1. Product lifecycle management through innovative and competitive business environmentValentina Gečevska, Paolo Chiabert, Zoran Anišić, Franco Lombardi, Franc Čuš, 2010, published scientific conference contribution Abstract: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the process of managing the whole life cycle of a product starting from generating an idea, concept description, business analyzes, product design and solution architecture and technical implementation, to the successful entrance to the market, service, maintenance and product improvement. At present, a wide range of stakeholders including consumers, regulators, shareholders and public bodies are demanding that companies address product management through all life cycle in a more comprehensive and sustainable way. However, even if a company actually wishes innovate its processes for improving the way to account for project management, it will face relevant difficulties to deal with different guidelines, tools and methods currently addressing the matter from various points of view. The purpose of this paper is to review literature on PLM from an operational point of view with the objective to help companies to answer to the main market needs. Keywords: product lifecycle management, business process, competitiveness Published in DKUM: 04.08.2017; Views: 1516; Downloads: 390 Full text (241,81 KB) This document has many files! More... |
2. Advances in production and industrial engineering2017, scientific monograph Abstract: This publication, scientific monograph, offers comprehensive chapter series from scientific researchers conducted by regional authors, authorities in the fields and summarizes the principal scientific contributions. The chapters deal with range topics from optimization techniques in production development, quality in production processes, product and process development, technologies for business development and factors of social and economic development. Edited by two editors with contributions from chapters’ authors, this scientific monograph presents advanced topics for students, educators and practitioners. The editors would like to thank all chapters’ authors for devoting of the research results and expertise with the great enthusiasm. We encourage all of them to continue successful highly valuable cooperation, between Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maribor and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. Keywords: mechanical engineering, production management, manufacturing, artificial intelligence, process development, economic development Published in DKUM: 19.07.2017; Views: 1548; Downloads: 392 Full text (8,32 MB) This document has many files! More... |
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4. Optimiranje značilnih parametrov frezanja z uporabo razvojne tehnike optimizacije jate delcevUroš Župerl, Franc Čuš, Valentina Gečevska, 2007, original scientific article Abstract: Izbira rezalnih parametrov je najpomembnejši korak pri postopku načrtovanja proizvodnje, zato izdelamo novo tehniko razvojnega računanja za optimiranje procesa odrezovanja. V prispevku je uporabljena tehnika, ki oponaša dinamiko delcev v velikih skupinah (optimizacija PSO), za učinkovito in simultano optimiranje postopkov frezanja. V omenjenih postopkih smo soočeni s problemom več ciljnih dejavnikov. Najprej uporabimo umetno nevronsko mrežo (UNM) za napovedovanje rezalnih sil, nato z algoritmom PSO pridobimo optimalno rezalno hitrost in podajanja. Cilj optimizacije je, ob upoštevanju omejitev, določiti ekstrem ciljne funkcije (napovedna površina največjih sil). Med optimizacijo delci, s svojo inteligenco, letijo po prostoru rešitev in iščejo optimalne rezalne pogoje po strategiji algoritma PSO. Rezultati pokažejo, da je integriran sistem nevronskih mrež in kolektivne inteligence učinkovita metoda pri reševanju večciljnih optimizacijskih problemov. Njena velika učinkovitost na širokem območju rezalnih parametrov potrjuje, da sistem lahko praktično uporabimo v proizvodnji. Rezultati simulacij nakazujejo, da predlagan algoritem v primerjavi z rodovnimi algoritmi (GA) in simulacijskim (SA) ohlajanjem lahko poveča natančnost rešitve in konvergenco postopka. Nova tehnika razvojnega računanja ima nekoliko prednosti ter koristi in je primerna za uporabo v kombinaciji z modeli na osnovi umetnih nevronskih vezij, pri katerih niso na voljo izrecne relacije med vhodi in izhodi. Raziskava odpre vrata na področju obdelave z odrezovanjem za nov razred optimizacijskih tehnik, ki slonijo na razvojnem računanju. Keywords: odrezovanje, končno frezanje, rezalni parametri, nevronske mreže, razvojne tehnike, optimizacija jate delcev, cutting, end-milling, cutting parameters, neural networks, evolution techniques, particle swarm optimization Published in DKUM: 10.07.2015; Views: 1625; Downloads: 40 Link to full text |
5. Lean PLM - information technology strategy for innovative and sustainable business environmentValentina Gečevska, Ivica Veža, Franc Čuš, Zoran Anišić, Nedeljko Stefanic, 2012, original scientific article Abstract: In today's process manufacturing environment, innovation is viewed as critical to sustainable growth and business profitability. While innovation is regarded as the answer, the companies can effectively measure the return on R&D investment, have acceptable product success rates, achieve acceptable promotional effectiveness, or have visibility into their compliance risks or operational readiness for new product launches. Companies must have repeatable, compliant and responsive business processes, global ICT information infrastructure that provides a single source of the truth, alignment across departments and solutions that evolve without coding. With holistic strategy and supporting infrastructure, companies can consistently minimize the time to scale, improve product success rates and promotional effectiveness, and enjoy sustainable and profitable growth. The companies must first focus on the needs of their customer, continually minimize time to scale, eliminate waste, drive out costs and improve. These are core concepts of a Lean strategy. This paper will describe how Lean concept with PLM business strategy can leverage Lean with integrated compliance, continual improvement and other PLM best practices to increase the return on R&D investments and provide sustainable and profitable growth for business processes mainly manufacturing processes. The purpose of this paper is to review PLM approach linked to Lean concepts in order to achieve sustainable and innovative business environment with profitable growth. Keywords: življensjki cikel izdelka, lean koncept, inovacije Published in DKUM: 10.07.2015; Views: 1163; Downloads: 35 Link to full text |
