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includes technologies such as DMU (digital mock-up), immersive virtual
digital prototyping (virtual reality), and photorealistic imaging.
USER SKILLS
The broad array of solutions that make up the tools used within a PLM
solution set (e.g., CAD, CAM, CAx) were initially used by dedicated prac-
titioners who invested time and effort to gain the required skills. Designers
and engineers worked wonders with CAD systems; manufacturing engi-
neers became highly skilled CAM users; and analysts, administrators, and
managers fully mastered their support technologies. However, achieving
the full advantages of PLM requires the participation of many people of
various skills throughout an extended enterprise, each requiring the abil-
ity to access and operate on the inputs and output of other participants.
Despite the increased ease of use of PLM tools, cross-training all per-
sonnel on the entire PLM tool set has not proven to be practical. Now,
however, advances are being made to address ease of use for all partici-
pants within the PLM arena. One such advance is the availability of role-
specific user interfaces. Through tailorable user interfaces, the commands
that are presented to users are appropriate to their function and expertise.
These techniques include:
• Concurrent engineering workflow
• Industrial design
• Bottom-up design
• Top-down design
• Front-loading design workflow
• Design in context
• Modular design
• NPD new product development
• DFSS design for Six Sigma
• DFMA design for manufacture/assembly
• Digital simulation engineering
• Requirement-driven design
• Specification-managed validation
• Configuration management
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