OpenPDM brochure - Prostep AG
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OPENPDM - OPENPDM - OPENPDM - OPENPDM<br />
OpenPD <strong>OpenPDM</strong><br />
OpenPD<br />
Product data management<br />
without limits
I n t e g r a t i o n r e p r e s e n t s a k i n d o f<br />
0.1<br />
1.<br />
1.<br />
Numerous Numerous Communica<br />
Communication<br />
Communica<br />
Communica tion<br />
Breakdowns.<br />
Breakdowns.<br />
Product development is a collaborative task<br />
that demands a high level of communication.<br />
Therefore the systems being used must speak<br />
one language.<br />
Global Collaboration<br />
Speaking one language<br />
Companies in the automotive and<br />
aerospace industries develop<br />
highly complex products with a wide<br />
variety of different versions because<br />
today’s customers demand individual<br />
solutions. The number of model<br />
variants is increasing steadily and the<br />
ability to use carry-over parts is<br />
becoming increasingly important.<br />
Suppliers take over a major part of<br />
development work. They no longer<br />
supply just individual parts but rather<br />
complete modules or systems. In order<br />
to reduce the development time for<br />
the number of moduls and variants,<br />
OEMs, system vendors and suppliers<br />
must be able to access up-to-date<br />
development data at any time.<br />
Within individual companies, however,<br />
the data and information used in the<br />
developed process is distributed over<br />
a large number of different systems<br />
that are unable to communicate with<br />
one another.<br />
This makes it difficult to ensure<br />
company-wide access to up-to-date<br />
development data.<br />
the communication of product data<br />
across companies.<br />
the coordination of critical business<br />
processes such as release or change<br />
management.<br />
The cross-system integration of<br />
product data is therefore an<br />
important requirement for improving<br />
the coordination of distributed<br />
development processes and an<br />
efficient management of the entire<br />
product lifecycle (PLM). Without<br />
integration, communication remains<br />
fragmented.
If all participants worked with the<br />
same system, communication would<br />
obviously be much easier. Each<br />
company, however, wants to use the<br />
best system for each task. Therefore,<br />
these systems must speak the same<br />
language.<br />
The requirements for system<br />
integration have increased in direct<br />
proportion to the extent to which<br />
manufacturers have outsourced a<br />
growing number of development tasks<br />
to their suppliers. In order to<br />
coordinate distributed development,<br />
2.<br />
2.<br />
A A c ccommon<br />
c ommon pla platf pla pla tf tform. tf orm.<br />
Companies want to use the best system for<br />
each task while providing their product data<br />
with a common platform.<br />
the suppliers need not only the<br />
geometric data but also the structural<br />
information stored in the management<br />
systems.<br />
The communication of master data,<br />
structures, configurations,<br />
effectivities, change histories and<br />
releases within a single company and<br />
between different companies requires<br />
very powerful integration components.<br />
At the same time, the solution must be<br />
scalable to meet the complex<br />
requirements of the OEMs and<br />
suppliers.<br />
The most important requirements for a<br />
product data integration solution are:<br />
Functional connections to the<br />
systems being used, including legacy<br />
applications.<br />
Workflow components to support the<br />
distributed processes.<br />
Online and offline access options for<br />
partners.<br />
Easy-to-use tools that can be used<br />
to coordinate the processes of<br />
partners and customers.<br />
Cross-system integration therefore<br />
requires detailed knowledge of the<br />
systems in use, the processes to be<br />
supported and the data structures<br />
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 .<br />
0.2<br />
Intelligent Solutions<br />
We understand you<br />
PROSTEP provides the optimal solution<br />
to meet your needs:<br />
The scalable <strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® family of<br />
products allows you to create<br />
integration solutions with different<br />
degrees of complexity – from the<br />
simple linking of two systems<br />
in the Intranet to engineering portals<br />
for suppliers and customers around<br />
the globe or the integration of PLM<br />
over a number of systems.<br />
3.<br />
3.<br />
KNO KNOW-HO KNO -HO -HOW -HO W is is the the K KKey.<br />
K ey.<br />
We provide solutions that meet any<br />
integration requirement. Because<br />
we understand your processes.<br />
What you need is not only a powerful<br />
product but also a solution provider<br />
who understands your processes<br />
and is capable to support you with<br />
implementing your requirements.<br />
The specialists from PROSTEP<br />
are familiar with the requirements<br />
of the automotive and aerospace<br />
industries.<br />
can help you optimize your<br />
distributed engineering processes.<br />
implement integration solutions for<br />
your IT systems.<br />
guarantee that your project runs<br />
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 ” ,<br />
4. 4.<br />
4.<br />
Building Building bridges.<br />
bridges.<br />
You decide how you want to communicate –<br />
<strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® supports your forms of communication<br />
and your communication processes.<br />
You decide<br />
The <strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® product family from<br />
PROSTEP is an integration solution for<br />
product data from different PDM, ERP<br />
or legacy systems that have connectors<br />
to PDM systems like Teamcenter, UG<br />
Manager, mySAP/PLM, ENOVIAVPM,<br />
Windchill, Pro/INTRALINK or eMatrix.<br />
Integration packages also exist for<br />
OEMs’ proprietary solutions.<br />
The connectors allow all relevant PDM<br />
information such as part and<br />
document master data, product and<br />
model structures, configuration<br />
information and release statuses to be<br />
exchanged or made accessible while at<br />
the same time ensuring consistent and<br />
conflict-free access to the systems.<br />
<strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® does not dictate the way<br />
you communicate your product data<br />
within your company or with your<br />
partners. <strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® supports both<br />
file-based data exchange between<br />
different systems and online access to<br />
data in other systems.<br />
<strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® supports the release and<br />
change processes normally found in<br />
the automotive and aerospace<br />
industries. Using graphical tools, the<br />
objects and structures from the source<br />
system can be linked with those in the<br />
target system.<br />
The consistent use of standards allows<br />
the implementation of complex<br />
integration concepts. <strong>OpenPDM</strong> ®<br />
combines the strengths of the STEP<br />
product data standard and of the<br />
Internet standard XML for engineering<br />
data transmission.<br />
The architecture of <strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® is<br />
based on a single application server<br />
(e.g. IBM WebSphere, JBoss, BEA<br />
WebLogic, among others) with a<br />
powerful Web interface which ensures<br />
access to your partners’ data with no<br />
need to know their systems and data<br />
models.
