Product/Service

Product Knowledge Management

Source: SDRC
Product Knowledge Management (PKM) describes how information is turned into actionable knowledge
Product Knowledge Management (PKM) describes how information is turned into actionable knowledge and made available effortlessly in a usable form to the people who can apply it. PKM encompasses a range of software and services that help facilitate innovation early in the design process by leveraging the knowledge inherent in systems and people. As such, the backbone of a powerful product development system is a mature, flexible product data management (PDM) system.

SDRC's PKM solutions help companies find the data stored throughout the enterprise with people, and in processes, documents, and repositories, and then transform that data and information into knowledge to propel the organization to new levels of competitive excellence.

Metaphase
Packaged, web-centric solutions to find, transform and leverage knowledge across the product lifecycle. Metaphase is built on a powerful enterprise infrastructure that is enhanced by the following components:

  • MetaDM™ - Metaphase Document Manager - identifies, captures, and controls dispersed documents created with multiple authoring tools.
  • MetaSMؑ, Metaphase Storage Manager, is the core of the Metaphase environment where product knowledge is safeguarded, synchronized, and backed-up.
  • MetaCM™, Metaphase Configuration Manager, combines engineering data, documents and parts information in product definitions that can be leveraged throughout every phase of the product lifecycle.
  • MetaChange™, the Metaphase Change Management functionality, addresses this essential part of configuration management.
  • MetaVPDM™, Metaphase Virtual Product Development Manager, replaces physical modeling with desktop visualization and test tools in a collaborative cross-discipline team environment.
  • SLATE™(System Level Automation Tool for Engineers) captures customer requirements right up front in the development process, actually redefining the traditional development model. It represents a "first of its kind" system-level engineering, product-oriented GroupWare that supports a team approach to system design.

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