Engineering data management

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The Engineering Data Management ( EDM ) includes the holistic, structured and consistent management of all processes and data existing in the development of new or when changing products, the so-called. Engineering , throughout their life cycle traffic.

Engineering data management systems

EDM systems serve as a supporting network or platform: The electronic application systems required during product development (e.g. CAx applications, office applications , PPS systems , NC robots) are integrated into an overall system via interfaces . The product-relevant information and company data are defined, generated, processed, controlled, distributed and saved or stored.

Possible data and documents that are managed by EDM systems are: product configurations (e.g. parts lists ), CAD models and drawings, any type of document in electronic and non-electronic form, image files , NC programs , project and work plans.

Software centralization and new definitions

Because the majority of these are documents of various forms, the term "engineering data management system (EDMS)" has recently been increasingly replaced by the term "engineering document management system (EDMS)" (cf. the glossary of the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering and Organization ), whereby the term data management goes beyond pure document management.

Many current document management systems already contain more extensive functionalities (such as the groupware IBM / Lotus Notes), which is why the terminology generally used here in IT is generally moving in the direction of enterprise content management systems . Document management systems have also recently found their way into the enterprise resource planning systems (in the explanation of the document management system of the ERP software SAP R / 3 Enterprise there is, for example, a clear reference to the CAx Solutions), d. H. here, too, there is a clear centralization.

Other terms

A similar term that has developed from engineering data management is so-called product data management or product data management.

Other terms for engineering data management, some of which are already outdated, are also: Engineering Database (EDB), Technical Information System (TIS), Drawing Management System (ZVS).

literature

  • P. Stahlknecht, U. Hasenkamp: Introduction to business informatics . 11th edition. Springer, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-540-01183-8 .
  • Eigner, Hiller, Schindewolf, Schmich: Engineering Database - Strategic component in CIM concepts . 1st edition. Hanser, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-446-16438-3 .

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