The present invention concerns an analytical-decision support system for improving
management of quality and cost of a product throughout the entire product lifecycle
of the product. The system comprises an atomic level data store for collecting
data on component information, configuration information, and field information.
A product-lifecycle-management analytics subsystem is included comprising: a query
engine for compiling subsets of data from the atomic level data store; a first
analysis tool for performing cost or quality analysis on the subsets to determine
first analysis results; and a second analysis tool for analyzing detailed data
in the atomic level data store to produce second analysis results. A management
and operation subsystem is included for presenting the first analysis results after
the first analysis tool performs the cost or quality analysis, and for presenting
the second analysis results after the second analysis tool analyzes the detailed
data. The management and operation subsystem further comprises: a user interface
for receiving configuration data from a user for configuring the second analysis
tool; and a warning notification subsystem for delivering warning notifications
based on the first analysis results.
