ASAP approche orientée : services pour un support agile et flexible des processus de conception de produit dans les systèmes PLM

To cope with market dynamic and shortened time to market, industrial companies need toimplement an effective management of their design processes (DPs) and product information.Unfortunately, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems which are dedicated to support designactivities are not efficient as it might be expected. Indeed, DPs are changing, emergent and nondeterministic, due to the business environment under which they are carried out. The aim of this workis to propose an alternative approach for flexible process support within PLM systems to facilitate thecoupling with the environment reality. The purpose of a support system is to accelerate the process byautomating the notification and dispatching of information and activities between actors. It also allowsto keep track of transactions and decisions made and to increase processes standardization. Our goal isto propose a solution which allows process change at run-time without having to redefine and restartthe whole of process activities. To achieve this, we proposed an approach based on service-orientedarchitectures (SOA). These architectures allow defining modular applications, using loosly coopledservices. They are mainly exploited for software systems and Web development. Our goal is to declinesuch architectures at the business level of a company in order to perform flexible DPs deploymentbased on services reuse and composition. We propose an identification approach for business levelservices (product design services) and functional PLM services. These services are organized in twocatalogs of business and functional services. Our approach is based on Model Driven Approach withthree levels which propose alignment mechanisms between business, functional and technical levels.These alignment mechanisms between levels allow integrating change and automating design processdeployment.La dynamique de l’offre et de la demande des produits manufacturiers ainsi que leraccourcissement de leurs cycles de vie obligent les entreprises industrielles à se doter de processus dedéveloppement produit dynamiques et agiles. Nos travaux se positionnement sur le supportinformatisé de ces processus de développement qui sont actuellement gérés par les systèmes PLM.L’objectif d’un support informatisé est d’accélérer le processus en automatisant la notification et ladiffusion des informations. Il permet également de garder trace des opérations et décisions effectuéeset d’accroître la standardisation des processus. Face à la rigidité des solutions actuellement proposéespour gérer les processus vis-à-vis des modifications survenant dans le processus, notre objectif est deproposer une approche permettant de modifier un processus en cours d’exécution sans devoir leredéfinir et le relancer dans son ensemble. Pour y parvenir, nous avons proposé, une approche quidécline une orientation services inspirée des architectures orientées services (SOA). Ces architecturespermettent de définir des applications modulaires, en utilisant des services faiblement couplés. Notreobjectif est de décliner une telle architecture exploitée essentiellement pour les systèmes logiciels et leWeb, au niveau métier de l’entreprise afin de modéliser et d’exécuter de manière flexible desprocessus de conception de produits par composition de services réutilisables. Nous proposons unedémarche d'identification des services du domaine métier des processus de conception produit et dudomaine fonctionnel du PLM. Ces services sont organisés dans deux catalogues de services métiers etfonctionnels. Notre approche s'inscrit dans le cadre de l'Ingénierie Dirigée par les Modèles (IDM) avecune architecture de réference à trois niveaux et des mécanismes d’alignement entre les niveaux métier,fonctionnel et logiciel. Ces mécanismes d'alignement entre les niveaux permettent d’intégrerl’évolution et d'automatiser le déploiement d’un processus de conception du niveau métier auxniveaux fonctionnel et logiciel

Une approche générique pour l'adaptation dynamique des IHM au contexte

National audienceLes contextes d'usage se diversifient. Il devient alors nécessaire d'adapter les Interfaces Homme-Machine (IHM) au contexte. Dans cet article, nous adoptons une approche basée sur les modèles pour l'adaptation des IHM au contexte. Notre approche s'appuie sur une spécification générique et adaptable des modèles de tâches. Cette spécification considère simultanément les similarités et les variations exis-tantes entre différents contextes d'utilisation d'une même application. De tels modèles sont ensuite ajus-tés par transformation de modèles à l'instar de l'Ingénierie Dirigée par les Modèles (IDM), à la situation d'utilisation

Deployment of business functions in PLM solutions

La dynamique de l’offre et de la demande des produits manufacturiers ainsi que leraccourcissement de leurs cycles de vie obligent les entreprises industrielles à se doter de processus dedéveloppement produit dynamiques et agiles. Nos travaux se positionnement sur le supportinformatisé de ces processus de développement qui sont actuellement gérés par les systèmes PLM.L’objectif d’un support informatisé est d’accélérer le processus en automatisant la notification et ladiffusion des informations. Il permet également de garder trace des opérations et décisions effectuéeset d’accroître la standardisation des processus. Face à la rigidité des solutions actuellement proposéespour gérer les processus vis-à-vis des modifications survenant dans le processus, notre objectif est deproposer une approche permettant de modifier un processus en cours d’exécution sans devoir leredéfinir et le relancer dans son ensemble. Pour y parvenir, nous avons proposé, une approche quidécline une orientation services inspirée des architectures orientées services (SOA). Ces architecturespermettent de définir des applications modulaires, en utilisant des services faiblement couplés. Notreobjectif est de décliner une telle architecture exploitée essentiellement pour les systèmes logiciels et leWeb, au niveau métier de l’entreprise afin de modéliser et d’exécuter de manière flexible desprocessus de conception de produits par composition de services réutilisables. Nous proposons unedémarche d'identification des services du domaine métier des processus de conception produit et dudomaine fonctionnel du PLM. Ces services sont organisés dans deux catalogues de services métiers etfonctionnels. Notre approche s'inscrit dans le cadre de l'Ingénierie Dirigée par les Modèles (IDM) avecune architecture de réference à trois niveaux et des mécanismes d’alignement entre les niveaux métier,fonctionnel et logiciel. Ces mécanismes d'alignement entre les niveaux permettent d’intégrerl’évolution et d'automatiser le déploiement d’un processus de conception du niveau métier auxniveaux fonctionnel et logiciel.To cope with market dynamic and shortened time to market, industrial companies need toimplement an effective management of their design processes (DPs) and product information.Unfortunately, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems which are dedicated to support designactivities are not efficient as it might be expected. Indeed, DPs are changing, emergent and nondeterministic, due to the business environment under which they are carried out. The aim of this workis to propose an alternative approach for flexible process support within PLM systems to facilitate thecoupling with the environment reality. The purpose of a support system is to accelerate the process byautomating the notification and dispatching of information and activities between actors. It also allowsto keep track of transactions and decisions made and to increase processes standardization. Our goal isto propose a solution which allows process change at run-time without having to redefine and restartthe whole of process activities. To achieve this, we proposed an approach based on service-orientedarchitectures (SOA). These architectures allow defining modular applications, using loosly coopledservices. They are mainly exploited for software systems and Web development. Our goal is to declinesuch architectures at the business level of a company in order to perform flexible DPs deploymentbased on services reuse and composition. We propose an identification approach for business levelservices (product design services) and functional PLM services. These services are organized in twocatalogs of business and functional services. Our approach is based on Model Driven Approach withthree levels which propose alignment mechanisms between business, functional and technical levels.These alignment mechanisms between levels allow integrating change and automating design processdeployment

