PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT Muhamad Fazli Bin Abd Halim
Title: Product Lifecycle Management for Automotive Development Focusing on Supplier Integration Researcher: Prof. Dunbing Tang/ Dr Xiaoming Qian Publisher: ScienceDirect Available online: 27 August 2007 About
1. Introduction ● The automotive industry have been continuing to improve their development and management abilities by improve their ability to innovate, get products to market faster and reduce errors Product Lifecycle Management PLM is a bussiness strategy that link all information, people and processes that related to product from birth through end-of-life disposal
1.1 PLM In Automotive PLM for automotive development needs to include common product lifecycle phases from: a. Customer requirements definition b. Product design, simulation, analysis and production planning c. Manufacturing quality management d. Service and guaranty management
2. Supplier Integration for Automotive Development Supppliers frequently possess the greater depth of domain expertise that can lead to improvements in product design Supplier integration and involvement strives to create synergy through good communication and decisions making between OEM and Supplier
3. Collaboration Between Automotive OEM and Suppliers Integration of supplier into OEM process chain can be defined in two ways: a. Quasi-Supplier Integration: Join development efforts with suppliers interaction taking place only at certain times. b. Full Supplier Integration: OEM and Suppliers contribute and share resources each other
3.1 Types of Supplier Integration The preferable way of supplier integration is determined by 2 dimension: a. Development capability comparison between OEM and Supplier b. The maturity degree of product
4. Partnership Interface Between Automotive OEM and Suppliers 1. BOM-oriented partnership interface model
4. Partnership Interface Between Automotive OEM and Suppliers 2. Multilevel partnership interface model
5. PLM Framework and Tools Enabling Supplier Integration for Automotive Development
6. Case Study of Application PLM System by Nanjing-Fiat Nanjing Automotive Corporation Fiat Automobiles S.p.A
6.1 Nanjing-Fiat Solution Kit (NSK) What is NSK? NSK is a PLM System develop by Nanjing-Fiat for the Suppliers NSK is a web-based tool that can be used for the operation of the product How NSK Function? NSK enable the supplier integration into early OEM development process NF and supplier can work across functional and geography boundaries to improve efficiency and increase profit and reduce cost of operation and product price
The automotive industry required to improve its development strategy, increasing product innovation and complexity, and also emergence of new technology due to changing market demands and increasing level of customer awareness. Conclusions