10ME769 Product Life Cycle Management syllabus for ME


Part A
Unit-1 Introduction to Product Life Cycle Management(PLM) 4 hours

Definition, PLM Lifecycle model, Threads of PLM, Need for PLM, Opportunities and benefits of PLM, Views, Components and Phases of PLM, PLM feasibility study, PLM visioning.

Unit-2 PLM Concepts, Processes and Workflow 6 hours

Characteristics of PLM, Environment driving PLM,PLM Elements, Drivers of PLM, Conceptualization, Design, Development, Validation, Production, Support of PLM.

Unit-3 Product Data Management (PDM) Process and Workflow 10 hours

PDM systems and importance, reason for implementing a PDM system, financial justification of PDM implementation. Versioning, check-in and checkout, views, Metadata, Lifecycle, and workflow. Applied problems and solution on PDM processes and workflow.

Unit-4 Collaborative Product Development 6 hours

Engineering vaulting, product reuse, smart parts, engineering change management, Bill of materials and process consistency, Digital mock-up and prototype development, design for environment, virtual testing and validation, marketing collateral.

Part B
Unit-5 Tools of Communication for collaborative work 5 hours

Creation of 3DXML and CAD drawing using CAD software. Creation of an animation for assembly instructions on 3D via composer, creation of an acrobat 3D document. Applied problems and solutions on tools of communication for collaborative work.

Unit-6 Knowledge and optimization of design products 10 hours

Know how, best practices, parameterization of design, Applied problems and Solution on optimization of products using power copy, publication, parameters, formula, rule, check, design table, configuration, reaction.

Unit-7 Digital Manufacturing – PLM 6 hours

Digital manufacturing, benefits manufacturing, manufacturing the first-one, Ramp up, virtual learning curve, manufacturing the rest, production planning.

Unit-8 Developing a PLM strategy and conducting a PLM assessment 5 hours

Strategy, Impact of strategy, implementing a PLM strategy, PLM initiatives to support corporate objectives. Infrastructure assessment, assessment of current systems and applications.

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