The business of providing support to complex products is undergoing
dramatic change. This applies to a wide range of industries,
for instance aerospace, defense, automotive, discrete manufacturing,
telecommunications, and process and plant industries.
Manufacturers are looking to expand into the product support
market, while asset owners are focusing on whole life cost, looking
to share risk and therefore seeking partners. This is taking
place against the backdrop of globalization and information
sharing over the internet.
The PLCS Project
The international Product Life Cycle Support consortia (PLCS Inc) consisted of leading international organizations and government departments. Eurostep personnel lead the development of PLCS and are uniquely qualified to present the information exchange standard for product support, ISO AP239 PLCS, and the continuing work in OASIS, which is reshaping IT integration across the p roduct support domain.
Course content
During this 3-day-course, the PLCS concept is explained. The background and an overview of PLCS is presented. The focus of the last two days is on an in-depth technical description of the information model and guidance for its implementation, which prepares the participants for exploiting and putting PLCS into effect. Topics include:
- Background and overview of the PLCS project
- The structure of a STEP (ISO 10303) standard
- Overview of AP239, content and architecture
- Overview of the AP239 activity model
- Walk-through of the AP239 information model
- Walk-through of AP239 Data Exchange (DEX)
- The role and use of PLCS Reference Data Libraries (RDL)
- The STEP module and DEX library repositories
- Early implementations of AP239, examples
- Implementation issues for exploiting PLCS
Who should attend?
Everyone with an interest in PLCS is welcome, but the 3-day-course is especially recommended to
- IT managers
- System architects and developers
- Product support engineers
- STEP practitioners
For more information
For more information email training@eurostep.com or call Ulrika Peterson at
+46 (0)8 4101 3151 in Sweden or Rob Howard at +44 (0)1745 582008 or +44 (0)7770 771926
in the UK.