Simultaneous engineering saves manufacturers lead time, costs and frustration
Industrial Engineering
Computing & Control Engineering Journal
Identifying controlling features of engineering design iteration
Management Science
UML based specifications of PDM product structure and workflow
Computers in Industry - Special issue: Object-oriented modelling in design and production
Applications of the web-based collaborative visualization in distributed product development
Computers in Industry - Special issue: Advanced computer support of engineering and service processes of virtual enterprises
A new methodology for extracting manufacturing features from CAD system
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Dynamic data sharing and security in a collaborative product definition management system
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
An integration of bidding-oriented product conceptualization and supply chain formation
Computers in Industry
P4LM: A methodology for product lifecycle management
Computers in Industry
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
A three-phase integrated model for product configuration change problems
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
A holistic approach to managing software change impact
Journal of Systems and Software
ADVICE: A virtual environment for Engineering Change Management
Computers in Industry
Applications of the Web-based collaborative visualization in distributed product development
Computers in Industry - Special issue: Advanced computer support of engineering and service processes of virtual enterprises
UML based specifications of PDM product structure and workflow
Computers in Industry
A two-phase algorithm for product part change utilizing AHP and PSO
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
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Information and communication technologies (ICT) have altered the balance of cost between activities within a firm and activities between firms. Easier co-operation allows companies to focus on their core strengths, while forming relations with other firms to supply the other needed skills to bring a product to market. Design, in one firm or in a consortium, is iterative and does require change. The ability of companies to better manage engineering changes (ECs) during product development can decrease cost, shorten development time, and produce higher quality products.This paper concerns engineering change management (ECM) when product development involves more than one company. A review of ECM related papers finds a lack of those that address multi-company design efforts. This approach is based upon recent work in collaborative engineering, which uses elementary engineering decisions, captured as parameters, to drive the collaboration. The relationship between parameters determines the involvement of suppliers and engineering partners. This allows design partners to be informed early as to the impact of design changes. We describe the use of this approach in simultaneous ECM, its implementation within a product data management (PDM) system, and initial test results. We term this approach as 'intelligent' because it is based upon knowledge captured in the design process itself.