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Selecting A PDM System For A PLM Environment - Lessons Learned
Rick Mihelic
Engineering Manager
Peterbilt Motors Co.
Initiating a corporate-wide effort to modernize your PDM system can be daunting. This case study will cover an on-going effort to migrate from individual legacy Division-centric PDM silos to a Corporate-centric PDM system capable of supporting a PLM implementation. This session will discuss how starting from a simple need to upgrade to a new version of CAD software at one Division turned into a multi-year effort to evaluate and implement a PLM system for a worldwide Corporation, and the lessons, challenges and compromises learned along the way. The session will provide an overview of interoperability issues one large corporation faces and recommendations to the PLM vendors to facilitate adoption.
Twenty-seven years experience in engineering and project management including 15 years in commercial vehicle development working for Peterbilt and 12 years in Department of Defense, NASA and Department of Energy development programs working for Lockheed. Currently directing aerodynamics development and managing computer aided engineering infrastructure and strategic planning including CAE software application development, FEA and CFD analysis, CAD Systems and Specifications.
Peterbilt Motors Company, A Division of PACCAR
Engineering Systems Manager - Application Development & Engineering Infrastructure
Development Engineering Manager - New Model
Engineer & Lead Engineer - Two New Model Launches
Lockheed Missiles & Space Company & Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Company
Lead Systems Engineer - Superconducting Super Collider National Laboratory
Engineering Manager - NASA Ames Space Life Sciences Support - 5 Shuttle Missions
Lead Engineer - Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Proposal Team
Lead Engineer - Trident Reentry Flight Test Vehicles
Engineer - Trident Missile Systems Ground Support Equipment
(Professional societies, books or technical papers, honorary degrees)
Bachelor of Science In Mechanical Engineering, University of Portland, 1982
Masters of Science In Engineering Management, Southern Methodist University, 1998
Member Society of Automotive Engineers, SAE, since 1994
SAE Paper 2003-01-3402, A Systems Approach For The Evolving Nature Of Part Costs
