ProSTEP iViP Symposium 2008
Track 10/1
From Workflow to Worknet: Innovation in Business Process Management
Jürgen Scharpf, Daimler AG
Stefan Brantschen, Whitestein Technologies AG
Abstract
In the automotive industry, Engineering Change Management (ECM) is of crucial importance for product development and engineering. New car models evolve from existing ones, and also the increasing use of template-based engineering and of common platforms and kits across product lines calls for a stable and well-controlled change management process.
On the other hand, car manufacturers are facing changes and new challenges, triggered by market trends, customer requirements, innovation, social environment, regulations, and new technologies. Hence, business processes such as ECM must be easy to adapt, which requires agile processes, with the ability to autonomously adapt to changing conditions and business contexts. At the same time, the corresponding process definitions must become easy to maintain and change, in order to swiftly reflect changing business and cooperation models.
To cope with this challenge, Whitestein Technologies and Daimler have jointly conceived and developed a novel type of business process management approach and system. The business goals become part of the process definition, and the process engine dynamically determines the required activities of the involved people and committees to achieve these goals depending on the prevailing business context conditions in an optimal way.
As a result, in lieu of strictly following rigid workflows – and work around them ad hoc in exceptional cases! --, the system allows to flexibly navigate on a "worknet" in an agile fashion, guiding the users to achieve their business goals.
In a first part, this presentation introduces the key concepts of the innovative approach to business process management, while the second part reports on its application for Daimler's Agile Change Management system. A concluding outlook outlines the planned innovation steps on the road-map.
Presentation
PDF Document, size, 0,8 MB
Track 10/2
Concept and Implementation of a Highly Integrated PLM Solution
Claus Thiede, Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
Abstract
The presentation will show an implementation of a highly integrated PLM system, covering functionalities like
- Requirements Management,
- Cross-organizational Workflows,
- Security Concepts,
- Engineering Change Management,
- Collaborative Engineering,
- Long Time Archiving,
- Mechanics-, Electronics-, Software integrations
- Manufacturing Integration
- IMDS interface(basic material, surface)
- based on a world wide SAP solution.
The Solution has been implemented using functionalities of SAP PLM, SAP Records Management, SAP cProjects, SAP EH&S and also ILC-ProSTEP 4PEP and 4ECM, based on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
The solution is in place since more than 6 years and is supporting more than 6,100 users worldwide. Based on that concept it was possible to offer quick solutions to integrate new acquisitions, like the automotive part of Motorola.
Presentation
PDF Document, size, 2,9 MB
Track 10/3
Collaborative Engineering - Partner & Supplier Integration and Concurrent Engineering at global Product Development Environment
Uwe Kloss, Ford Werke GmbH
Peter Wittkop, casolute GmbH
Abstract
Global Collaborative Engineering and the related How? and With what? are marking the challenges of an OEMs product development environment.
Main part of this collaboration is connecting the development partners on brand level: 24h per day engineering and exchanging/updating of product data - meaning: the up-to-date virtual picture of a car.
Further on the supplier connection is leading to a challenge – different global safety aspects and the handling of data and data structures as leading topics.