B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Institute Level Optional Subject I Product Life Cycle Management Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first and second years are NEP 2020 syllabi; the third and fourth years are still examined on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for them this year.
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Syllabus for Institute Level Optional Subject I- Product Life Cycle Management
Module 1: Introduction to Product Lifecycle Management printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Contents
- (PLM):Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Need for PLM, Product Lifecycle Phases, Opportunities of Globalization, Pre- PLM Environment, PLM Paradigm, Importance & Benefits of PLM, Widespread Impact of PLM, Focus and Application, A PLM Project, Starting the PLM Initiative, PLM Applications PLM Strategies: Industrial strategies, Strategy elements, its identification, selection and implementation, Developing PLM Vision and PLM Strategy, Change management for PLM.
Module 2: Product Design: Product Design and Development Process, printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Contents
- Engineering Design, Organization and Decomposition in Product Design, Typologies of Design Process Models, Reference Model, Product Design in the Context of the Product Development Process, Relation with the Development Process Planning Phase, Relation with the Post design Planning Phase, Methodological Evolution in Product Design, Concurrent Engineering, Characteristic Features of Concurrent Engineering, Concurrent Engineering and Life Cycle Approach, New Product Development (NPD) and Strategies, Product Configuration and Variant Management, The Design for X System, Objective Properties and Design for X Tools, Choice of Design for X Tools and Their Use in the Design Process.
Module 3: Product Data Management (PDM):Product and Product Data, printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Contents
- PDM systems and importance, Components of PDM, Reason for implementing a PDM system, financial justification of PDM, barriers to PDM implementation.
Module 4: Virtual Product Development Tools: For components, printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Contents
- machines, and manufacturing plants, 3D CAD systems and realistic rendering techniques, Digital mock-up, Model building, Model analysis, Modeling and simulations in Product Design, Examples/Case studies.
Module 5: Integration of Environmental Aspects in Product Design: printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Contents
- Sustainable Development, Design for Environment, Need for Life Cycle Environmental Strategies, Useful Life Extension Strategies, End-of-Life Strategies, Introduction of Environmental Strategies into the Design Process, Life Cycle Environmental Strategies and Considerations for Product Design.
Module 6: Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Cost Analysis: printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Contents
- Properties, and Framework of Life Cycle Assessment, Phases of LCA in ISO Standards, Fields of Application and Limitations of Life Cycle Assessment, Cost Analysis and the Life Cycle Approach, General Framework for LCCA, Evolution of Models for Product Life Cycle Cost Analysis.
References
- 1 John Stark, “Product Lifecycle Management: Paradigm for 21st Century Product Realisation”, Springer-Verlag, 2004. ISBN: 1852338105
- 2 Fabio Giudice, Guido La Rosa, Antonino Risitano, “Product Design for the environment-A life cycle approach”, Taylor & Francis 2006, ISBN: 0849327229
- 3 Saaksvuori Antti, Immonen Anselmie, “Product Life Cycle Management”, Springer, Dream tech, ISBN: 3540257314
- 4 Michael Grieve, “Product Lifecycle Management: Driving the next generation of lean thinking”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2006, ISBN: 0070636265
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under R-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2022-23. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Modules are numbered in sequence here; in the syllabus itself, Module 1 is printed as Module Detailed Contents; Module 2 is printed as Module Detailed Contents; Module 3 is printed as Module Detailed Contents; Module 4 is printed as Module Detailed Contents; Module 5 is printed as Module Detailed Contents; Module 6 is printed as Module Detailed Contents. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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