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Title: |
Product Lifecycle Management for the US Army Weapon Systems Acquisition |
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Author(s): |
Raj G. Iyer, Thomas Gulledge |
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Tank Automotive R&D Engineering Center (TARDEC)
United States Army Research Development and Engineering Command
6501 E. 11 Mile Road, Warren, Michigan 48397 USA
Enterprise Engineering Laboratory
George Mason University
SPP, PAC, MS 2E4, Fairfax, Virginia 22030-4444 USA
raj.iyer @ us.army.mil, gulledge @ gmu.edu |
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Reference: |
PLM-SP1 - 2005 Proceedings, pp. 553 - 564 |
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Abstract/
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The business reasons for adopting Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) within an enterprise have been well documented for private industry such as automobile, aerospace and consumer products. However, few realise that the United States Army holds one of the largest volumes of product data for its fleet of combat vehicles. This paper discusses the challenges encountered in managing such large volumes of product data that is geographically distributed between government agencies and private industry contractors. The paper will also discuss issues that are unique to the Army and not generally encountered in private industry. Finally, the paper will outline the Army's PLM strategy and architectures for data management throughout the lifecycle. |
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