Product Engineering Scenario Overview Click process chevrons for details Creating Product Design Information and Materials in External System Maintaining Product Designs and Executing Handover to Production Preparing for Production Scenario Explorer Scenario Description Open Legend The Product Engineering business scenario ensures that designs of your product (such as drawings, descriptions, 3D representations) and the required materials can be managed in SAP Business ByDesign so that you can prepare the production of the product. This includes consistent maintenance of material master data, production bills of material (PBoMs) and other prerequisites for production. This is particularly relevant when your company has a focus on engineering with frequent changes of a product or a high rate of handovers from engineering to production. You can create product designs from scratch or import them into SAP Business ByDesign from your external engineering system. In SAP Business ByDesign you can maintain them in order to match production capabilities. When released, product designs can be handed over to production and a production bill of material is generated automatically. Materials can be assigned to product designs or to the associated production bill of material. Production models are generated from the production bill of materials, providing the basis for production. Scenario/Processes Business Value Scenario Flow Further Information The following business roles are involved in this scenario: Product Engineer Production Planner

Product Engineering Scenario Overview Click process chevrons for details Creating Product Design Information and Materials in External System Maintaining Product Designs and Executing Handover to Production Preparing for Production Scenario Explorer Scenario Description Legend Open Legend Close Legend The Product Engineering business scenario ensures that designs of your product (such as drawings, descriptions, 3D representations) and the required materials can be managed in SAP Business ByDesign so that you can prepare the production of the product. This includes consistent maintenance of material master data, production bills of material (PBoMs) and other prerequisites for production. This is particularly relevant when your company has a focus on engineering with frequent changes of a product or a high rate of handovers from engineering to production. You can create product designs from scratch or import them into SAP Business ByDesign from your external engineering system. In SAP Business ByDesign you can maintain them in order to match production capabilities. When released, product designs can be handed over to production and a production bill of material is generated automatically. Materials can be assigned to product designs or to the associated production bill of material. Production models are generated from the production bill of materials, providing the basis for production. Process mainly driven by the user Process mainly driven by the system Manual process not supported by the system Process that communicates with third-party software (mouse-over for details) Process with relevance to Financials Related scenario Info button with more information Scenario/Processes Business Value Scenario Flow Further Information The following business roles are involved in this scenario: Product Engineer Production Planner <Role Name> <Role Name> <Role Name>

Product Engineering Process: Creating Product Design Information and Materials in External System Click process chevrons for details Creating Product Design Information and Materials in External System X Create product design information and materials in external system (optional, external) Maintaining Product Designs and Executing Handover to Production Preparing for Production i Scenario Explorer Process Description Further Information Your products are designed in your engineering department in dedicated systems, be it mechanical, electronical, or mechatronical engineering systems (CAD, CAE, CAM). The designs created in those systems are the basis for supply chain activities, as well as communication with your customers. Therefore, these digital designs need to be available to the rest of your organization and changes to them need to be communicated without delay to ensure that your organization works with up-to-date and consistent information. This is important, for example, when preparing the supply process or when checking if supplies are available at desired cost. Performed by Product Engineer Scenario/Processes Business Value See also Product Designs Quick Guide Product Designs - Where Used Scenario Flow Further Information

Product Engineering Process: Maintaining Product Designs and Executing Handover to Production Click process chevrons for details X Maintaining Product Designs and Executing Handover to Production -External Creation of Product Designs Creating Product Design Information and Materials in External System Import technical drawings and materials from CAD/ PDM Create and maintain SAP Business ByDesign product design Create and maintain materials Assign materials to product design Review product design version (external) Release product design version Convert product design version to production bill of material Preparing for Production i i i i i i i Click here to display process variants Scenario Explorer Process Description Further Information The products that are designed by your engineering department must be available to the rest of your organization in order to prepare the supply process or to check if the product can be supplied at desired cost. To guarantee this, designs of your product (including drawings, descriptions, 3D representations) can be imported into SAP Business ByDesign, for example, from a CAD system. A product design in SAP Business ByDesign is created, reflecting a production bill of material. Depending on your organization, a product design can be very similar to your production bill of material, but it can also mainly reflect the construction view with all aspects relevant to production still to be incorporated. The Production Engineer can change the structure of the product design and assign materials, or change assigned materials. New versions or copies of a product design can be created. A released product design version can be handed over to production with reference to an engineering change order, and a production bill of material is created automatically. Performed by Product Engineer Scenario/Processes Business Value In the Work Center Product Development Scenario Flow Further Information See also Engineering Change Orders Quick Guide

