ProSTEP iViP Symposium 2007
Track 2/2
Global Engineering Change Management
Dr. Stephan Kohlhoff, SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG
Andreas Voß, Pierburg GmbH
Abstract
SAP Records Management provides a powerful solution for an optimal control of document based processes. Furthermore, its flexible, service oriented framework is designed to integrate heterogeneous system landscapes and dispersed data. The proposed solution of SAP Records Management to control the global Engineering change process as implemented at Pierburg GmbH was aiming at replacing a non-integrated workgroup system by completely integrated, process oriented solution. The presentation will first give a short overview about SAP Records Management as a generic tool and describes its appropriateness as a basis for an IT-supported Engineering change management. The second part will present project experiences of the implementation of Records Management as a basis for Engineering change management and provides an outlook of further developments towards control throughout the complete development process.
Track 2/2
IP-Protection within OEM/Supplier Cooperation - Processes, Methods and Tools
Dr. Marcus Krastel, :em engineering methods AG
Hans-Peter Martin, DaimlerChrysler AG
Abstract
Especially in the automotive and supplier industry today a lot of projects in the area of Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) are initiated in order to integrate more intelligence and company knowledge into 3D-CAD models. The benefits are a faster product development process and an improved quality of the resulting products. Many suppliers use the new functionality of modern 3D-CAD systems and enrich their 3D-CAD models with internal knowledge about modelling methodology, manufacturing processes or quality assurance. For this reason during data exchange processes between OEMs and suppliers a new area of conflict arises: on the one hand the OEMs require the fully parameterized intelligent 3D-CAD models in the native format with all knowledge inside, on the other hand the supplier wants to exchange only a very simplified 3D-geometry without any information about the former intelligence of the model. To integrate knowledge into 3D-CAD models is a very important aspect for suppliers in order to be faster and to increase the competitiveness; the same knowledge in the hands of a competitor could be a very strong weapon against this enterprise and could lead to major disadvantages in terms of business relationships. There future concepts for IP protections need to be developed and established in data exchange processes. The presentation will show the following key aspects of IP protection within supplier integration:
- Reflection of today's data exchange processes regarding IP protection
- Legal effects of IP protection within supplier integration
- Relationship between IP protection and cooperation models
- Concepts for IP protection in 3D-CAD models
- Methods for solving the IP conflict within OEM/Supplier cooperation
- Existing tools for reducing the knowledge in 3D-CAD models and at the same time fulfilling the OEM requirements.
Track 2/3
The Integrated Project File
Dr. Oliver Quirmbach
Abstract
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