In the product development process, the way in which different departments collaborate and communicate affects the challenges faced by employees, their level of motivation, and the time and cost of development. This paper examines the collaboration and communication in technical drawings based on the Geometrical Product Specifications (GPS). The idea of different types of technical drawing documents (ISO/TS 21619:2018) is explained. Based on a survey, a comparison with the industrial application is made. The current status of communication in the departments is analyzed and challenges, potentials and possible measures are considered. The results show that the document types and their possibilities are rather unknown (43%). Another insight was that there is a significant difference between standardization and the (working) reality, in which collaboration plays a major role.
