Title :
An integrated system for simultaneous bid preparation
Author :
Krömker, Mathias ; Thoben, Klaus-Dieter ; Kebbel, Andreas ; Schönert, Hans Jürgen
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Ind. Technol. & Appl. Work Sci., Bremen Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Describes the development of an integrated system for simultaneous bid preparation for products tailor-made to customer specifications. The system has been implemented directly in the later user environment following prototyping approaches. Results of ESPRIT project no. 7131, BIDPREP, have been applied as a baseline. The paper outlines the work performed, describes the main results, reports experienced gained within two years of industrial use and evaluates the development approach as well as its use as a baseline for further projects such as the ESPRIT projects DECIDE and CSCCM
Keywords :
concurrent engineering; contracts; integrated software; marketing; marketing data processing; research initiatives; sales management; software prototyping; BIDPREP project; CSCCM project; DECIDE project; ESPRIT project no. 7131; concurrent engineering; customer specifications; industrial use; integrated system; one-of-a-kind production; prototyping; reference model; sales support system; simultaneous bid preparation; standard software; tailor-made products; user environment; Companies; Computer industry; Concurrent engineering; Context modeling; Design automation; Marketing and sales; Production planning; Production systems; Prototypes; Technology planning;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1997. Computational Cybernetics and Simulation., 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4053-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1997.633225