a l l t h e p a r t s f u n c t i o n a s o n e .<br />
0.3<br />
Integrating Experience<br />
Experience counts<br />
<strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® is a product based on<br />
experience: PROSTEP implemented a<br />
large number of integration projects –<br />
both at leading OEMs such as Airbus,<br />
BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Opel and<br />
Volkswagen and industry suppliers<br />
such as Benteler, Bosch, Delphi Automotive,<br />
Webasto and ZF.<br />
In addition: Engineering service<br />
providers in the automotive and<br />
aerospace industries also rely on our<br />
solutions. The <strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® product<br />
family was developed on the basis of<br />
the experience gained in these<br />
projects. A few examples illustrate just<br />
how versatile the solution is.<br />
With Delphi CPI (Customer PDM<br />
Integration), PROSTEP has<br />
implemented a uniform system for<br />
the integration of PDM data between<br />
Delphi and its customers.<br />
<strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® ensures access to the<br />
company’s numerous Teamcenter<br />
instances as well as online (XML) and<br />
asynchronous communication (STEP)<br />
of the product data to the OEM.<br />
Ford is integrating the PDM and CAD<br />
data of its subsidiaries Volvo and<br />
Landrover with that of Ford of<br />
Europe within the framework of its<br />
European platform strategy.<br />
Using <strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® , VPM structure<br />
information and the CATIA data are<br />
exported, converted and transferred<br />
to the I-deas / TDM / Metaphase<br />
environment at Ford. This automated<br />
procedure significantly reduces the<br />
volume of manual intervention effort<br />
required to integrate the PDM<br />
worlds.<br />
Within the framework of introducing<br />
mySAP/PLM at Nothelfer GmbH,<br />
PROSTEP has integrated the CAD<br />
system CATIA directly into the PLM<br />
solution using <strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® . This link<br />
allows the automated processing of<br />
STEP structure information from the<br />
OEMs and simplifies the mass import<br />
of document master data and<br />
structures into mySAP/PLM.<br />
Webasto <strong>AG</strong> has integrated the CAD<br />
data management system<br />
ENOVIAVPM into the PLM backbone<br />
Windchill and created an OEM<br />
bridge based on <strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® . This<br />
allows the company to use a single<br />
uniform process to provide all its<br />
customers with master data from<br />
both systems thus reducing the<br />
work-load.<br />
5.<br />
5.<br />
Experience Experience shows. shows.<br />
shows.<br />
J e a n A y r e s<br />
<strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® was not created in a<br />
vacuum: This family of products<br />
incorporates the experience gained in<br />
numerous integration projects.<br />
The experience from various projects<br />
shows that the use of <strong>OpenPDM</strong> ®<br />
The experience from various projects<br />
shows that the use of <strong>OpenPDM</strong> ®<br />
significantly reduces the time and<br />
effort required to collect and<br />
distribute product data within the<br />
company.<br />
reduces development times by<br />
making the latest development and<br />
change data available in a transparent<br />
manner.<br />
prevents time-intensive and costly<br />
changes caused by working with<br />
obsolete information.<br />
accelerates the collaborative<br />
development process by<br />
incorporating the relevant partner<br />
information.<br />
The comprehensive functionality<br />
offered by <strong>OpenPDM</strong> ® The comprehensive functionality<br />
offered by <strong>OpenPDM</strong> and the project<br />
know-how provided by PROSTEP<br />
guarantees the simple and fast<br />
integration of your distributed product<br />
data using available standards.<br />
Thanks to its scalability and modular<br />
structure, the solution can be tailored<br />
to your current communication processes<br />
and, at the same time, keep up<br />
with your future requirements for<br />
product lifecycle-management.<br />
® and the project<br />
know-how provided by PROSTEP<br />
guarantees the simple and fast<br />
integration of your distributed product<br />
data using available standards.<br />
Thanks to its scalability and modular<br />
structure, the solution can be tailored<br />
to your current communication processes<br />
and, at the same time, keep up<br />
with your future requirements for<br />
product lifecycle-management.
P R O S T E P S o l u t i o n s<br />
CAD-Integration made easy<br />
Solutions for the engineering<br />
data workflow<br />
Product data management<br />
without limits<br />
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Convert,<br />
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Communication is the pacemaker for<br />
global collaboration<br />
For further information<br />
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