A Web-based PLM system research and implementation in a collaborative product development environment

A conceptual PLM system architecture which contains a product modeling framework and an information infrastructure is proposed in this paper. The product modeling framework consists of a product information modeling architecture, a workflow modeling architecture and the extended enterprise resource modeling architecture. A multidisciplinary collaborative design method based on the product modeling framework over Internet is discussed, and a J2EE standards based and multi-agents based information system infrastructure is presented in order to achieve the collaborative product development. Finally, a PLM prototype system is implemented based on B/S scheme and the proposed conceptual PLM system architecture, and primary ideas have been validated