Chapter 3: PLM/SCM integration initiatives

Title: DIJA system: A CAD solution for collaboration between designers and manufacturers

Author(s): Yvon Gardan, Mael Hilléreau, Estelle Perrin

Address: Institut de Formation Technique Supérieure -- CMCAO team 7, bd Jean Delautre 08000 Charleville-Mézières France | Institut de Formation Technique Supérieure -- CMCAO team 7, bd Jean Delautre 08000 Charleville-Mézières France | Metz University -- CMCAO team Ile du Saulcy 57045 Metz Cedex 01, France France Metz University -- CMCAO team Ile du Saulcy 57045 Metz Cedex 01 France

Reference: International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management 2005 pp. 187 - 198

Abstract/Summary: Even if CAD systems firstly focussed on geometry, they now tend to support more and more product life cycle related notions. From this perspective, the aim of PLM is to connect all actors' knowledge. Future CAD systems are expected to deal with notions such as cost, quality or time. Because of the complexity of the product life cycle, this paper concentrates only on interactions between designers and manufacturers. As design for manufacturing and concurrent engineering, DIJA project integrates manufacturing knowledge into product design process in order to weaken these loop-backs. Based on a new design method called synthetic design, DIJA project formalizes manufacturing issues into logical and mathematical rules. The presented prototype focuses on powder metal manufacturing technique, and the paper shows how the system is able to direct the user until he obtains a part, which complies to powder metal manufacturing technique.

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