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Item Open Access A Constraints Driven Product Lifecycle Management Framework(Cranfield University Press, 2009-03-31) Le Duigou, Julien; Bernard, Alain; Perry, Nicolas; Delplace, Jean-Charles; Rajkumar Roy; Essam ShehabThe management of the product information during its lifecycle is a strategic issue for the industry. In this paper, a constraints driven framework is proposed to create and manage the product information. The method proposes to each actor that intervenes on the product life cycle to act on the quote, the development or the industrialisation of the product. From each phase of the product lifecycle, the extraction, capitalisation and reuse of fundamental knowledge is coordinated by a generic meta-model. This paper explains this approach through experiments in three different SMEs of the mechanical industry.Item Open Access Design for additive manufacturing: Trends, opportunities, considerations, and constraints(Elsevier, 2016-06-25) Thompson, Mary Kathryn; Moroni, Giovanni; Vaneker, Tom; Fadel, Georges; Campbell, R. Ian; Gibson, Ian; Bernard, Alain; Schulz, Joachim; Graf, Patricia; Ahuja, Bhrigu; Martina, FilomenoThe past few decades have seen substantial growth in Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies. However, this growth has mainly been process-driven. The evolution of engineering design to take advantage of the possibilities afforded by AM and to manage the constraints associated with the technology has lagged behind. This paper presents the major opportunities, constraints, and economic considerations for Design for Additive Manufacturing. It explores issues related to design and redesign for direct and indirect AM production. It also highlights key industrial applications, outlines future challenges, and identifies promising directions for research and the exploitation of AM's full potential in industry.