Product Engineering Process: Maintaining Product Designs and Executing Handover to Production Click process chevrons for details X Maintaining Product Designs and Executing Handover to Production -External Creation of Product Designs Creating Product Design Information and Materials in External System Import technical drawings and materials from CAD/ PDM Create and maintain SAP Business ByDesign product design Create and maintain materials Assign materials to product design Review product design version (external) Release product design version Convert product design version to production bill of material Preparing for Production i i i i i i i Click here to display process variants The product engineer checks the consistency of the product design version and releases it. This is mandatory for the handover to production. However, it is still possible to assign materials after the handover. The consistency check can also be executed by a scheduled batch-process that checks inconsistent product designs and sets them to consistent if possible. X Scenario Explorer Process Description Further Information The products that are designed by your engineering department must be available to the rest of your organization in order to prepare the supply process or to check if the product can be supplied at desired cost. To guarantee this, designs of your product (including drawings, descriptions, 3D representations) can be imported into SAP Business ByDesign, for example, from a CAD system. A product design in SAP Business ByDesign is created, reflecting a production bill of material. Depending on your organization, a product design can be very similar to your production bill of material, but it can also mainly reflect the construction view with all aspects relevant to production still to be incorporated. The Production Engineer can change the structure of the product design and assign materials, or change assigned materials. New versions or copies of a product design can be created. A released product design version can be handed over to production with reference to an engineering change order, and a production bill of material is created automatically. Performed by Product Engineer Scenario/Processes Business Value In the Work Center Product Development Scenario Flow See also Handover to Production Further Information

Product Engineering Process: Maintaining Product Designs and Executing Handover to Production Click process chevrons for details X Maintaining Product Designs and Executing Handover to Production -External Creation of Product Designs Creating Product Design Information and Materials in External System Import technical drawings and materials from CAD/ PDM Create and maintain SAP Business ByDesign product design Create and maintain materials Assign materials to product design Review product design version (external) Release product design version Convert product design version to production bill of material Preparing for Production i i i i i i i Click here to display process variants The product engineer performs the handover of the released product design version to production, with reference to an existing or new engineering change order. A production bill of material is created automatically. The release and handover of product designs can be done for a complete product design structure by a batch process that performs these functions for all levels of a single product tree structure. X Scenario Explorer Process Description Further Information The products that are designed by your engineering department must be available to the rest of your organization in order to prepare the supply process or to check if the product can be supplied at desired cost. To guarantee this, designs of your product (including drawings, descriptions, 3D representations) can be imported into SAP Business ByDesign, for example, from a CAD system. A product design in SAP Business ByDesign is created, reflecting a production bill of material. Depending on your organization, a product design can be very similar to your production bill of material, but it can also mainly reflect the construction view with all aspects relevant to production still to be incorporated. The Production Engineer can change the structure of the product design and assign materials, or change assigned materials. New versions or copies of a product design can be created. A released product design version can be handed over to production with reference to an engineering change order, and a production bill of material is created automatically. Performed by Product Engineer Scenario/Processes Business Value In the Work Center Product Development Scenario Flow Further Information See also Engineering Change Orders Quick Guide Handover to Production

