ThesystemisbasedonthegloballysharedproductmodelconformingtoVRMLStandard,andusesSmarTeam(PDM)systemtointegrateandencapsulateCAD,CAEandotherapplicationsoftwareforproductdevelopment.Thesystemtakessugarcaneharvester,mobiletelephonedesignanalysisandevaluationasanexample,andutilizesfuzzyevaluationprincipletoevaluatethedesignandsimulationanalysisresultsfordecisionsmaking.Theplatformprovidesacollaborativeintelligentenvironmentforthedesignofproducts,aimingatintegratingpeople,processanddatainthevirtualproductdevelopment.Themulti-layeredsystemarchitectureprovidescapabilityforKBMandconceptioninnovationdesignprocesswithasingleunifieddataandprocessmodelsoastoachievetrueprocessstreamlininganddataintegritythroughouttheentireproductdevelopmentlifecycle,andhenceimprovesenterprisesefficiency.