Tiered services approach for improvement of business processes flexibility in PLM systems

Companies collaborating to develop new products need to implement an effective management of their design processes. Unfortunately, PLM systems, dedicated to support design activities are not efficient as it might be expected. Design processes are changing, emergent and non deterministic whereas PLM systems based on workflow technology don't support process flexibility. The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of existing approaches and perspectives which deal with business process (BP) flexibility. From this analysis, we propose an approach for improving PLM systems flexibility based on services technology. Unlike existing approaches, the proposed one deal with a service-oriented perspectives rather than an activity-oriented one

A service-oriented approach for flexible process support within enterprises: application on PLM systems

International audienceManufacturing industries collaborating to develop new products need to implement an effective management of their design processes (DPs) and product information. Unfortunately, product lifecycle management (PLM) systems which are dedicated to support design activities are not efficient as it might be expected. Indeed, DPs are changing, emergent and non deterministic, due to the business environment under which they are carried out. PLM systems are currently based on workflow technology which does not support process agility. So, needs in terms of process support flexibility are necessary to facilitate the coupling with the environment reality. Furthermore, service-oriented approaches (SOA) enhances flexibility and adaptability of composed solutions. Systems based on SOA have the ability to inherently being evolvable. So, we can say that SOA can promote a support of flexible DPs. The aim of this work is to propose an alternative approach for flexible process support within PLM systems. The objective is to specify, design and implement business processes (BPs) in a very flexible way so that business changes can rapidly be considered in PLM solutions. Unlike existing approaches, the proposed one deal with a service-oriented perspectives rather than an activity-oriented one

Business Process Flexibility in Service Composition: Experiment Using a PLM-Based Scenario

In recent years, service oriented systems that compose services in a loosely coupled manner, have emerged as a new paradigm to provide automated support for business processes. These process based composition and their support need to survive in a highly volatile environments under which the business operations are subject to continuous changes. Consequently, many approaches have been proposed to address the issue of flexibility support in business process enactment in order to facilitate the coupling with the business reality. However, it remains a challenge for researchers. In this paper we provide some requirements for process flexibility in the context of service composition and analyses existing approaches in workflow domain and in AI planification domain against these requirements. Some perspectives are addressed based on a practical experiment conducted with these approaches

Support of Business Processes Flexibility in PLM Systems Using a Services-based Approach

International audienceIndustrial companies collaborating to develop new products need to implement an effective management of their design processes and product information. Unfortunately, PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) systems which are dedicated to support design activities are not efficient as it might be expected. Indeed, design processes are changing, emergent and non deterministic whereas PLM systems, based on workflow technology, don't support process flexibility. So, needs in terms of process support flexibility are necessary to facilitate the coupling with the business reality. Furthermore, Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) enhances flexibility and adaptability of composed solutions. Systems based on SOA have the ability to inherently being evolvable. This paper proposes an approach to deal with business process flexibility in PLM systems by making profiles from SOA. The objective is to specify, design and implement business processes in a very flexible way so that business changes are rapidely considered in PLM solutions

Approche services multi-niveaux pour une gestion flexible de processus métiers

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Support of product design processes flexibility in PLM systems using a service-based approach

International audienceIndustrial companies collaborating to develop new products need to implement an effective management of their design processes and product information. Unfortunately, PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) systems, which are dedicated to support product design activities, are not efficient as it might be expected. Indeed, product design processes are continuously changing, are sometimes emergent and non deterministic whereas PLM systems, based on workflow technology, don't support process flexibility. Needs in terms of process support flexibility are necessary to facilitate the coupling with the business enactment. Furthermore, Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) enhances flexibility and adaptability of composed solutions. Systems based on SOA have the ability to inherently being evolvable. This paper proposes an approach to deal with product design process flexibility in PLM systems by making profiles from SOA. The objective is to specify, design and implement product design processes in a very flexible way so that business changes are rapidly considered in PLM solutions

Distributed Collaborative Design: Analysis of a Student Experience

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