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Bijwaard, J. B. R. M. Spee, [P.T. de](P.T. de) Boer  \nNationaal Lucht-en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium National Aerospace Laboratory NLR  \nNLR-TP-2000-313  \nEngineering workflow  \nThe process in product data technology  \nD.J.A. Bijwaard, J. B. R. M. Spee, [P.T. de](P.T. de) Boer  \nThis investigation has been carried out under a contract awarded by BAE SYSTEMS, contract number SPOS0191925, ammendment nr 2.  \nBAE SYSTEMS has granted NLR permission to publish this report.  \nThis report is based on a presentation held on the PDT Europe 2K, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands on 2-4 may 2000.  \nThe contents of this report may be cited on condition that full credit is given to NLR and the authors.  \nDivision: Information and Communication Technology  \nIssued: June 2000  \nClassification of title: unclasified  \n-2-  \nNLR-TP-2000-313  \nContents  \n1 Introduction 3  \n2 The need for Engineering Workflow 3  \n3 Example engineering workflow 3  \n4 Architecture of an Engineering Workflow Management System 5  \n4.1 Workflow templates 6  \n4.2 Workflow execution 7  \n5 Multi-site co-operation 8  \n6 Use of open standards 9  \n7 Conclusions 9  \n8 Acknowledgement 10  \n9 References 10  \n(10 pages in total)  \n-3-  \nNLR-TP-2000-313  \nEngineering Workflow The Process in Product Data Technology  \nD.J.A. Bijwaard, J. B. R. M. Spee, P.T. de Boer  \nNational Aerospace Laboratory NLR, P.O. Box 90502, 1006 BM AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands Fax:+31 20 511 3210 (central fax number) Tel:+31 20 511 3045 (direct) Mailto:bijwaard@nlr. nl  \n1 Introduction  \nThe prevailing paradigm for enterprises in the new decade is undoubtedly speed. This enterprise view is driven by the availability of e-business technology that enables new forms of collaboration between companies. The rapid developments in e-business also have an impact on the future of engineering organizations. This paper focuses on the early phases of a product’s life cycle, i.e. between initial concept and release to manufacturing. New engineering workflow capabilities are presented, that have been tailored to speed up the engineering of new products.  \n2 The need for Engineering Workflow  \nProduct Data Technology (PDT) plays an important role as an enabling technology for process support in engineering organizations. From its origin Product Data Management (PDM) systems offer functions for management of product data, product documentation, product structure, parts and components. Gradually this is extended with functionality for management of processes, programs and projects. In general though, the process management capabilities of PDM systems are limited to support repetitive procedures like document approval, and change orders. What is lacking in most PDM systems is support for the value-adding and often informal processes that are typical in early product engineering stages. In these processes, data type transformations are essential, and consistency management is crusial. Carrying a packet with all the different data items along with the process, like in PDM Workflow, makes it difficult to enforce this form of consistency.  \nSo-called workflow technology (WFT) is an alternative solution that would possibly provide process management support for product engineering. Workflow technology originated from business process reengineering initiatives, and has proven applications in office process automation. A typical workflow management system is capable of routing information on the basis of a predefined process, assigning the activities to appropriate persons in an organization, and starting the appropriate tools for activity execution. The limitation of WFT is that it offers only limited capabilities for iteration and working with candidate solutions for the same problem in the same process.  \nEngineering workflow is presented here as an enabler for better engineering processes. 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