REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

www.mod.gov.rs

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Material Resources Sector

Defensive Technologies Department

Military Technical Institute

www.vti.mod.gov.rs

PLM INTRODUCING PROGRAM USING LASTA TRAINING AIRCRAFT DESIGN DATA AS BENCHMARKING OBJECTS

ZORAN VASIĆ

Military Technical Institute, Belgrade, vti@vti.vs.rs

MIODRAG IVANIŠEVIĆ

Military Technical Institute, Belgrade, vti@vti.vs.rs

SRĐAN ŽIVKOVIĆ

Military Technical Institute, Belgrade, vti@vti.vs.rs

Abstract: PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) is business approach of product managing during creation and control of engineering and other product data during complete product lifecycle. PLM as a business concept was developed to manage a product,  including not only items, document and BOM’s, but also analysis results, test specifications, quality standards, engineering requirements, change orders, manufacturing procedures, performance information, component suppliers, etc. Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia perceived the importance and benefits which could be gained by introducing and use of PLM. Military Technical Institute (VTI) got the task to make detail analysis of PLM introducing into VTI work practice, at first, and then into Serbian Defense industry. This paper is proceeding of practice research activities in order to accomplish established objectives. Wing assembly of Lasta training aircraft and related documents were chosen as product data for benchmarking two proposed PLM systems. The procedure of defining the work processes used in VTI and in aircraft factory was shown. The procedure of establishing criteria for choosing the optimal selection was shown. One of the feasible PLM solution systems was in trial in VTI using Lasta aircraft product data. This paper represents several steps accomplished during piloting PLM system

Keywords: Aircraft, design, Product Lifecycle Management, PLM solution introduction, PLM introducing program.