Efficient PLM for SMEs Individual, Streamlined and Flexible

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1 cenitspin Efficient PLM for SMEs Individual, Streamlined and Flexible Configure your PLM Standard

2 Gain a clear overview with the PLM desktop Intuitive and user-friendly operation combined with an agile introduction concept makes it easy for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to start using PLM. SMEs face a particular range of challenges when introducing PLM. Individually adapted software solutions are very costly, while conventional software solutions often do not do justice to customer-specific processes and are primarily tailored to the requirements of large companies. SMEs in particular can benefit from a standard PLM solution with cenitspin which can be customized without high implementation and operating costs. This means that efficiency and individuality are no longer a contradiction. The centerpiece is the PLM desktop which gives users maximum transparency over all information that effects them in the development process. At a glance, they can recognize current tasks, the underlying project planning and the relevant components and product structures. cenitspin is based on the sustainable and scalable 3DEXPERIENCE platform from Dassault Systèmes. Our customers benefit from the tried-and-tested technology and innovativeness of the global PLM market leader, for example in multi-cad data management for CATIA V5, V6 and SolidWorks and third-party CAD systems. The PLM desktop allows them to manage product development efficiently over the entire product lifecycle. cenitspin offers a preconfigured, best-practice solution covering the essential PLM topics which have been integrated efficiently and with reduced complexity. As a result of these preconfigured standards, the software becomes operational quickly and already covers a large number of processes. To do justice to the individuality of business processes, the Configuration Engine can be used to make changes quickly during the course of implementation without the need for programming. User acceptance is an essential aspect of successful system introduction. With cenitspin s agile introduction concept, users are actively integrated into the system definition at an early stage in order to achieve a practicable system configuration and efficient workflows. User feedback is implemented directly and without extensive scripting or programming, thanks to the Configuration Engine. As a result, it only takes a few minutes before the desired changes have been implemented in the system and can be presented live. This agile process model substantially reduces project risks and accelerates PLM introduction, achieving what sometimes take years in just a few months.

3 cenitspin supports the effective administration of complex, company-wide projects. The work packages and individual tasks are easy to plan and assign to the individual project phases and milestones. The sequence of individual procedures and their scheduling is shown clearly in the interactive GANTT chart. Every project member sees their individual dashboard which summarizes all tasks and milestones relevant to them so that their own activities can be prioritized accordingly. cenitspin offers users an integrated, high-performance yet easyto-use tool for defining and following product requirements. Product managers define all relevant criteria, such as performance, er g onomic s, cont r ac t s, s t andar ds and law s, manufacturability, serviceability etc. in order to formulate verifiable goals and specifications of the product for everyone in the company. cenitspin simplifies and accelerates inspection and approval procedures significantly and represents the central knowledge database for product development. Project Document As a central tool in product development, cenitspin simplifies the creation of new product specifications and their changes. All documents relevant to the development process are linked directly with the central product or material master file. As a result, all affected development documents are identified quickly and are accessible immediately. This significantly reduces the outlay required for searching and changing. With cenitspin, the entire organization always receives up-to-date information, and thanks to the PLM desktop, is informed of all realized or planned changes immediately. CAD Data Requirement In a consistent multi-cad environment, cenitspin administers the current CAD systems, such as CATIA V5 and V6, NX and SolidWorks, based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. These mature CAN integrations which have been used successfully for a long time, contain comprehensive data administration functions and also allow for a neutral visualization of all CAD data inside and outside the company. Gain a clear overview with the PLM desktop Intuitive and user-friendly operation combined with an agile introduction concept makes it easy for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to start using PLM. SMEs face a particular range of challenges when introducing PLM. Individually adapted software solutions are very costly, while conventional software solutions often do not do justice to customer-specific processes and are primarily tailored to the requirements of large companies. SMEs in particular can benefit from a standard PLM solution with cenitspin which can be customized without high implementation and operating costs. This means that efficiency and individuality are no longer a contradiction. The centerpiece is the PLM desktop which gives users maximum transparency over all information that effects them in the development process. At a glance, they can recognize current tasks, the underlying project planning and the relevant components and product structures. cenitspin is based on the sustainable and scalable 3DEXPERIENCE platform from Dassault Systèmes. Our customers benefit from the tried-and-tested technology and innovativeness of the global PLM market leader, for example in multi-cad data management for CATIA V5, V6 and SolidWorks and third-party CAD systems. The PLM desktop allows them to manage product development efficiently over the entire product lifecycle. cenitspin offers a preconfigured, best-practice solution covering the essential PLM topics which have been integrated efficiently and with reduced complexity. As a result of these preconfigured standards, the software becomes operational quickly and already covers a large number of processes. To do justice to the individuality of business processes, the Configuration Engine can be used to make changes quickly during the course of implementation without the need for programming. User acceptance is an essential aspect of successful system introduction. With cenitspin s agile introduction concept, users are actively integrated into the system definition at an early stage in order to achieve a practicable system configuration and efficient workflows. User feedback is implemented directly and without extensive scripting or programming, thanks to the Configuration Engine. As a result, it only takes a few minutes before the desired changes have been implemented in the system and can be presented live. This agile process model substantially reduces project risks and accelerates PLM introduction, achieving what sometimes take years in just a few months. Preparing and administering bill of materials structures within cenitspin functions effortlessly. The ability to re-use existing components, extract bills of materials from CAD structures, copy existing descriptions and compare the structure of two bills of materials significantly accelerates the development of new products. The integration with ERP systems ensures efficient and consistent administration of bills of materials throughout the entire company. Parts List cenitspin allows for the modeling of business processes in order to improve the cooperation of all participants and ensure reproducible, automated workflows. Every type of business process can be realized in cenitspin with its own workflows and linked data. Business process workflows are also used to generate the task list on the user dashboard and define the task priority. Predefined best practice workflows are provided for typical engineering processes such as change management (ECR/ECO), document approval, problem management etc. Thanks to the configuration tool, these can be adjusted to company-specific processes easily and at any time. Risk Business Process Knowledge The integrated risk management provides support during the consolidation of all relevant information and problems that have occurred in order to continuously monitor progress, assess risks, ensure project milestones and initiate timely and appropriate corrections. In addition, project managers have high-performance reporting tools such as EBOMGANTT-REPORT and PROJECTGANTT-REPORT, which allow for an entirely new perspective on the product and the product activities in order to analyze the progress of the development projects at a glance. cenitspin includes a comprehensive toolset which, among other applications, can be used to manage requirements, products, documents and changes, as well as for risk and business process management. It is therefore the company s central knowledge reservoir, and a source of knowledge that is always up to date. This knowledge library is made particularly valuable by the structuring and networking of all knowledge building blocks, the simple reuse of all experience gain, and the seamless cooperation of all participants.

