Title: Product lifecycle management in the cottage industry: development of software for the zellige sector

Authors: Aberkane Mohammed Saad; Farhane Youness

Addresses: Laboratory of Intelligent Systems Georesources and Renewable Energies, Faculty of Science and Technology Fez, University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Morocco ' Laboratory of Intelligent Systems Georesources and Renewable Energies, National School of Applied Studies Fez, University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Morocco

Abstract: Our article revolves around the theme of the establishment of product lifecycle management within the zellige sector. So, we try to follow a three step approach. Firstly, we aim to identify the problem where technology can intervene, namely the cutting problem. Secondly, we propose an algorithm to solve it. Thirdly, we transform this algorithm into software that will play the role of PLM within the zellige sector. Thus, the software will help the customer to choose a decoration and he must provide the surface S to decorate in m². After this, the software tries to filter the shapes making up the decoration chosen and finally it will present the combinations between the shapes of the same colour. The results are the number of tiles that must be produced following the combinations proposed according to the surface presented and the number of shapes that must be added to the stock.

Keywords: product lifecycle management; PLM; waste; software; cutting; zellige; combinations; stock.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPLM.2023.133603

International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, 2023 Vol.15 No.1, pp.68 - 88

Received: 16 May 2022
Received in revised form: 10 Oct 2022
Accepted: 22 Nov 2022
Published online: 25 Sep 2023 *

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