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Numerous Numerous Communica
Communication
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Communica tion
Breakdowns.
Breakdowns.
Product development is a collaborative task
that demands a high level of communication.
Therefore the systems being used must speak
one language.
Global Collaboration
Speaking one language
Companies in the automotive and
aerospace industries develop
highly complex products with a wide
variety of different versions because
today’s customers demand individual
solutions. The number of model
variants is increasing steadily and the
ability to use carry-over parts is
becoming increasingly important.
Suppliers take over a major part of
development work. They no longer
supply just individual parts but rather
complete modules or systems. In order
to reduce the development time for
the number of moduls and variants,
OEMs, system vendors and suppliers
must be able to access up-to-date
development data at any time.
Within individual companies, however,
the data and information used in the
developed process is distributed over
a large number of different systems
that are unable to communicate with
one another.
This makes it difficult to ensure
company-wide access to up-to-date
development data.
the communication of product data
across companies.
the coordination of critical business
processes such as release or change
management.
The cross-system integration of
product data is therefore an
important requirement for improving
the coordination of distributed
development processes and an
efficient management of the entire
product lifecycle (PLM). Without
integration, communication remains
fragmented.

If all participants worked with the
same system, communication would
obviously be much easier. Each
company, however, wants to use the
best system for each task. Therefore,
these systems must speak the same
language.
The requirements for system
integration have increased in direct
proportion to the extent to which
manufacturers have outsourced a
growing number of development tasks
to their suppliers. In order to
coordinate distributed development,
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Companies want to use the best system for
each task while providing their product data
with a common platform.
the suppliers need not only the
geometric data but also the structural
information stored in the management
systems.
The communication of master data,
structures, configurations,
effectivities, change histories and
releases within a single company and
between different companies requires
very powerful integration components.
At the same time, the solution must be
scalable to meet the complex
requirements of the OEMs and
suppliers.
The most important requirements for a
product data integration solution are:
Functional connections to the
systems being used, including legacy
applications.
Workflow components to support the
distributed processes.
Online and offline access options for
partners.
Easy-to-use tools that can be used
to coordinate the processes of
partners and customers.
Cross-system integration therefore
requires detailed knowledge of the
systems in use, the processes to be
supported and the data structures
used.

t o p u t t o g e t h e r p a r t s t o c r e a t e a w h o l e .
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Intelligent Solutions
We understand you
PROSTEP provides the optimal solution
to meet your needs:
The scalable OpenPDM ® family of
products allows you to create
integration solutions with different
degrees of complexity – from the
simple linking of two systems
in the Intranet to engineering portals
for suppliers and customers around
the globe or the integration of PLM
over a number of systems.
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KNO KNOW-HO KNO -HO -HOW -HO W is is the the K KKey.
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We provide solutions that meet any
integration requirement. Because
we understand your processes.
What you need is not only a powerful
product but also a solution provider
who understands your processes
and is capable to support you with
implementing your requirements.
The specialists from PROSTEP
are familiar with the requirements
of the automotive and aerospace
industries.
can help you optimize your
distributed engineering processes.
implement integration solutions for
your IT systems.
guarantee that your project runs
efficiently and cost-effectly.