4 Security and Data Protection Advantages of cenitspin In cenitspin, all data is subject to security guidelines that determine which access rights users have to certain datasets according to their respective security context. As a result, secure and granular access management is achieved while the outlay for the administration of individual user rights is reduced when adding new users or modifying responsibilities. High user acceptance thanks to clear display and intuitive operation ERP Integration The integration of cenitspin with ERP systems is based on cenitconnect, a CENIT integration solution based on robust standard mechanisms of the respective system manufacturers. With this field-tested product, company-wide business processes can be linked effectively to improve the cooperation between product development and downstream company functions such as materials management, production planning and purchasing, and to prevent transmission errors. Thanks to ENOVIA s flexible and open architecture, any type of company data can be transmitted between cenitspin and the ERP system. Shorter project lead times thanks to preconfigured best-practice business processes Simple system configuration rather than complicated programming, facilitating quick, agile introduction Consistent and documented system configuration ensures lower operating and update costs (TCO) The supplied Configuration Engine allows retrospective customizations and expansi- ons in response to changing requirements

5 CENIT AG For over 25 years, CENIT has been successfully active as a leading consulting and software specialist for optimizing business processes in the Digital Factory, Product Lifecycle (PLM), SAP Solutions, Enterprise Information (EIM), Business Optimization & Analytics (BOA), and Application Services (AMS) fields. CENIT complements standard solutions by strategic partners such as Dassault Systèmes, SAP and IBM by providing well-established own software solutions. These include the FASTSUITE product family for software solutions in the Digital Factory field, cenitconnect for SAP PLM-related processes, cenitspin as a high-performance PLM Desktop, as well as CENIT ECLISO for efficient information management. The enterprise is represented at 16 locations in six countries and employs around 700 staff worldwide. CENIT s employees support customers primarily from the automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, tooling and molding, financial services, commercial and consumer goods industries. Kontakt CENIT AG Industriestrasse D Stuttgart Tel.: Fax: info@cenit.de CENIT North America Inc. 691 N. Squirrel Road, Suite 275, Auburn Hills, Michigan Tel.: Fax: info@cenit.com