Eindhoven 4. July 2006 Nikolaus Ondracek nikolaus.ondracek@paradine.at Analyse the process(es), parties and their roles in industrial usage of reference dictionaries Eindhoven 4. July 2006 Nikolaus Ondracek nikolaus.ondracek@paradine.at 3(Eindhoven/Ondracek)6

Product description: current situation Out. diameter. Int.diameter Thickness Thermic treatment Material Shape Out.diameter Shape Electric conductivity Out.diameter Int.diameter Thermic treatment Material Shape Out.diameter Int.diameter Thickness Material Shape Colour manufacturer supplier distributor importer customer industrial goods supplier Each contributor keys-in the information which interests him into each of his systems : cost of re-keying and risks of errors. As to the technical description of products, each article is characterised by a given number of attributes, e.g. weight, dimensions, material, electrical characteristics, tightness, etc… In the present situation, the manufacturer and the supplier are giving us a number of these attributes, documented their way, which we have to key-in in our information systems. This operation (fresh keying-in or updating) results in a heavy annual cost to each of our 2 Groups, for a very limited benefit: - keying-in errors, as already mentioned, - missing or non-effected updates, - non consistent data. As a consequence, equivalence checks or inter-changeability of articles are very difficult. Source: PSA Peugeot/Citroen

Product description: target situation Product data sheet Thermic treatment Out.diameter Int.diameter Thickness Material Shape Electric conductivity Colour Out.diameter Int.diameter Thickness Material Shape Electric conductivity Thermic treatment Out.diameter Int.diameter Thickness Material Shape Thermic treatment Out.diameter Int.diameter Thickness Material Shape Colour manufacturer supplier distributor importer customer industrial goods supplier What we aim to, is that all data for one article be made available to all actors by the owner of the information i.e. the manufacturer or brand owner. The necessity is to have for each elementary family of products, a definition of all the minimum necessary attributes, valid for all, under a consensus method. This is what we call the product data sheet for a family, or dictionary, e.g.: - shafts, - motor shafts, - asynchrony motors, - air jacks, - hydraulic drives, - vicinity electronic detectors. A product data sheet or dictionary is therefore a compendium of attributes or data fields, if possible expressed in a standardised way. The data in the fields must in addition be standardised. Information is everywhere the same (content and form) All business partner deliver standardized properties supporting all business-processes covering the whole product lifecycle Source: PSA Peugeot/Citroen

Catalogue Exchange

Structural data and transaction data Customer sends to supplier: Device specification RLOC Max ambient temperature Name of characteristic: Value: Unit: Max ambient temperature 40 °C DLOC Signal level Upper ambient temperature limit Weight Unit: Signal level 4-20 mA Name of characteristic: Value: Signal level 4-20 mA Name of characteristic: Value: Unit: Upper ambient temperature limit 80 °C Upper ambient temperature limit 70 °C Weight 2 kg Supplier sends back to customer: Device description LOCs (structural data) Transaction data

Use of the Lists of Characteristics Manufacturer Internet Customer Planning system equipment data as delivered inquiry data Sales system Purcha- sing Deve- lopment systems equip-ment data offer order decision equip-ment data equipment data as delivered further orders Mainte- nance system After sales service equipment data equip-ment - Requirements LOC - Device LOC (in inquiry view) - Device LOC (with all characteristics) LOC - List of Characteristics

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Structure Transaction (Expense) (Cost Savings) Manufacturer Customer EXCEL avail Requirement PROLIST ISO 13584-42 IEC 61360-2 Answer PDF avail EXCEL ? ? 1. Transform to IEC Format 2. Transform to SAP XML 3. Transform to ISO ontoML SAP XML (availl) ? ? Input File SAP (fproprietary, formal Spec) Input File ontOML (pre CD) Input File STEP P21 (IS) ? ISO onotML XML (pre CD) ? STEP P21 (IS) 1. Transform to IEC Format ? eOTD XML ? Cut & Paste (avail) IEC IEC 61360-2 Input File IEC Format (informal spec) STEP IEC Tool ISO ontoML (pre CD) Input File EXCEL File (no spec)