THE STRATEGIC PARTS MANAGEMENT



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color: schwarz color: weiss S SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS R S E R V E R S E R V E R TIONS SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS S EC SOLUTIONS P ANT SOLUTIONS THE STRATEGIC PARTS MANAGEMENT EC Sustainable Cost Reduction for SOLUTIONS Standard, Supplier and Company Parts P ANT SOLUTIONS for Engineering and Purchasing T P O I N T P O I N T U D O K U D O K U

2 Strategic Parts Management Strategic Parts Management Why is Strategic Parts Management important for your success? 70% of controllable product costs can be traced back to planning during the development phase. The Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions by CA- DENAS helps you utilize the maximum savings potential in your company. Already during the design phase, you will reach a higher degree of standardization of your components, and thus reduce costs in the long run, which at a later point can not be influenced anymore. With CADENAS Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions, you cut costs at the right spot! % 100 75 50 25 +70% +18% Controllable product costs +7% +28% +5% +10% +54% Incurred product expenses 154 of the 1,000 top global players from Germany rely on PARTsolutions by CADENAS. 0 +5% +3% DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PRODUCTION PURCHASING SALES Your benefits thanks to Strategic Parts Management Costs are reduced permanently and effectively Processes are accelerated Multiple duplicate parts are reduced All information at a glance Find instead of search More freedom for creative ideas = Engineering instead of managing Spares sales resources

Fields of application 3 Added value for every department The Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions offers many departments considerable benefits. Fields of application for the Strategic Parts Management Company parts Supplier parts Standard parts Engineering Intelligent CAD models Productivity tools Reuse Standard- & supplier part catalogs Documentation Standardization Tools for standardization Duplicate copies analysis End-of-Life-Phase Tools for classification Manufacturing Warehousing Purchasing External service providers Roles, rights and filters all information at a glance Finding instead of searching Unmachined Part Search PURCHINEERING Supplier portal Production optimization & outsourcing IT Integration in PLM & ERP Process optimization Controlling Management Added value Company-wide cost reduction

4 Oversized part inventory How large is your parts master? Be aware that the part acquisition costs are only the tip of the iceberg! The highest saving potential is not realized through purchasing prices, but at a much earlier stage. By optimizing the reuse rate of available parts and reducing multiple parts, you can influence the costs for your product during development to an extent that is not possible at a later point of time. Procurement costs Purchasing negotiations Administrative costs Spare parts management Investment and fixed capital Maintenance/storage & repairs How much does it cost to create a record for a new part? Many researches figure up their part costs as follows: Source Examination Object Costs in EUR Ehrlenspiel Administration of a purchased part ca. 2.000,-- Hichert Inauguration and maintenance of a part 850,-- Häusele Administration costs per part 1.261,-- IGS Average costs for administration of a part 1.200,-- Multiple parts = Bad You don t think so? Here s the proof! A large part multiplicity means a higher expenditure of time in order to find the right parts. In addition, this means a large number of parts and higher costs for the whole company. Multiple parts = Time x Cost Universally known is that time is money: Time = Cost In connection with the first assumption the result is: Multiple parts = Cost x Cost = Cost² As already recognized in church, money is the root of all evil: Cost = Bad In connection with the previous equation we prove: Multiple parts = Bad² Multiple parts = Bad

Reduce multiple parts 5 Reduce multiple parts! Successful companies have fewer parts! Number of Parts A study by Prof. K. Ehrlenspiel affirms that the respective market leaders have fewer parts in their industry. Simply reduce your parts stock with CADENAS Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions! less successful companies successful companies Other companies are already doing it: Successful implementation of the Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions 6000 Number of newly created part records > 6000»By connecting to the SAP material management, 35% less purchased parts were newly ca. 5500 applied. Here the savings for process costs 5000 ca. 4800 were enormous.«4496 4000 3754 4212-6% 3532 Peter Zander KUKA Systems GmbH -21% 3000 2913-35% 2000 1000 without PARTsolutions with PLM/ERP connection PARTsolutions with PLM and ERP connection 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

6 manufacturer CATALOGS M a n y n o ta b l e c ata l o g s trend is growing! a r e ava i l a b l e Annual growth of catalogs Quantity 800 700 600 600 520 470 500 420 360 400 300 220 150 200 100 10 20 1998 1999 50 250 180 80 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Selection of manufacturer catalogs...and many more.

