A Proposal for a Standard With Innovation Management System

Stelian-Cornel Florica and George Draghici
reducing the disadvantages mentioned, because some platforms PDM are much easier to use and to
manage and the search of any document is made much easier.
Existing standardized market structures do not allow the introduction of other resources or software,
or their cooperation with individual structures. To solve these problems, it is necessary to create a
platform for integrated product design and manufacturing, using different systems for effective
management as the product life cycle.
Increasing efficiency for software and hardware, this will change the user's working habits. In
particular, increased memory capacity gives the result of a huge volume of stored data. On the other
hand, however, modern user is highly concentrated to use backup data. Consequently, a large
number of versions are recorded and stored in a project in order to ensure continuous data
availability, in case if this information is needed again. In addition, identical data are often stored
redundantly on different servers.
A unified PLM architecture eliminates problems associated with these integration methods for all
applications that are delivered as components of the overall framework. Within the application suite
delivered as part of unified architecture solutions, information created in one module or function is
immediately visible and available in all other modules without additional data entry or transformation.
(Paviot, 2010)
The main elements of PLM concept are: people, technology, processes and practices, all combined in
Virtual Design, Virtual Prototyping, Virtual Manufacturing, etc.
Virtual Design – refers to design and graphical representation of physical objects with computer in a
virtual environment. Using existing CAD applications, it can help to develop new products, according
to the requirements imposed by the client or by the market. These applications allow real-time
collaborative development of products, by project teams with experts from various fields and
locations, the communication between team members for the rapid determination of the errors, design
problems and also to decrease the time for launching a product.
Main advantages are:
� easy modeling of complex shapes;
� cost reduction for repetitive redesign;
� Increasing model quality.
Figure 4: Virtual design process
Virtual Prototyping – Digital simulation of product behavior occurs in a controlled environment, mainly
using finite element analysis methods, but the product can be analyzed for other various applications,
such as: static, dynamic, modal (vibration ), nonlinear analysis, high-speed impact, thermal analysis,
fluid flow, etc.
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