will define future developmental and production processes. Examples of potential uses of the Product Data Manager in the product development arena are discussed including managing and refining the relationship between weight and cost. The impact of the Product Data Manager to the design process must not be overlooked by the mass properties community. Mass properties must have a strong influence in the development of these systems to ensure the processes and procedures used by these systems will support the needs of mass properties.