smart parts 7 Smart parts Intelligent 3D CAD Models The Strategic Parts Management offers intelligent information about the available CAD components. Aside from pure CAD geometries, engineers also receive kinematic functions, collision observations, stroke deviations, etc. Thread length/depth and other important mounting dimensions Symbols and attributes for circuit diagrams and flow charts Texture Color Density Material Kinematics information Trajectory Level of detail for mechanical engineering & plant construction Expiration date - replaced by components Weight Information for technical documentation

8 All information at a glance All information at a glance! The universal research system for engineers and purchasers In order to be able to import all information at once, the Strategic Parts Management by CADENAS has numerous interfaces to other parts information systems, such as PLM and ERP systems. The Strategic Parts Management offers companies an all-encompassing pool of knowledge, which can be used in the entire company by different departments. Thus engineers and purchasers receive all business and technical information at once. DATA FROM ERP-SYSTEM DATA FROM PDM-SYSTEM PARTSOLUTIONS TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION CAD Information (Geometry, weight, etc.) PLM Information (preferred rows, document, etc.) ERP Information (price, availability, etc.) All information at a glance WITHOUT changing systems = Strategic Parts Management Looking for information in many different sources across many different interfaces? That s history! Now, since all the necessary information is available for every user at a glance in one system, the effort required for information search is able to be reduced by 40% at the SMS Siemag AG, thanks to the Strategic Parts Management. Bernd Postaremczak SMS Siemag AG

Open to all systems 9 Open to all systems Regardless of which CAD-, PLM- or ERP system you are using at your company, CADENAS PARTsolutions is open to all systems. The Strategic Parts Management merges all relevant information of the different systems onto one platform. Your CAD Systems CAD PLM ERP Your PLM System Your ERP System Voith has 6 different CAD systems, but only one parts management system. This decreases the management effort for standard- and supplier parts considerably! Friedrich Spitzer Voith IT Solutions

10 ERP & Teilemanagement ERP & Parts management The master data of your ERP system is always maintained properly by connecting the Strategic Parts Management CADENAS PARTsolutions to your materials management system. Automatic import of material data By the integration of the ERP system, material data fields are automatically filled with PARTsolutions-attributes. If a user selects a product record, the material data is automatically imported to the query screen of the ERP system. Master data, maintained in a complete and accurate way, have a positive impact on the parts multiplicity in companies: duplicate copies are avoided, hardly no parts similar to available parts are ordered, etc.

Company parts & Standards 11 Company parts & standards Many companies already create and maintain their factory standards with CADENAS Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions. Multi-CAD ability PARTsolutions is capable of multi-cad, which means it is irrelevant how many CAD systems are in use at your company. The Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions dramatically reduces your internal maintenance effort, whenever more than one CAD system is used. Maintenance effort MAINTENANCE EFFORT WITH OTHER SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE EFFORT WITH PARTSOLUTIONS 1 2 3 4 Number of CAD systems in the company PDF data sheets With the Strategic Parts Management you can easily create PDF files of technical data sheets.

12 Classification vs. intelligent finding Classification vs. intelligent finding The way information is processed and found in your company depends on how your employees work, on your business processes and the master data of your parts. Find the method that suits you best Whether semiautomatic classification or intelligent finding, the innovative functions of CADENAS Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions offers the best solution for both areas. Traditional classification Semiautomatic classification with PARTsolutions Intelligent finding with PARTsolutions Classification system Necessary to set up a classification system Necessary to set up a classification system + + No effort Classify High effort rough classification automatically, fine structuring manually + + No effort Compliance of classifier/ user Medium Medium + + High Operation & Training + Low training efforts, but knowledge about classification system is necessary + + Simple operation, but knowledge about classification system is necessary User has to work strategically, intensive training is necessary Ignorance (disuse) possible through user? Yes Yes + No, background search points out parts to the user Precise search for a definite class and defined values? + + Yes + + Yes Conditioned Display of invalid values + No + No Yes, but innovative proposals as well Which parts is it suitable for? Simple and complex parts with slight deviations regarding type and quantity of the features, parts without CAD geometrics or adhesives, oils, electric parts where the external form is irrelevant Simple and complex parts with slight deviations regarding type and quantity of the features, parts without CAD geometrics, oils, electric parts where the external form is irrelevant Parts that can be simply sketched, complex parts with a distinctive topology, CAD geometrics

Semiautomatic classification 13 Semiautomatic classification It is often very complex to classify parts master data manually. CADENAS innovative technology allows you to effectively structure and clean up chaotic parts master. Semiautomatic classification and data structuring The semiautomatic classification of your parts master by means of Strategic Parts Management, significantly reduces the effort required for the manual allocation of existing parts into a class system. CADENAS PARTwarehouse solution semiautomatically builds up a classified structure of your parts data base. PARTwarehouse identifies similar components through geometrical or textual similarities and pre-classifies them.

