近幾年產品開發已由當地、跨功能的協同方式逐漸轉變成全球協同開發的模式。全球產品開發(GPD)是在不同的國家發展產品的流程或零組件。而產品生命週期管理(PLM)可以協助企業在產品開發上改善跨國企業的溝通，並且縮短產品上市時間。
本研究描述產品生命週期管理系統，規劃有效率的協同設計流程，縮短產品開發流程週期。首先，我們透過設計結構矩陣(DSM)分析協同產品設計活動，並且規劃出最佳化的協同設計活動流程順序。接著結合設計準則(Design Roadmap)建立流程模型獲得設計活動及產品特性之間的關係。

Recent advances in product development are now rapidly migrating from local, cross-functional collaboration to a mode of global collaboration. Among many approaches to product development, Global Product Development (GPD) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) are most prevailing in both industry and academia. Through GPD, different processes or components of the product are developed in dispersed parts of the world, while PLM is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal.
In this thesis, we firstly study how a PLM system will operate in the setting of GPD. Secondly, we are interested in the realization of an efficient process of GDP and the reduction of its cycle-time. For this purpose, we adopt Design Structure Matrix (DSM) to streamline the GPD process based on the flows of information between different interdependent activities. Based on the DSM models, we then create the process templates by applying Design Roadmap (DR) technique to capture the dependencies between tasks and features.

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