产品数据管理和工作流管理的集成

面对日趋激烈的商业竞争环境，如何缩短产品研发和制造周期，尽快地将其投放市场，人们需要的是更加综合化、集成化的战略解决方案。产品数据管理（PDM）和工作流管理（WFM）作为两大管理技术，在目前世界上已相当热门且得到了飞速发展和应用。本文在此基础上研究了产品数据管理工作流管理的集成，并提出了一种服务于产品整个生命周期的产品数据支持的哲理。

The Integration of Product Data Management and Workflow Management

In order to reduce the cycle of product development and manufacturing and put product into the market as soon as possible in such a drastic commerce competition environment,a more synthetic and integrative strategic solution is required. In this paper, the integration of product data management (PDM)and workfow management(WFM), the two quickly developed management technology,are investigated, and a philosophy for the support of product data throughout the full development and production lifecycle is proposed.