I f s o m e t h i n g h a s b e e n “ i n t e g r a t e d ” ,
4. 4.
4.
Building Building bridges.
bridges.
You decide how you want to communicate –
OpenPDM ® supports your forms of communication
and your communication processes.
You decide
The OpenPDM ® product family from
PROSTEP is an integration solution for
product data from different PDM, ERP
or legacy systems that have connectors
to PDM systems like Teamcenter, UG
Manager, mySAP/PLM, ENOVIAVPM,
Windchill, Pro/INTRALINK or eMatrix.
Integration packages also exist for
OEMs’ proprietary solutions.
The connectors allow all relevant PDM
information such as part and
document master data, product and
model structures, configuration
information and release statuses to be
exchanged or made accessible while at
the same time ensuring consistent and
conflict-free access to the systems.
OpenPDM ® does not dictate the way
you communicate your product data
within your company or with your
partners. OpenPDM ® supports both
file-based data exchange between
different systems and online access to
data in other systems.
OpenPDM ® supports the release and
change processes normally found in
the automotive and aerospace
industries. Using graphical tools, the
objects and structures from the source
system can be linked with those in the
target system.
The consistent use of standards allows
the implementation of complex
integration concepts. OpenPDM ®
combines the strengths of the STEP
product data standard and of the
Internet standard XML for engineering
data transmission.
The architecture of OpenPDM ® is
based on a single application server
(e.g. IBM WebSphere, JBoss, BEA
WebLogic, among others) with a
powerful Web interface which ensures
access to your partners’ data with no
need to know their systems and data
models.

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Integrating Experience
Experience counts
OpenPDM ® is a product based on
experience: PROSTEP implemented a
large number of integration projects –
both at leading OEMs such as Airbus,
BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Opel and
Volkswagen and industry suppliers
such as Benteler, Bosch, Delphi Automotive,
Webasto and ZF.
In addition: Engineering service
providers in the automotive and
aerospace industries also rely on our
solutions. The OpenPDM ® product
family was developed on the basis of
the experience gained in these
projects. A few examples illustrate just
how versatile the solution is.
With Delphi CPI (Customer PDM
Integration), PROSTEP has
implemented a uniform system for
the integration of PDM data between
Delphi and its customers.
OpenPDM ® ensures access to the
company’s numerous Teamcenter
instances as well as online (XML) and
asynchronous communication (STEP)
of the product data to the OEM.
Ford is integrating the PDM and CAD
data of its subsidiaries Volvo and
Landrover with that of Ford of
Europe within the framework of its
European platform strategy.
Using OpenPDM ® , VPM structure
information and the CATIA data are
exported, converted and transferred
to the I-deas / TDM / Metaphase
environment at Ford. This automated
procedure significantly reduces the
volume of manual intervention effort
required to integrate the PDM
worlds.
Within the framework of introducing
mySAP/PLM at Nothelfer GmbH,
PROSTEP has integrated the CAD
system CATIA directly into the PLM
solution using OpenPDM ® . This link
allows the automated processing of
STEP structure information from the
OEMs and simplifies the mass import
of document master data and
structures into mySAP/PLM.
Webasto AG has integrated the CAD
data management system
ENOVIAVPM into the PLM backbone
Windchill and created an OEM
bridge based on OpenPDM ® . This
allows the company to use a single
uniform process to provide all its
customers with master data from
both systems thus reducing the
work-load.
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5.
Experience Experience shows. shows.
shows.
J e a n A y r e s
OpenPDM ® was not created in a
vacuum: This family of products
incorporates the experience gained in
numerous integration projects.
The experience from various projects
shows that the use of OpenPDM ®
The experience from various projects
shows that the use of OpenPDM ®
significantly reduces the time and
effort required to collect and
distribute product data within the
company.
reduces development times by
making the latest development and
change data available in a transparent
manner.
prevents time-intensive and costly
changes caused by working with
obsolete information.
accelerates the collaborative
development process by
incorporating the relevant partner
information.
The comprehensive functionality
offered by OpenPDM ® The comprehensive functionality
offered by OpenPDM and the project
know-how provided by PROSTEP
guarantees the simple and fast
integration of your distributed product
data using available standards.
Thanks to its scalability and modular
structure, the solution can be tailored
to your current communication processes
and, at the same time, keep up
with your future requirements for
product lifecycle-management.
® and the project
know-how provided by PROSTEP
guarantees the simple and fast
integration of your distributed product
data using available standards.
Thanks to its scalability and modular
structure, the solution can be tailored
to your current communication processes
and, at the same time, keep up
with your future requirements for
product lifecycle-management.

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