New paradigms for a product oriented modelling: Case study for traceability

Nowadays, product information is being a key issue for traceability and quality management but also for state-of-the-art technologies such as intelligent product technologies. From this statement, product information design and management are becoming one of the most important steps in order to control quality of services and products that aims at customer satisfaction. However, there is no real method that exists to build the exhaustive representation of products information throughout their production cycle. In this paper, a product oriented modelling approach is proposed in order to provide a complete method for products representation. This modelling approach aims at covering all aspects related to product information and its management.