Product lifecycle management (PLM) is a systematic, controlled concept for managing and developing products and product related information. The aim of the paper is contributing in the definition of a software tool suitable to tackle this important issue. In order to specify a simulation module that is the core of an integrated PLM platform, we analyze and describe by the Unified Modeling Language (UML) the processes that are relevant for the generic PLM concepts. Moreover, the UML activities diagrams are translated in a discrete event simulation model in order to quantitatively evaluate the performance of the PLM system and to detect possible blockings or bottlenecks. Finally, a simulation study illustrates the efficiency of the module and shows how it can help in the PLM application.
A Simulation Model for Product Lifecycle Management / Boschian, Valentina; Fanti, Maria Pia; Iacobellis, Giorgio; Ukovich, Walter; Augenti, Noemi. - ELETTRONICO. - 46:9(2013), pp. 1459-1464. (Intervento presentato al convegno 7th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management, and Control, MIM 2013 tenutosi a Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation nel June 19-21, 2013) [10.3182/20130619-3-RU-3018.00238].
A Simulation Model for Product Lifecycle Management
Maria Pia Fanti;Giorgio Iacobellis;
2013-01-01
Abstract
Product lifecycle management (PLM) is a systematic, controlled concept for managing and developing products and product related information. The aim of the paper is contributing in the definition of a software tool suitable to tackle this important issue. In order to specify a simulation module that is the core of an integrated PLM platform, we analyze and describe by the Unified Modeling Language (UML) the processes that are relevant for the generic PLM concepts. Moreover, the UML activities diagrams are translated in a discrete event simulation model in order to quantitatively evaluate the performance of the PLM system and to detect possible blockings or bottlenecks. Finally, a simulation study illustrates the efficiency of the module and shows how it can help in the PLM application.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
