Towards interacting systems in product lifecycle management

Abstract

One of the actual problems in product lifecycle management (PLM) is consideration of requirements from various systems. While a PLM system is focused on object interactions within a product, engineering for a product system requires interaction with other systems. This experience motivates research in integration of System of Systems (SoS) and PLM methodologies. In order to do the next step to include SoS specific features in the product model, this paper introduces a shift of PLM input interactions for product definition to the level of knowledge supported product functions. Application of the feature principle in product model construction helps the connection of systems.