6. Conclusion

It has been established that product design and manufacturing integration is an important means of reducing final product costs. This integration actually takes place in the context of work on product life-cycle management. The concrete elements of this context are highly dynamic, with the geographical evolution of subcontractors, technical advances in processes, variations in the cost of materials, etc. To master this integration, we need to establish standards for exchanges. There are computer and telecommunication problems. There are also problems of communication and understanding between technicians. Our article focuses on the latter.

We have shown in an application on sintered materials how basic techniques from various engineering fields can be used to lead to efficient integration that controls production, quality and costs. This application focuses on the...