PLM paradigm: How to lead BPR within the Product Development field

  • Authors:
  • M. Bertoni;M. Bordegoni;U. Cugini;D. Regazzoni;C. Rizzi

  • Affiliations:
  • Division of Functional Product Development, Luleå University of Technology, SE-97187, Luleå, Sweden and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 1, 20156, ...;Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 1, 20156, Milano, Italy;Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 1, 20156, Milano, Italy;Department of Industrial Engineering, Universití degli Studi di Bergamo, Viale Marconi 5, 24044, Dalmine (BG), Italy;Department of Industrial Engineering, Universití degli Studi di Bergamo, Viale Marconi 5, 24044, Dalmine (BG), Italy

  • Venue:
  • Computers in Industry
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The design and implementation of a PLM solution in a cross-company environment is a complex and labour intensive operation, which is often coupled with a Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) project to better deploy technologies as well as methodologies and to target the system implementation on the real company needs. Enterprise Modelling (EM) languages are typically used to collect and share process knowledge among the BPR participants. Plenty of techniques are actually available at this scope and it is not always easy to understand how to select and use them in the different steps of re-engineering. The main purpose of this paper is to perform a qualitative analysis of three well known EM languages (IDEF, UML and ARIS) and to propose a new methodology, based on their integrated use, supporting BPR efforts in the Product Development domain.