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Information Recycling for Catalogs

Asked on May 10 2007 11:54:42:000AM

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Dear Mr. Amann, Several PLM suppliers highlight the reuse potential of manufacturing information. Have you seen any case of manufacturing information reuse for preparation of customer manuals? Thank you

Andre Iguti, SJC, NA
AManufacturing information can be reused for customer manuals primarily for service and maintenance. For example, manufacturing information includes how a product will be assembled. That information can be used to define how a customer or service person would disassemble a section of the product in order to perform both routine and unexpected service or repair on a product. It can also be used to define the parts needed for service or maintenance.

Regards,

Ken

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Kenneth B. Amann

Director of Research, CIMdata Inc

A graduate of Georgia Tech, Mr. Amann has 35 years of experience researching and working with Product Lifecycle Management and Product Data Management architectures, as well as developing computer-based engineering applications and document / information management systems. Mr. Amann has held senior positions in PLM marketing, development, and consulting. His experience includes evaluating corporate engineering and manufacturing operations, managing PLM programs, recommending collaborative and concurrent engineering and product information management solutions, implementing PLM solutions, and developing and evaluating requests for proposals. Prior to joining CIMdata, Mr. Amann was the managing director for PricewaterhouseCoopers' Technology Leadership Group, where he conducted research into and evaluated emerging PLM technologies and vendor products based on these technologies.
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