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Experience with a standards based product data collaboration hub

Nigel Shaw, Eurostep Limited

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1994 2000 2001 2008

Eurostep history

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ISO 10303

Share-A-space

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Original idea: OEM/Supplier networks

OEM OEM OEM

Module supplier Module supplier Module supplier Development partner Supplier Supplier Supplier Module supplier Module supplier Development partner Supplier Supplier Supplier Module supplier Joint venture R & D Supplier Supplier Module supplier Supplier

OEM 3

Joint venture R & D Supplier

OEM 2

Development partner Supplier Joint venture R & D Supplier Module supplier Module supplier Supplier

OEM 1

Supplier Module supplier Module supplier

Extended enterprise PDM Homogeneous systems/data

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Principles of synchronization

» Separate systems joined in point-to-point transfer

+ Low initial cost for integration + Best of breed system selection − Impossible configuration management, tracing, etc − No information control and assurance

» Single system environment

+ Configuration management, tracing, etc − High initial cost − No room for best of breed − Impossible to impose in collaboration, e.g. back to #1

» Separate systems joined via information hub

+ Configuration management, tracing, etc + Low initial cost + Information control and assurance also across the EE + Best of breed system selection

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• Military Vehicle
• Turnover 2,5m€
• 1100 employees
• 95 % export
• Offset Value ≥ Order Value
• Results in local Manufacturing

(Numbers from 2005)

All Terrain Vehicle Combat Vehicle Future Products

Lead customer – Offset manufacturing Into Switzerland – Portal role

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Volvo Deutz – engine supply

Deutz Design dept Deutz Service After-Sales Deutz Sales dept

ETL P1 P3 P4 ETL P1 P3 P4 BS BS SBS BS BS

KLU

SL SL SL P2 P1 P3 SL BS

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Challenge

» Volvo often had outdated and non-consolidated product data, leading to inefficient information management − Difficult and time consuming to get the right data − High percentage of the spare parts where erroneously returned – internally called ”Parts tourism” − High risk of design errors due to outdated third party information − Time consuming to produce a correct parts catalogue

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Design Sales Service

Use of cross-function consolidation

ETL P1 P3 P4 ETL P3 P4 P5 BS BS SBS BS BS

KLU

SL SL SL P2 P1 P3 SL BS ETL P1 P3 P4 ETL P3 P4 P5 BS BS SBS BS BS

KLU

SL SL SL P2 P1 P3 SL BS

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Information Assets in Heterogeneous Environment

Require Make Support User System Supplier Mainteneance Supplier Design

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Change in Heterogeneous Environment

Require Make Support User System Supplier Mainteneance Supplier Design

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Product Design View Support Item Design View Spare Parts Maintenance Equipment Design Parts Item Structure Physical Item

Product In-Service View

Vehicles Document

Change Request

Swing axle Part No 1 2273-001 Line Replace Unit Where Used Product Design View Support Item Design View Product Variant

Support System In-Service View

LRU Spare Parts Maintenance Equipment

Design change consequence analysis

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“Standards”

Excel/CSV

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”LSAR” Life*S1000D Matrix Information hub

• 1. LCN & tasks
• 2. Tasks &

data modules

• 3. Product structure

BAAN

• 4. Provisioning
• 4. LCN to provisioning

1388-2B.dat

• 5. Provisioning data

Joint development with

Information integration: Example

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“Systems”

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Product

Concept Design Production In-Service

Support System

Development

Documents Requirement Functions Zones Systems Physical Item Product/Part Product-as-realized Work Request Engineering Change Proposal Engineering Change Order Requirement Scheme Task State Definition Condition Resource Type of Person Qualification Type of Person Definition Managed Resource Location Location State Observed Work Order Tools

Rich Business Object Model in Share-A-space

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Design Data from approved TDP

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Now compared to the OEM data

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Comparator explained

Symbols show agreement (or lack of agreement) with another product structure from a different source Same product – different version As-designed compared to as-used-to-manufacture

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Product as realized

User name here

Navigating Product-as-realized structure

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Using SharePoint to access data held in Share-A-space

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Summary

» Collaborations have their own master data » Controlled consolidation is vital to maintain consistency » The standards (AP214 & PLCS) provide a rich data model − no need to configure the content model − But it will expose data quality issues » Collaboration should not replace existing tools » Web services provide the ideal way to enable interaction − And business intelligent applications » PLM needs data orchestration to make SOA practical

”There is no doubt that Share-A-space holds the keys to a number of different and difficult extended enterprise information integration, consolidation and exchange issues.” – CIMdata 2007

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What is collaboration?

Getting everyone to work in the same process? » Agreed by all? » Across tools and

• rganizations?

Allowing partners to do what they do best? » Consistent data across diverse tools and

• rganizations

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