Business strategy and the role of engineering product data management: A literature review and summary of the emerging research questions

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-218

  Harris, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Engineering data management (EDM) strategy; Information systems strategy; Product data management (PDM) strategy; Research issues

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS STRATEGY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS STRATEGY; MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS; PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT;

MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 0029696701     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/pime_proc_1996_210_110_02     Document Type: Review

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