A unified product structure management for enterprise business process integration throughout the product lifecycle

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1757-1776

  He, W ^a   Ming, X G ^b   Ni, Q F ^c   Lu, W F ^a   Lee, B H ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d BLC Solutions Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Business process management; Enterprise process integration; Product data management; Product lifecycle management; Product structure management

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SALES; SCHEDULING;

BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT; ENTERPRISE PROCESS INTEGRATION; PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 33744997190     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500445453     Document Type: Article

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