Product Lifecycle Management for collaborative engineering and manufacturing in the aerospace industry

This paper reports on the experiences and lessons learned from the implementation of a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tool at MTU Aero Engines that addresses the increasing demand for richer and faster communication in product development and manufacturing both within one company and between different worldwide partners and locations in the aerospace industry. The requirements for the tool are outlined, the implementation approach is presented and the experiences and lessons learned are discussed from the collaborative engineering and manufacturing standpoints.