The application of the closed-loop lifecycle management in Virtual Organization

In this paper we propose the implementation of a distributed architecture for product lifecycle management in Virtual Organization created to manage the Middle-of-Life phase. After a short introduction of the innovative Promise- PLM system which support decision making process based on dynamic creation of knowledge, the application of the system to a case study for maintenance management demonstrates how the system can be customized to change process organization guarantying better integration between the actors. The system is studied to be easily accessible and usable by different kind of companies in different industrial sectors.