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2. Process driven Product Lifecycle Management
FROM
INNOVATIVE
IDEAS TO
PERFECT
PRODUCTS
Şerban Florin
CENIT SRL
Iaşi, România

3. Process Driven PLM
Goal: Linking engineering and business administration via
process driven data and activity management
 Main benefits
 Leaner and faster
business processes
 Reduced cycle times
 Reduced
manufacturing costs
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4. Process Driven PLM at a glance
PROCESS DRIVEN
PLM
Document
Management Mechatronic
Engineering
Collaboration
Process & Project
Management
Product Structure
Management
Visualization
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5. 1. Mechatronical Development
Accurate procedures without detours
 Foster cross-team development
and collaboration
 Common use of
standards
 Early access to
production information
 Process security in all
teams
 Shorter development cycles
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6. 2. Process & Project Management
Just give it a short shrift
 Make engineering processes more
secure, leaner, quicker and less cost-
intensive
 Control costs throughout the entire
process
 Standardize business
processes
 Foster global collaboration
 Improve competitiveness
 Flexible solution with small
implementation effort
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7. 3.Visualization
Catch on faster
 Reliable assessment instead of
abstract speculation
 Everything at a glance within
intelligent interactive 3D documents
 Higher process security from the
start
 Increased process speed and
quality
 Reduce costs by reducing
complexity
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8. 4. Product Structure Management
To have the entire product lifecycle under control
 Secure decisions by significantly
improved product transparency
during the entire product
development process
 Reduction of product development
costs by variant creation with
increased use of frequently used
components
 Optimal internal and external
collaboration at any time
 Clarity through user-friendly
visualization
 Ease of use through
industry-specific adjustments
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9. 5. Collaboration
Easy distributed product development
 Collaboration within the worldwide network
 Collaboration beyond company boundaries
 Collaboration of independent partners
 Full speed processes
 Transparence and secure collaboration
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10. 6. Document Management
Everything always correct – errors
excluded
 In the beginning there is … the document
 Ideal platform for the control of document-
driven business processes
 Dynamic process-driven document
management
 Easy changes
 Gain of quality and time
 Optimized PLM process
 from the start
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11. Process Driven PLM at a glance
PROCESS DRIVEN
PLM
Document
Management Mechatronic
Engineering
Collaboration
Process & Project
Management
Product Structure
Management
Visualization
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12. Good to know about development in SAP
 SAP = System Analysis and Program Development
• Basis concept = 1 common database and various modules
 ABAP = Advanced Business Application Programming
High level Programming language
• Fully Object Oriented,
• Lends itself very nicely to all recent methodologies, like Agile
development, Patterns usage etc,
• Easy to learn
• Enables effective, rock solid application
development in the SAP environment
• embedded relational database access
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13. Good to know about development in SAP
 Web Dynpro = SAP Web based GUI development
• Powerful frameworks available
• Platform independent GUI‘s made easy
• Uniform metamodel for all types of UI.
• Full integration to SAP backend technology
• Supports mobile Applications
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14. Thank you for your attention
For our next
Meeting we look forward for your
Feedback
CENIT SRL
Calea Chişinăului 104-106bis
700180 Iaşi
Phone: +40 332 430 574
Fax: +40 332 430 572
Please visit our homepage: www.cenit.ro
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