China Standardization - Managing product data globally - Beijing
31. January 2010
China Association for Standardization (CAS) published a special edition on global product data management
The continuous expansion of international trade, economic globalization and
the rapid development of information technology fostered the development of industrial
IT applications. With this increasing international interdependence and the integration of
China into the
international market, the importance of standardization in the global product data management
is increasing.
In order to don't miss the train of the latest findings and developments of product data
management and
to better understand the current trends in international and European standardization,
the Chinese Standards Institute (CAS) published, a special issue on global product data
management.
In this report, experts and international standards organizations present their latest
knowledge and successful projects of how to exchange international product data
and how complexity can be reduced.
One focus of this special issue is centered on the standardization of classifications and
heterogeneous
electronic business. Here, in practice, successful concepts are presented, which allow
to share information in an efficient and usable way.
The second focus of the CAS special edition focuses on the reduction of complexity in the areas
of
the processing of data and in international communications.
Paradine is as well presented in this special edition with two interesting
projects.
Nikolaus Ondracek presents the ISO Concept Database (ISO / CDB), as the central database
for the
development, standardization and publication of concepts such as terminology, graphical
symbols, codes, etc.
Reinhard Pohn explains how Paradine sucessfully implemented eCl@ss at the world's leading PCB
manufacturer AT&S AG
in the European and Asian plants. The return on Investment in this project was under one
year.
You can download the Chinese or English special edition of the China Association for
Standardization here:
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