Chapter 5: Interoperability and Security Issues

Title: Conception of Architecture to Support Item-specific Product Information Management

Author(s): Karl A. Hribernik, Lutz Rabe, Robertino Solanas, Klaus-Dieter Thoben

Address: BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH Hochschulring 20, 28359 Bremen, Germany | BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH Hochschulring 20, 28359 Bremen, Germany | BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH Hochschulring 20, 28359 Bremen, Germany | BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH Hochschulring 20, 28359 Bremen, Germany

Reference: International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management 2008 pp. 341 - 351

Abstract/Summary: Management of item-specific product information aims to enable or improve decision making processes along the entire lifecycle of a product. A product lifecycle can be characterized by three phases Beginning-of-Life (BOL), including design and production, Middle-of-Life (MOL), including use, and services and End-of-Life (EOL), including disassembly, reuse, refurbishing and finally disposal. Although a number of approaches for managing itemspecific information are existent it seems to be a rather complex task to apply one of these approaches into a real world scenario. This is mainly because the applicability of these approaches very much depends on the type of item to be tracked and the individual interests in utilizing related item specific information. This paper intends to present a concept of a generic IT architecture to support tem-specific Product Information Management.

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