Automotive Design and Production

SEP 2013

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installations and application upgrades— three times faster, according to Siemens PLM—as well as faster return on investment. Up to now, says Lewis, "with a monolithic version of Teamcenter, the customer would have to wait for new functionality until the whole thing comes out. What we want our customers to be able to do is to hit the ground fast." t Teamcenter Rapid Start is preconfgured with workfows to support common PDM processes like change and design reviews, including routing the associated 3D models and providing signof capabilities. p The Active Workspace within Teamcenter can display products as 3D models while showing part and component relationships to other information. and more. Rapid Start also includes preconfgured groups and roles, with appropriate accesses and permissions. With roles, users can streamline their routine tasks and processes. Of course, implementing groups and roles requires some planning: Companies need to decide what their organizational structure is to look like inside the PLM system. For example, are they going to organize the business based on functional groups (engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, etc.) or based on teams or projects? when you need it." However, even these preconfgurations can be reconfgured by engaging some implementation services to customize Rapid Start. Rapid Start preconfgurations give companies a head start into implementing PLM in general and Teamcenter in particular. Ultimately, explains Lewis, "Rapid Start's preconfgured capabilities help minimize the costs of consulting and maintenance, allowing you to immediately realize the benefts of PDM while having a growth path to PLM Incidentally, Teamcenter Express customers can exchange their current licenses for equivalent Teamcenter Rapid Start licenses. Subsequent Teamcenter Express upgrades will be to Rapid Start, as opposed to upgrading from one version of Express to the next version. A tenth about Teamcenter 10 One of the biggest changes with the latest version of Teamcenter, version 10, is that the application is no longer dependent on a specifc version of the Teamcenter platform. Being able to implement new Teamcenter applications without having to frst upgrade the Teamcenter platform yields faster Teamcenter version 10 also has oodles of new features and enhancements. Users can execute workfows using electronic CAD tools, as well as simultaneously view product, model, and analyses. For BOM management, a single action can update parts in multiple locations within Teamcenter, and Teamcenter can synch parts and design BOMs automatically. Both of these enhancements ensure BOM accuracy, consistency, and completeness. In the area of requirements management, fles based on DOORS and RIF formats can be imported and exchanged. Also, users can document and attach decision support rationale to trace requirements and relationships. As a result of Siemens PLM acquiring LMS International in January, 2013, Teamcenter seamlessly uses LMS models for system synthesis, multi-physics analysis, test, and validation. And, as debuted in 2012, Active Workspace (AWS) is fully integrated into Teamcenter. AWS is more than a dashboard; it is a customizable visualization tool for accessing, extracting, and making sense of massive amounts— think "big data"—of 3D information. (It is not, however, an authoring environment.) Built-in flters let users mine and navigate to the information they want. It then presents the relevant information graphically (such as charts or colorcoded 3D product models and reports) and in logical groups, with drill-down links for quick access to specifc views, models, and related documentation. AWS will even suggest the appropriate people to share search results based on the context of the data being reviewed. For automotive companies of all stripes and sizes, these Teamcenter "tweaks" mean more, better, easier, faster, less expensive, and smarter access to the wealth of product data contained in Siemens's PLM. 39

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