All companies need to manage communications and information with their customers (CRM-Customer Relationship Management) and their suppliers (SCM-Supply Chain Management) and the resources within the enterprise (ERP-Enterprise Resource Planning). In addition, manufacturing engineering companies must also develop, describe, manage and communicate information about their products (PLM).
Conceive
Specification
Concept design
-- Corresponding technologies: pencil and paper, clay models, UML, Mind maps to3D CAID Computer-aided industrial design software.
Design
Detailed design
Validation and analysis (simulation)
Tool design
-- Corresponding technologies:2D Drawing / Drafting or3D Parametric Feature Based Solid/Surface Modelling, Reverse Engineering, KBE (Knowledge-Based Engineering), NDT (Nondestructive testing), Assembly construction, UML, wire frames
Realize
Plan manufacturing
Manufacture
Build/Assemble
Test (quality check)
-- Corresponding technologies: MPM – (Manufacturing Process Management) comes into play. This involves CAPE (Computer-aided Production Engineering) or CAP/CAPP – (Production Planning)
Service
Sell and deliver
Use
Maintain and support
Dispose
-- Corresponding technologies: Repair and Operations Management (MRO) software, help desk
