Towards and integrated enterprise model: Combining product life cycle support with project management

International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-63

  Jin, Xinming ^a   Koskela, Lauri ^b   King, Timothy M ^c  

^a Thales Optics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LSC Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrated product model; Interoperability; Life cycle view; Product life cycle support; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247593754     PISSN: 17435110     EISSN: 17435129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPLM.2007.012874     Document Type: Article

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