Thesis
A framework to support the implementation of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) on Engineer to Order (ETO) products
- Creator
- Rights statement
- Awarding institution
- University of Strathclyde
- Date of award
- 2020
- Thesis identifier
- T15671
- Person Identifier (Local)
- 201167074
- Qualification Level
- Qualification Name
- Department, School or Faculty
- Abstract
- This thesis presents the first ever framework for implementing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) within high value Engineering to Order (ETO) programmes. It describes the PLM related challenges in large-scale, complex, long-life, no prototype, highly customised, one-off or few of kind ETO products compared to other product types such as Make to Stock (MTS), Make to Order (MTO) or Assemble to Order (ATO). It highlights that the scale, complexity, uncertainty, long-lifecycle, maturity management and an inability to prototype ETO products results in significant challenges necessitating a tailored approach to PLM Implementation. The framework has been developed using a qualitative methodology based on the thematic analysis of 27 semi-structured interviews, and 1 pilot interview. The participants were senior personnel from 11 ETO organisations in the UK, France, Australia, USA and Canada. Each of the themes in the framework is described in information, process, people and technology subsections within the main section of objectives, challenges and enablers. The themes were developed using a qualitative methodology which enabled the grouping of interview responses allowing the related key points from the interviews to be described. To provide an audit trail to support the truthfulness of the findings, each key point was referenced to the transcribed responses. The results of this preparation supported the development of the findings as each theme and related key points could be easily identified and described. The validation and evaluation used a questionnaire to ask selected participants from ETO products for their opinion on statements related to the framework. There were 19 evaluation participants who were selected from 7 ETO organisations. The responses to the questionnaire statements and the comments supported the objectives of the questionnaire for quality, structure and versatility with the majority (95%) of the responses either agreeing or strongly agreeing with the statements.
- Advisor / supervisor
- Whitfield, Ian
- Resource Type
- Note
- Previously held under moratorium from 1st September 2020 until 2nd September 2024.
- DOI
- Date Created
- 2020
- Former identifier
- 9912910491202996
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