Product Engineering Process: Maintaining Product Designs and Executing Handover to Production Click process chevrons for details X Maintaining Product Designs and Executing Handover to Production -External Creation of Product Designs Creating Product Design Information and Materials in External System Import technical drawings and materials from CAD/ PDM Create and maintain SAP Business ByDesign product design Create and maintain materials Assign materials to product design Review product design version (external) Release product design version Convert product design version to production bill of material Preparing for Production i i i i i i i Click here to hide process variants Maintaining Product Designs and Executing Handover to Production– Manual Creation of Product Designs i Scenario Explorer Process Description Further Information The products that are designed by your engineering department must be available to the rest of your organization in order to prepare the supply process or to check if the product can be supplied at desired cost. To guarantee this, designs of your product (including drawings, descriptions, 3D representations) can be imported into SAP Business ByDesign, for example, from a CAD system. A product design in SAP Business ByDesign is created, reflecting a production bill of material. Depending on your organization, a product design can be very similar to your production bill of material, but it can also mainly reflect the construction view with all aspects relevant to production still to be incorporated. The Production Engineer can change the structure of the product design and assign materials, or change assigned materials. New versions or copies of a product design can be created. A released product design version can be handed over to production with reference to an engineering change order, and a production bill of material is created automatically. Performed by Product Engineer Scenario/Processes Business Value In the Work Center Product Development Scenario Flow Further Information See also Engineering Change Orders Quick Guide Handover to Production

Product Engineering Process Details: Preparing for Production Click process chevrons for details X Preparing for Production Creating Product Design Information and Materials in External System Maintaining Product Designs and Executing Handover to Production Create, maintain, and assign materials Maintain production bills of material and production bill of material variants Create, maintain, and release production models i i i Scenario Explorer Process Description Further Information The Preparing for Production business process covers the management of production bills of materials (PBoMs) and all other master data that are prerequisites for production and is aimed at facilitating maximum reuse. The production planner maintains the PBoMs that have been handed over by the product engineer. New variants of a production bill of material can be created and input materials can be assigned or changed. Where applicable, material masters themselves can be created and updated. Engineering change orders control all changes to production bills of material. The production engineer creates production models and assigns a PBoM variant and a bill of operations to the production model. The bill of operation provides details about the individual steps in the production. The user can check a new or changed production model to verify if it can be released to supply chain planning and production execution. Once the production model is released, everything is prepared for production. Performed by Production Planner Scenario/Processes Business Value In the Work Centers Planning and Production Master Data Scenario Flow Further Information See also Processing Production Proposals

Product Engineering Business Value Design Adapt Handover Prepare Import Design from CAD Systems Create Product Design Manually Adapt Product Design Versions Release Product Design Versions Create Product BoM Maintain Product BoM and Product BoM Variants Assign Materials (Optional) Maintain and Release Production Model Scenario Explorer Overview Key Benefits Improve employee productivity in engineering by using automated functions to import design and create corresponding production bills of material Different versions can be created for each product design to help you keep an overview of the product’s evolution Product design can be adapted to the need and capabilities of production and then converted into a production bill of material For midsize companies in manufacturing, this process streamlines relevant data flow from engineering to production. You can increase customer satisfaction by reducing lead time in engineering and reduce quality costs by automating the creation of the bill of materials. SAP Business ByDesign helps efficiently manage CAD / TDM data import and the adaption or creation of bills of material. Released designs can be handed over to production. Scenario/Processes Business Value Scenario Flow Further Information

Product Engineering Scenario Flow Development Planning and Production Master Data External CAx System Creating Product Design Information and Materials in External System Maintaining Product Designs and Executing Handover to Production Preparing for Production Order-to-Cash (Make-to-Order) Order.-to-Cash (Make-to-Stock) Strategic Purchasing Plan-Driven Procurement External Creation of Product Design Manual Creation of Product Design Scenario Explorer Scenario/Processes Business Value Scenario Flow Legend Further Information Process mainly driven by the user Process variant1 Process variant 2 Work center in which process is performed Work Center Related scenarios Additional Application Business document flow

Product Engineering Further Information Scenario Explorer Do you want to try it out? Do you need more information? Do you want to discuss with others? Self-Enablement Systems If you want to try out the business scenario, click here.* More Details SAP provides a complete product documentation, covering all aspects of the business scenario. For more details, click here. Forum Get in touch with experts to discuss your specific requirements. To enter the community, click here.* Scenario/Processes Business Value Scenario Flow V WIKI In addition to the product documentation, SAP provides Wikis that describe additional aspects of SAP Business ByDesign. To access the WIKI, click here.* Further Information * Note that to access the links above you need to have a user in SAP Business Center. If you cannot access the page directly and if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer®, please check http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890474.