ANALYTICAL-DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING MANAGEMENT OF QUALITY AND COST OF A PRODUCT

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.