Concurrent Engineering Conflict Manager

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer program code embodied therein to manage concurrent engineering, the computer program product having:
• computer readable program code to provide a common work area to store a current version of a drawing file therein;
• computer readable program code to providing a first and a second local work area, each in communication with said common work area and each storing a local version of said drawing file therein;
• computer readable program code to upload a drawing file from said first local work area to said common work area to replace said current version of said drawing file;
• computer readable program code to immediately notify a user of said second local work area of the replacement of said current version of said drawing file;
• computer readable program code to indicate a file status of the local version stored on said second local work area;
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• wherein said file status includes a first status if said local version stored on said second local work area was the same as the current version stored on the common work area just prior to replacing said current version, and a second file status if said local version stored on said second local work area was different from the current version stored on the common work area just prior to replacing said current version.