6. Sustainable business solutions through lean product lifecycle managementValentina Gečevska, Nedeljko Stefanic, Ivica Veža, Franc Čuš, 2012, original scientific article Abstract: In today's process manufacturing environment, innovation is viewed as critical to sustainable growth and business profitability. While open innovation is regarded as the answer, the companies can effectively measure the return on R&D investment, have acceptable product success rates, achieve acceptable promotional effectiveness, or have visibility into their compliance risks or operational readiness for new product launches. While open innovation is an actual topic, capitalizing on the opportunity requires holistic strategy, not just increased collaboration. Companies must have repeatable, compliant and responsive business processes, global information infrastructure that provides a single source of the truth, alignment across departments and solutions that evolve without coding. With holistic strategy and supporting infrastructure, companies can consistently minimize the time to scale, improve product success rates and promotional effectiveness, and enjoy sustainable and profitable growth. With open innovation providing unlimited opportunities, the company should start to identify the best open innovation opportunity and deliver top and bottom line of the company's benefits. The companies must first focus on the needs of their customer, continually minimize time to scale, eliminate waste, drive out costs and improve. These are core concepts of a Lean strategy. This paper will describe how Lean concept with PLM business strategy can leverage Lean with integrated compliance, continual improvement and other PLM best practices to increase the return on R&D investments and provide sustainable and profitable growth for business processes mainly manufacturing processes. The purpose of this paper is to review PLM approach linked to Lean concepts in order to achieve sustainable and innovative business processes with sustainable and profitable growth. Keywords: PLM, business solution, lean PLM, sustainable business process Published in DKUM: 01.06.2012; Views: 1876; Downloads: 35 Link to full text |
7. Enterprise : performance and business processesValentina Gečevska, Franc Čuš, Radmil Polenakovik, Paolo Chabert, 2011, original scientific article Abstract: This article proposes a scenario of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), as a innovative business strategy based on the analysis of business drivers, industry requirements, limit of current solution, and recent state-of-the-art review in the domain related to PLM. Potential industrial impact of the developed PLM technology solutions is analyzed. It is hoped that the proposed PLM technology solutions will form the frontier basis for further research, development, and application of PLM systems to quickly adapt to the dynamic changing market for industry companies to pursue the most advanced competitiveness. This article presents a process oriented framework to support effective PLM implementation with a set of lifecycle oriented business process reference models which links the necessary fundamental concepts, enterprise knowledge and software solutions to effectively deploy PLM. Keywords: Product Lifecycle Management, PLM, innovation, business processes, technology Published in DKUM: 01.06.2012; Views: 2588; Downloads: 39 Link to full text |
8. Product lifecycle management with knowledge management as a strategic approach for innovative enterprise environmentValentina Gečevska, Borut Buchmeister, Zoran Anišić, Bojan Lalić, 2010, original scientific article Abstract: Process planning knowledge (PPK) is one of the most important knowledge in production manufacturing enterprise. This paper analyzes the PPK and the concept of process planning information model (PPIM) implemented in production enterprise. In second part of the paper, there is done the basic information about PLM concept as a business strategy for product development where are included PPK and PPIM approaches, strategy which offer possibilities for innovation. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the process of managing the whole life cycle of a product starting from generating an idea, concept description, business analyzes, product design, solution architecture and technical implementation, to the successful entrance to the market, service, maintenance and innovative product improvement. Keywords: process planning, knowledge management, product lifecycle management Published in DKUM: 31.05.2012; Views: 1949; Downloads: 37 Link to full text |
9. Intelligent process planning for competitive engineeringValentina Gečevska, Franc Čuš, 2010, original scientific article Abstract: Process planning is one of the key activities for product design and manufacturing. The impact of process plans on all phases of product design and manufacture requires high level of interaction of different activities and close integration of them into a coherent system. This paper presents a process model of product development with manufacturing approach based on intelligent process planning techniques with focus on optimal selection of manufacturing parameters. Some derivations of the computing model for analysis of machining conditions by optimal determination of the cutting parameters in multi-pass NC machining activities are made with implementation of new evolutionary computation techniques. Genetic Algorithm (GA) based optimization method and deterministic optimization method (DO) are developed and then implementations into real manufacturing process planning for new product developed are analyzed. The results showed that both the developed optimization methods (GA and DO), especially GA, are effective methods for solving multi-objective optimization problems during the manufacturing process planning and cutting parameters selection. Keywords: genetic algorithm, intelligent manufacturing systems, process planning Published in DKUM: 31.05.2012; Views: 2083; Downloads: 42 Link to full text |