1. Engineering into Dynamics @ Nonin
Bluestar PLM Integration with AX Nonin Customer Story

2. Introductions Nonin Medical PDM Technology, North America
Rick Trask, Director of IT
PDM Technology, North America
Dan Fite, Director of Business Development

3. Agenda Bluestar Nonin Demonstration Q&A Product positioning
Bringing Engineering into Dynamics
Demonstration
Q&A

4. Questions for the Group
Is your Engineering Group using Dynamics today?
Do they have a need to be in Dynamics?
Get the correct information into Dynamics for production
Double entry of information
Engineering and Production Numbering linking
What happens when you have to make a change in the product
Engineering, Production, and/or Customers requested
Insert comments from Case Studies

5. Microsoft Dynamics
One set of data and documentation for the entire operation
Microsoft Dynamics
Sales and
Service
Manufacturing
Financials
Procurement and Sourcing

6. One solution for engineering and operation
One set of data and documentation for the entire operation
The missing link
Microsoft Dynamics
With Bluestar PLM
Sales and
Service
Engineering
Manufacturing and Financials
Procurement and Sourcing
Quality Management/Configuration/Projects
Product (Engineering and Manufacturing) Change Management
Business Proces Management
Workflow

7. Extend data exchange and visibility
Overview
Workflow automation
Extend data exchange and visibility
CAD
Engineering
CAD
Bluestar PLM
Bluestar brings the Engineering group into ERP
1 Solution for ALL Engineering and Operations
Information is shareable across the enterprise
CAD drawing information and BOMs are presented to ERP via Bluestar
Engineering can see ERP data (Inventory, Purchasing information, costing,
Operations can see the correct data, drawings, etc.

8. Multi-site engineering collaboration
Global
PLM/ERP
metadata
Citrix/ TS
Local file vault
CAD
Office
Local file
vault

9. Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Enterprise edition
4/27/2018
Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Enterprise edition
AX 7
AX 2012
AX 2009
AX 4
(Axapta 3)
CAM:
SolidCAM, InventorCAM NX
Fall 2017 release for -
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10. Nonin Medical Nonin Background Business Requirements
Producer of Noninvasive Medical devices for over 30 years
AX2012 R3, 155 Dynamics Users, 75 Engineers/R&D
Business Requirements
PLM was seen as a need during ERP selection
Executive decision to include it along with ERP integration
Manage documents and various CAD files
Provide change management (ECN / ECO)

12. Business Markets Professional Care OEM Consumer Dental Pharmacy
EMS, LTAC, Hospital, Homecare, Military, Sleep Center
OEM
Consumer
Chronic Disease Management
Health and Wellness
Dental
Pharmacy
Veterinary

13. Nonin Medical Inc – Rick Trask
Bluestar PLM
What is it?
What does it do?
Myths

14. Bluestar is Product Lifecycle Management Software

15. It works with Dynamics AX True ISV as it is embedded
. . .
CRM
Item Master
Bluestar
BOM
MRP II
A/R
A/P
. . .
Dynamics AX

16. BlueStar is even more… A single Vault that will work with… Creo/ProE
SolidWorks
AutoCAD
Altium
Word
Excel
Adobe Illustrator / Fox-It
And everything used to document designs, test results, manuals, etc.
Data (CNC code)

17. A tool for Engineers to interface with AX
Part numbers
Bills of material
Costed bills of material
Items in stock
Where Used

18. Mechanical Engineers can do more
Pull part numbers
Automatic revision control
Organize docs by project
Create workspaces and Projects
Search engine is powerful
Update Bills of Material prior to release
Easily view drawings and Bills of Material
Electronic ECOs for review and approval

19. Configuration Management can do more
Check in/Check out capabilities
Bill of Material work in development
Automated PDF creation
Effectivity date control for parts to plan inventory scrap/usage
Communication of changes to avoid duplicate work
Document/Bill of Material review at your fingertips
Manage the product (item) then release into AX from Bluestar

20. Myths from Engineering regarding their needs
Bluestar doesn’t work with Creo – it won’t work for you
It’s only a tool for the Mechanical Engineers
You can only use it if you intend to release drawings, assemblies, documents, etc.
Submitting drawing to vendors is more difficult

21. Searching Made Easy

22. Reporting Made Easy
Audit Trails
ERP Reporting

23. Single version for product status
Design Status
Revised Status
Approved Status

24. Solution Overview Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Electronic Signature capability meeting FDA requirements
Manage documents with a secure Vault
CAD file management tools; PRO-E, AutoCAD & SolidWorks
Check in/out process and versioning
Configured product release process controls
Capability to know where all components are used
Bill of Material Management (BOM)

25. Bluestar PLM Next steps Engineering Changes Electronic Signatures
Redlining of documents

26. Nonin Go-live Migration Process
Dynamics AX production environment and Bluestar released on 12/15/2015

27. KEY BENEFITS SEEN BY NONIN
Improved collaboration between engineering & manufacturing teams
Improved data & drawing integrity
eliminated duplicate data and drawings
Data transparency
All users see the same content and version
Increased engineering productivity
Everything in place (Vault)

28. Bluestar Demonstration
4/27/2018
Bluestar Demonstration
Configure a sales order line
Approve and release the (final/updated) changed product
Complete an engineering / manufacturing change order
Release into AX
Approve product structure
Build documentation structure
Detail engineer the configured BOM with 3D CAD support
Provide a brief description of the solution demo that covers important aspects of how the demo addresses specific customer business requirements.
Call out specific scenario(s) as required for the benefit of the demo audiences.
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The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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Finalize Demo Section
Open part in CAD
Bring into Bluestar
Etc.
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30. Customer Comments
“Errors resulting from our bill of materials have reduced from 60% to below 10%,” ; “The gap is closing every audit.”
“Bluestar has supported our efforts for prevention of errors, improved efficiency and a faster time to market.”
Production line efficiency has increased by 15%. “This is because equipment setup and other product attributes were not readily available before. Now it is easier to create different products.”
“ With separate systems for Product design, engineering, quality documentation, procurement, production and finance were all separate and without Bluestar it was difficult to keep them in sync.”
“We turned to Bluestar PLM for help. “Bluestar stood out with its seamless integration into Microsoft Dynamics AX,”. “Additionally, the integration into our 3D modelling software (Solidworks) and other Microsoft products such as the Office suite combined to make a very versatile tool.”
“ Our employees have quickly favoured Bluestar PLM because it acts as a one stop shop. All data – from development through to sales and marketing, customer service and quality assurance – can be found quickly and easily.”
“We’ve reduced time spent on ECO processes by 80%. We’ve reduced document control time on ECO tasks by 60%- 80%. We’ve achieved multi-site engineering collaboration and created one central place to store and manage our data. And we have true revision and lifecycle control.”