Collaborative product development is crucial for extended enterprises in order to promote innovation facing market competitiveness. Co-design software platforms aim at facilitating companies networking to achieve common design goals. A successful cooperation depends on tools’ ability to effectively manage communication, data sharing in distributed teams and specific interaction requirements. In the context of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the integration of design and supply chains is not a trivial task. Their highly flexible organization makes difficult to manage multidisciplinary teamwork and advanced co-design software implementation. This paper presents a structured method for defining an innovative co-design platform for SMEs. System architecture can be defined by applying suitable metrics based on collaborative process characteristics in order to assess functionalities performance of available tools. Benchmarking is based on different levels of collaboration recognized in typical SMEs product development process. Correlation between process metrics, software functionalities and specific collaboration needs is managed by adopting quality function deployment (QFD) techniques.

A method to define a co-design platform to support cooperative work in SMEs / Germani, M; Mengoni, M; Peruzzini, Margherita. - ELETTRONICO. - (2009). (Intervento presentato al convegno The 6th International Product Lifecycle Management Conference tenutosi a Bath (UK) nel 6-8 July 2009).

A method to define a co-design platform to support cooperative work in SMEs

PERUZZINI, MARGHERITA
2009

Abstract

Collaborative product development is crucial for extended enterprises in order to promote innovation facing market competitiveness. Co-design software platforms aim at facilitating companies networking to achieve common design goals. A successful cooperation depends on tools’ ability to effectively manage communication, data sharing in distributed teams and specific interaction requirements. In the context of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the integration of design and supply chains is not a trivial task. Their highly flexible organization makes difficult to manage multidisciplinary teamwork and advanced co-design software implementation. This paper presents a structured method for defining an innovative co-design platform for SMEs. System architecture can be defined by applying suitable metrics based on collaborative process characteristics in order to assess functionalities performance of available tools. Benchmarking is based on different levels of collaboration recognized in typical SMEs product development process. Correlation between process metrics, software functionalities and specific collaboration needs is managed by adopting quality function deployment (QFD) techniques.
2009
The 6th International Product Lifecycle Management Conference
Bath (UK)
6-8 July 2009
Germani, M; Mengoni, M; Peruzzini, Margherita
A method to define a co-design platform to support cooperative work in SMEs / Germani, M; Mengoni, M; Peruzzini, Margherita. - ELETTRONICO. - (2009). (Intervento presentato al convegno The 6th International Product Lifecycle Management Conference tenutosi a Bath (UK) nel 6-8 July 2009).
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