Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Mass customization, small lot sizes, reduced cost, high variability of product types
and changing product portfolio are characteristics of modern manufacturing systems
during life cycle. A direct consequence of these characteristics is a more complex system and supply chain. Product lifecycle management (PLM) and model based system
engineering (MBSE) are tools which have been proposed and implemented to address
different aspects of this complexity and resulting challenges. Our previous work has
successfully implemented a MBSE model into a PLM platform. More specifically,
Pattern based system engineering (S* pattern) models of systems are integrated with
TEAMCENTER to link and interface system level with component level, and streamline the lifecycle across disciplines. The benefit of the implementation is two folded.
On one side it helps system engineers using system engineering models enable a shift
from learning how to model to implementing the model, which leads to more effective
systems definition, design, integration and testing. On the other side the PLM platform provides a reliable database to store legacy data for future use also track changes
during the entire process, including one of the most important tools that a systems
engineer needs which is an automatic report generation tool. In the current work, we
have configured a PLM platform (TEAMCENTER) to support automatic generation
of reports and requirements tables using a generic Oil Filter system lifecycle. There
are three tables that have been configured for automatic generation which are Feature definitions table, Detail Requirements table and Stakeholder Feature Attributes
table. These tables where specifically chosen as they describe all the requirements of the system and cover all physical behaviours the oil filter system shall exhibit during its physical interactions with external systems. The requirement tables represent
core content for a typical systems engineering report. With the help of the automatic
report generation tool, it is possible to prepare the entire report within one single
system, the PLM system, to ensure a single reliable data source for an organization.
Automatic generation of these contents can save the systems engineers time, avoid
duplicated work and human errors in report preparation, train future generation of
workforce in the lifecycle all the while encouraging standardized documents in an
organization.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IUPUI/oai:scholarworks.iupui.edu:1805/15094 |
| Date | 17 November 2017 |
| Creators | Gupta, Rajat |
| Contributors | El-Mounayri, Dr. Hazim, Agarwal, Dr. Mangilal, Li, Dr. Shuning |
| Source Sets | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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