An approach to control collaborative processes in PLM systems

TL;DR

This paper analyzes issues in collaborative work within PLM systems and proposes an indicator-based approach to monitor and improve the efficiency of collaborative processes.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach using monitoring indicators to identify and mitigate collaboration barriers in PLM systems.

Findings

Identification of key problems in PLM-based collaboration

Proposal of indicator-based monitoring approach

Improved management of collaborative activities

Abstract

Companies that collaborate within the product development processes need to implement an effective management of their collaborative activities. Despite the implementation of a PLM system, the collaborative activities are not efficient as it might be expected. This paper presents an analysis of the problems related to the collaborative work using a PLM system. From this analysis, we propose an approach for improving collaborative processes within a PLM system, based on monitoring indicators. This approach leads to identify and therefore to mitigate the brakes of the collaborative work.