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Document Management and Collaboration between

OEM and Supplier

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Agenda

Overview PDM Programme

Targets of Requirements Management and Product
Data Management in a collaboration scenario between
OEM und Supplier
Implementation of a standard solution

What are the benefits of this solution ?

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BMW Group target

Expansion of the Product Portfolio
Segment

Super
Luxury
Luxury
Upper
Midrange
Midrange

Compact
Small

Micro

Saloon

Coup

Touring

Convertible Roadster

Off-Road

Van

MPV

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Complexity in vehicle development

Consequence of premium brand strategy
Product programme complexity
1 Series

6 Series

5 Series

Overall complexity

X3

Z4

7 Series
2001

1 Series

2002

2003

2004

2005
6 Series

5 Series

X3

Z4

7 Series
2001

Function complexity [fx]

2002

2003

2004

2005

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Targets of Product Data Management

The result of the process development is transparency and
responsibility in interaction with all data in the product
developement.
Strategy
Input

Preliminary Work Phase

Order, initial phase

Model line

Series development

Agreement on targets

SOP

Production ramp-up

PL

The developement based on ONE continous

product structure, the "PDM Backbone"

Pre-Developement

Series Development

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One consistent data structure for all business processes

within the product development process

Configuration
Requirements Specification
Supplier Selection
CAD-Data
Release Management
PL

Validation

Weight

Costs

Engineering Change Management

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Agenda

Overview PDM Programm

Targets for Requirements Management and Product
Data Management in a collaboration scenario between
OEM und Supplier
Implementation of a standard solution

What are the benefits of this solution ?

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Need for action in the requirements management

between OEM and Supplier

No overall consistent
data management
Suppliers get no
current document
versions

No separation of
requirements and
solutions

Development process

Changes and
releases of
requirements
specification are not
controlled

After production rampup requirements on a

product are not
traceable

The requirements
specification is base
for the contract with
the supplier

No integration of the
requirement
management to the
product data managment

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and Supplier

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Transparency

Mandatory
Get current requirements

Base for development
activities

Data exchange
Get the relevant information

View the actual documents

Keeping a history

Make exchange processes
more transparent

Eng. change mangement

automatic
Changechange
notfications
notfications

to the
Adapt
the development
supplier

Overall Requirements Management

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The document management is used to link the requirements to the

product structure
Requirements Management
BM W

Supplier

s
il e d m e n t
a
t
d e u i re
re q

do

e
um

PL

nt s

Requirements
for a component

Product Data Management

solution description
to implement
a component

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The requirements specification process focuses on

the collaboration between OEM and Supplier

Order, initial phase

Model line

Agreement on targets

Production ramp-up

SoP

Requirements
specification

Development
process

Technical
product
specification

Engineering change management

Procurement processes

Request for
quotation

...

TPB

Contract of
development

...

Supplier processes

Tendering

Generating a solution

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Agenda

Overview PDM Programm

Targets for Requirements Management and Product
Data Management in Collaboration between
OEM und Supplier
Implementation of a standard solution

What are the benefits of this solution ?

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Requirements on a system to support the

collaboration between OEM and Supplier
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Authorisation

Information
Information security
security

User
User Interface
Interface

Web based solution

Link to the application out of the company portal

Easy handling of the application

No
No direct
direct access
access to
to
back
back end
end systems
systems

The supplier must not be able to access

to the back end system

System based release workflow

Create and maintain folders and structures
Store documents in a traceable way
Standard interface to DMS system

Document
Document management
management

User
User management
management

Low administrative comlexity for system support

Supplier maintains the users

Mailing
Mailing system
system

Automatic change notification

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Flexible interface between PDM and exchange

platform
PEP
specifica

neutral
Interface

Link to
cFx

PL
working
structure
supplier - 123456
supplier - 123456
project - 123456
component folder
document folder 1
document folder 2

SAP iPPE
SAP DMS
SAP Business Workflow

SAP cFolders

cFx: short cut for SAP cFolders

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Controlled requirement specification process

with defined workflows
requirements management

requirements
specification
management

review
document

de rel
pa ea
r tm se
en
t

in
on e
rs rg
pe cha

rio
e
p
su

i t y en t
l
a
qu rtm
pa
e
d

review and release process

release

revise

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Document exchange - linking component supplier

exchange platform

PEP PDM
PL

working
space
2

supplier - 123456
supplier - 123456
project - 123456

Component folder
document folder 1
document folder 2

6
purchasing department
.. selection of the components
.. supplier
.. contact person
.. project name
.. send requirements

supplier
.. generate the technical
product specification
.. send document to OEM PDM

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Document exchange - linking lab car partner

PEP PDM

exchange platform

PL
working
space
Lab - 123456
Document folder 1
Document folder 2
Document folder 3
Document folder 4

engineering department
selection of
.. model line
.. vehicles
.. assemblies

lab car partner

will be informed when a document
changes.
has the possibilty to view current
versions of the documents

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Agenda

Overview PDM Programm

Targets for Requirements Management and Product
Data Management a collaboration scenario between
OEM und Supplier
Implementation of a standard solution

What are the benefits of this solution ?

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Summary

Project result
Action required:

The requirements specification process is not
system controlled

No change notification to the supplier

Only BMW employees have direct acces to the
central system; supplier use the exchange
platform
Solution:

The process between OEM and Supplier is
stabilized

Link between requirements and solutions in a
collaborative scenario

communication between OEM und supplier with
automatic mailing and web based access has
improved

Requirements specification process

Order, initial phase

M odel line

Agreement on targets

Production ramp- up

SoP

Req uirement s
sp ecificat ion

Development
process

T echnical
product
specification

Eng ineering change manag ement

Procurement processes

Request for
q uot at ion

...

TPB

Cont ract of
d evelopment

...

Supplier processes

Tend ering

Generat ing a solut ion

Premium Data for Premium Processes

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Thank You for Your Attention!

Premium Data for Premium Processes

Bayerische
Motoren Werke
Aktiengesellschaft

Mathias Meyer
Diplom-Informatiker (FH)
E/E-Prozessentwicklung

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