產品資料管理(Product data management)是一種工程導向的資訊系統。PDM系統通常會利用工程變更請求(Engineering change request)、工程變更通知(Engineering change notice)以及工程變更控管工作流程(Engineering change control workflow)來開始細部產品設計階段。缺乏定義組態元件(configuration items)和設計變更控管工作流程的指導方針,是概念設計階段未能使用PDM的主要原因。在本研究中,我們提出一個概念設計的組態架構,以及發展一個適用於PDM的封閉式迴路的設計變更控管工作流程來輔助概念設計階段。
Product data management is an engineering oriented information system. Engineering change request, engineering change notice, and engineering change control workflow in a product data management system are usually utilized starting from the detail product design phase. Lack of guidelines to identify configuration items and design change control workflow is one of the major reasons for not using product data management system during conceptual design phase. In this paper, a conceptual design configuration framework is proposed , and a close-loop design change control workflow is developed for applying product data management to conceptual design phase.