Systematization of IPS2 Diversification Potentials Using Product Lifecycle Data

P2P Data synchronization for product lifecycle management

Intelligent products are the key driver for the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). To facilitate the IoT, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) requires the automatic capture of events related to physical objects at various locations and times. Nonetheless, more advanced and standardized communication interfaces must be designed to facilitate interactions between various types of “things” through...

Axiomatic Product Development Lifecycle

Corporate Acquisitions, Diversification, and the Firm’s Lifecycle

Agency theories predict that firms acquire and diversify through acquisitions as they grow older and exhaust their internal growth opportunities, and that they do so for the benefit of managers rather than shareholders. In contrast, we find that acquiring firms are firms with better growth opportunities and performance irrespective of their lifecycle stage. While younger firms acquire more than...

Enriching Product Information during the Product Lifecycle

A manufactured product usually has a great amount of design knowledge and other product information associated with it in CAD drawings and other technical documentation. Today, such product information mainly enables preventive maintenance of products. By collecting usage, performance and maintenance information about the product, it could be possible to perform more predictive maintenance. The...

Knowledge Collaborative Product Lifecycle Management

This chapter defines a system and a methodology, the Knowledge Collaborative Product Lifecycle Management (KC-PLM) to better support the complete product lifecycle in the industry. The KC-PLM system intends to reduce the lead-time from new product development to production by providing and integrating knowledge platform, based on a semantic information repository, domain ontology, a domain spec...