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ATUL PATANKAR [ ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 2000 LINDA WILSON [ ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 1999 JUERGEN LINDNER [ SAP POINT OF CONTACT MEMBER SINCE: 1998 [ ] A Business Journey to CAD Integration [ October 1, 2010 Tom Hillison, Sloan Valve Company
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Let’s Consider for a Moment… “Somewhere out there is a competitor, unborn and unknown, that will render your strategy obsolete. You can’t dodge the bullet. You’re going to have to shoot first. You’re going to have to out- innovate the innovators.” Dr. Gary Hamel Strategy Expert 2
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ So, What Can We Do? Ignore the issue. Hope the competitor goes away. Work cleaner, better and faster using a fully integrated CAD system to drive innovation and product development. 3
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Sloan Valve Company Overview 104 Year Old Company Privately Held, Mid-sized Manufacturer of Specialized Plumbing Products (Flush Valves, Faucets & Fixtures) 8 Locations 3 Design Centers 2 CAD Formats ECC 6.0, PLM 7.0, EHP 4 4
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Sloan’s Journey Started With “The Question” “Um…we’d like to upgrade to the newest version of Pro/E.” 5
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ What Did We Learn? Current Repository: No Integration to SAP New Pro/E Version and Current Repository: Incompatible New Repository: Requires Complete Re-Build Add a PLM System: Requires Another Re- Build in 18 Months Okay…So Let’s Migrate the CAD Data to a New Repository. 6
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ “Wait A Minute...What About This Other Stuff?” CAD and SAP Product Data in Separate Repositories? Coordination of Engineering Changes? Collaboration and Transparency Between Design Centers and Stakeholders? Multi-CAD Platforms (Pro/E, SolidWorks…)? Current Product Data Management Workarounds (BOM’s, Material Master’s…)? 7
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ The New NPDI Paradigm 8 Old Functional Silos Single Location Single CAD System Single Time Zone Local Access Native Files New Cross-Functional Teams Multiple Locations Multiple CAD Systems “Follow the Sun” Global Access Viewing Files
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ “You Can’t Get There From Here” Business Issues No Common Language (“A Material Master?”) Limited Transparency (“But I thought…”) Over-reliance on Email (“Thread’s too long.”) Incompatible Systems (“Need an interface?”) No Standardized Processes (“At our location, we do it this way.”) Internal/External Collaboration (“Run this by..”) 9
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ “You Can’t Get There From Here” Engineering Issues Manufacturing BOM’s (“Send the spreadsheet.”) One ‘Version of the Truth’ (“Mine’s right.”) CAD Platform Compatibility (“Standardize?”) Protection of Intellectual Property (“Emailed it.”) Engineering Change Requests/Orders (“When did that happen?”) Real-time Data (“Costs were okay last week.”) 10
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Sloan Valve’s CAD Vision 11
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Sloan’s CAD Desktop Approach Communicate the Vision Learn the SAP Components: Classification System Document Management System Document Types Workstation Applications Status Networks Document Storage/Content Server CAD Viewer 12
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Sloan’s CAD Desktop Approach (continued) Communicate the Vision Build a Prototype System: 15 Days of Consulting Time 6 Weeks of Effort Buy the CAD Desktop Licenses Configure SAP Develop an Engineering Advocate Create Training Documents 13
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Sloan’s CAD Desktop Approach (continued) Communicate the Vision Run Diagnosis on Drawing Repository Repair the Drawings Migrate the CAD Data to SAP ‘Train the Trainable’ Roll-out to Other Locations Implement Other CAD Platforms And - Don’t Forget To Communicate the Vision! 14
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Data Migration Process for Pro/Engineer 15 Data xml Meta- daten File Pro/E Objek t Pro/I location 1* Meta- daten File Pro/E Objek t Pro/I location n* Pro/E Data Import PriEX 3
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ CAD Data Migration Pilot: Steps Configure the SAP System Conduct Data Migration Workshop Install and Configure Diagnosis Tools Check the Drawings Repair the Drawings (Data, Parameters, Structures) Migrate Test Data into SAP to Confirm Configuration Works 16
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ CAD Data Migration: Key Learnings Find an Efficient Way to Migrate Data From the Old to New Database Is the Most Underestimated Part in Most PLM Projects SAP Integration Takes 2-4 Weeks; Data Migration Takes 2-4 Months Is Important For Setup of the CAD Integration Build a Classification System to Help Search for Product Design Objects 17
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ CAD Data Migration: Key Learnings (continued) For New Design Projects, ~ 60% of Existing Data is Used The Design Process For a ‘New Database’ is Faster if the Existing Reference Data is in Place Pay Attention to the “Search and Find” Process and Criteria; Finding Objects in a Completely New Environment is a Challenge For New Users 18
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ CAD Desktop Functions (Partial List) Check In/Check Out Drawings Version Control Engineering Change Numbers ‘Where-Used’ Update Title Blocks Auto-Create BOM’s on Check-In 19
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ CAD Desktop and Engineering Desktop 20 Source: SAP
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Transaction: CDESK CAD Desktop 21
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Transaction: CV04N Document Info Records: Object Links 22
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Object Links: Example Transaction: MM03 23
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Document Info. Records: Search 24
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ cFolders: Viewer 25
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Key Learnings: “It’s More Than Software” CAD Desktop is More Than Software: Culture Transparency Innovation Diagnose the Condition of the CAD Repository; Issues May Take Time to Resolve Don’t Underestimate the Amount of Change Required It’s IMPORTANT…… 26
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ A Final Thought…. “One Clydesdale horse can pull one ton. Two can pull 27 tons.” Two can pull 27 tons.” Dr. Michael Hammer 27
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Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 28 ] Thank you.
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