Adopting a PLM system in an organization may be a difficult task if the concepts and ways of implementation are confused. In this paper some frequent aspects of this process are discussed and some examples are presented. 1. CONCEPT DEFINITIONS There are a lot of definitions proposed for activities under PLM acronym. They come from different actors of economical, business, IT, research or educat...

Product lifecycle management (PLM) systems formally represent product information across the different functional departments of an organization throughout an entire product lifecycle. Integrating the PLM systems with the emerging semantic web will improve the knowledge management capabilities of these systems. In recent works, the authors have developed the e-Design framework, a collaborative ...

A plan to succeed Siemens PLM Software believes that today’s complex products require a systems-driven approach to product development that combines systems engineering with an integrated product definition and the ability to unify your product development framework with manufacturing and shop floor operations. To facilitate systems-driven product development, Siemens PLM Software provides syst...

The palmaris longus muscle (PLM) is considered to be a phylogenetically degenerate muscle. For many authors, this may be the cause of its great variability. The loss of function in the PLM makes it an important muscle in plastic and reconstructive surgery. During a study of PLM agenesis rate in the Hungarian population, a 22-year-old female showed an unusual pattern of muscles in her left forea...

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is one way to improve productivity in all manufacturing companies and this is truer in mechanical Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Nevertheless the implementation of a PLM system is not an easy thing for such companies. SMEs have lots of difficulties to create the right information model in order to improve design efficiency. In this paper we propose a PLM...

OBJECTIVE To establish the occurrence of Periodic Leg Movements (PLM) and Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) subjects. METHODS In this study, twenty four patients were submitted to a full night polysomnography and were assessed with Epworth Sleepiness Scale and an adapted form of International Restless Legs Syndrome Scale Rating Scale (IRLS Rating Scale). Control Group (...

The Palmaris longus muscle (PLM) is a slender, fusiform muscle which lies on the flexor surface of the forearm. Its agenesis is considered the most frequent anatomic variation in the muscular system of the human body. The PLM has little functional use to the human upper limb. It is evidenced by former epidemiological studies that the agenesis of the PLM has a strong racial and ethnic variabilit...

Sustainability is a key issue for companies offering products and services on the global market. The ever-increasing worldwide demand for raw materials in combination with the rising costs for materials and energy challenges companies to make their products, processes and services more sustainable. More and more customers are demanding sustainable products and services due to their increased aw...

This paper provides solutions to the real industrial need of adding knowledge layer to commercial PLM systems. PLM systems can be enhanced to be used as Knowledge Management tools to solve the semantic interoperability problem of heterogeneous data. Large amounts of product and machine component data exists in under-utilised databases due to the inability of existing integration approaches to s...

Eighteen patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) and 4 patients with neuroleptic-induced akathisia (NIA) underwent all-night polysomnographic recordings before and during clonazepam treatment. Ten normal control subjects and 4 non-akathitic psychiatric patients treated with neuroleptics underwent polysomnographic recordings, which were compared with those of the RLS and NIA patients, respect...