METRICS FOR THE PDM FUNCTIONALITY OF ERP SYSTEM

In a recent development of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, there is tendency of implementing the Product Data Management (PDM) functionality. To estimate a success of implementation, developers but also users, need metrics. Therefore, in this paper are proposed appropriate metrics. Between major criteria are nominated: level of the core functionality; level of the extended functionality; level of the integration of PDM functionality inside ERP system; level of the achieved product data integrity and level of the achieved product data security. Levels are quantitatively enumerated and tested in a purpose to evaluate criteria's convenience.