Product Data Management Implementation

Abstract

The research described in this paper is to enforce the benefits in the manufacturing industry. This particular case the implementation took place in a manufacturing company of sheet metal by implementing Product Data Management (PDM) systems. The company was facing problems with the lack of data management and data control access. The process of the implementation was smooth since the company is practically small and only have one computer-aided design (CAD) system. Three different stages were stablish to have the control of the implementation. The first stage was driven by the installation of the software, the second, the migration of data that still in progress and the third, the end user training that will be completed ones the data migration is complete. The implementation process had a great feedback and support by the employees. As a long term goal the company will be able to put in the market new products in less time, reduce design cycles and improve the product quality. After the last stage of implementation, the engineering team will be able to improve the efficiency significantly in the department. Key Terms ⎯ product data management; computer-aided design; PDM implementation; documentation process.