AN ENVIRONMENT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONCURRENT ENGINEERING BASED ON ENTERPRISE MODELLING

This work describes an environment for the implementation of engineering information systems in a integrated form, the "Engineering Integrated Environment" (EIE). This environment contains the enterprise model, engineering metadata base, users, computational architecture and management of information and activity functions. A brief review of Concurrent Engineering is presented as well as its management aspects. In this context, a framework of strategic planning for integrated manufacturing is also shown.