Product Development using IBC

Communication is high Priority for rapid product development. Integrated Broadband Communication (IBC) is therefore a potential to be investigated as thorough as possible Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW) tools are thereby gaining importance Design and support of Product Development Processes is the main area of research at the Department of Industrial Information Technology, Institute for Machine Tools and Production Technology (IWF), Technical University of Berlin. Current research on CSCW tools is done in several projects. In the frame of the SMAC project the IWF developed a concept for a distributed Product Library based on World Wibe Web (WWW).