ProSTEP iViP Symposium 2008

Track 9/1

StrategiDesigning strategic Master Plans for Enterprise PLM
Dr. Stephan Melzer, sd&m AG

Abstract
The automotive industry is changing – away from the mere mechanical product "vehicle" and towards the integrated product "mobility". Alongside the traditional geometry-oriented components such as auto body, interior, chassis and power train, system-oriented components from the fields of electrical equipment, electronics and software have become an established part of the overall product and trans-form the vehicle into a mechatronic product.

Against the background of many years' experience in designing large-scale application landscapes, this presentation introduces approaches towards successful IT implementation of an enterprise-wide PLM strategy. One key aspect is the development and ongoing maintenance of the PLM function landscape in which the central functions of a PLM backbone such as document, configuration and change management are all documented, independently of any existing off-the-shelf or tailored sys-tems. Only by means of such a function-landscape is it possible to conduct a continuous target/actual analysis of the application landscape and to optimize those strategically through concrete develop-ment measures. On this basis, the presentation illustrates key criteria for success that need to be taken into consideration from an IT perspective when deriving an agile PLM system landscape and select-ing specific off-the-shelf systems.

Of course, an optimized PLM system does not come about overnight. Even small-scale extension or modification projects nevertheless give an opportunity to enhance the system landscape in an evolu-tionary, long-term fashion. Holistic optimization of this sort on the basis of concrete architecture plan-ning measures is, however, only viable if you know the actual situation and the corresponding target situation. The presentation therefore concludes with specific recommendations on how those respon-sible are able to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the existing PLM-system landscape with limited time and resources and establish on this basis target requirements for data and service archi-tecture, development concept and governance model.

Presentation
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Track 9/2

DMU-Monitoring for Efficient Management of the Product Development Processes
Dr. Jörg Lüddemann, InMediasP GmbH
Lutz Andersch, InMediasP GmbH

Abstract
DMU applications incorporate a high bandwidth of processes, methods and tools as well as heterogeneous, highly distributed data sources and set the trend from PMU to DMU. The latter covers the complete product validation regarding shape, manufacturability and functionality in distributed product development processes.

DMU monitoring is a systematic approach to efficiently manage product development processes in terms of product maturity, scheduling and product validation. Based on consistent DMU data and assuming it is employed company wide, a tool-based DMU monitoring solution can be the central application to monitor and control product variance and development progress. In addition it supports project management with respect to coordination of processes, status monitoring and reporting.

Based on extensive specifications, InMediasP developed a specific DMU monitoring solution for an automotive company. Continuous and consistent application of this tool from the beginning of the project led to a significant increase of transparency in the development process. The integration of further processes proved flexible and seamless, as shown for the design of product configurations, the management of DMU processes and the creation of reports.

This presentation points out the advantages of DMU monitoring on several layers: Reporting data is available for decision makers at any point of time. The detail level of reports can be dynamically adjusted from project summary to explicitly detailed facts. Quantitative data and expert analyses allow a deep insight into current processes and operations at any time during the complete product lifecycle.

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