Collaborative engineering with OEM customers in the new age of information and communication technologies

摘要

The collaboration between component suppliers and their OEM customers is not just to sell the finished components on order. They are rather going into strategic partnership, which means tight collaboration through whole life cycle of products from supply chain management, to engineering and services. The basis for tight collaboration is the agreement on processes, communication and exchange of valuable product information. This paper presents an approach focusing on collaborative engineering supported with advanced information and communication technologies. A showcase of electrical system engineering for an OEM utilizing the Industrial" concept is described.