14 Classification Classification Classification & ecl@ss CADENAS has been a member of the registered association ecl@ss e.v. since April 2008 and uses ecl@ss for classification projects, etc. CADENAS successfully classified single parts, assemblies, machine and plant systems in numerous industrial customer projects according to the ecl@ss standard. CADENAS software solution provides many important features, like the textual and geometric clustering. CADENAS advises you when choosing the most suitable classification system for your company, e.g. ecl@ss and also supports you when building up your own class system. With 38,000 product classes and 16,000 features, ecl@ss covers the majority of goods and services offered worldwide. Available tools CADENAS Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions with it s Geometric Similarity Search GEOsearch and PARTwarehouse, provides tools that help you to structure and clean existing master data and create new master data files. These are the possibilities CADNEAS software solution offers: Summarize data records with textual and geometric clustering Simple allocation of master data records to the PARTsolutions catalogs Generate textual and geometrical duplicate copy reports automatically Generate a designation catalog according to the corporate terminology Automatic classification by rules and geometry Import of the data records classified by ecl@ss into PARTsolutions, SAP, etc.

Classification & Master data BME c at & m a n u fa c t u r e r c ata l o g s Numerous manufacturer catalogs of the Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions are available, as a basis for creating and cleansing master data. Further manufacturer catalogs can be added via CADENAS BMEcat importer at any time. Classification ERP PDM CAx Strategic Parts Managament PARTsolutions CADENAS BMEcat Importer Supplement missing catalogs Expand existing catalogs BMEcat Export BMEcat, developed by the Federal Association of Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics e.v., is a XML-based standard for the transmission of electronic product catalogs and constitutes the basis for an automated exchange of product information between manufacturers, distributors, suppliers and your business. The digital product data can include master data like: Order number Short- & stock description Quantity of packaging Scheduled time of delivery European Article Number (EAN) ecl@ss number various language versions and many more 15

16 intelligent finding Short overview of intelligent finding CADENAS opens up totally new possibilities to engineers and purchasers for finding product information and CAD data of standard-, supplier- and self designed parts in an intelligent way. Unlike with the traditional classification of parts master, users neither have to learn a class system, nor adapt their search behavior to the system. All search methods can be combined in a cascading way. The Geometrical Similarity Search (3D) Beginning with a reference part or the rough sketch of a 3D CAD model, standard-, supplier- and self-designed parts are compared to your parts database and recommended. Reference model Your link for more information www.cadenas.de/intelligent-finding/geometric-search

Bypass, Drives, Bearing, Fixtures, Grippers, Connector Pneumatic Handling, Fastening, conveyor, Nut,Bypass, Drives, Bearing, Sensors, conductor, Brakes Screw, Flange, Switch, Nut intelligent finding 17 The Search by Sketch (2D) The search by sketch leads engineers and purchasers with a simple drawing and no need of a CAD system to the right component. Your link for more information www.cadenas.de/intelligent-finding/search-by-sketch The Full-text Search With CADENAS Full-text Search you browse your complete parts world for components in a high-performant way. Lead Screw losures, Motors, Chucks, Chuck jaw, Pulley, Chains, Belt, Brakes, Bushing, Mould, Cable, Cog, Gear, Hand le, Hydraulic Cylinder, Elect Mozzles, Roller ric Handling, Enc Your link for more information www.cadenas.de/intelligent-finding/full-text-search Screw, Brakes, Cylinder, Control Unit, Sensors, conducto r, Shock Absorber, Controll ers, Hydraulics, Wheel, Motors, Bolt, Caster,Spring, Ball Bypass, Drives, Bearing, Gear Cylinder, Control Unit, Cog Pneumatic Handling, Belt Pumps, Cable Carriers, Nuts The Topology Search R otary Tank Equipment By means of CADENAS Topology search you can search your parts data base on the basis of precise technical features. Your link for more information www.cadenas.de/intelligent-finding/topology-search α

18 intelligent finding Short overview of intelligent finding The Cloud Navigator The Cloud Navigator is an innovative search function that allows you to navigate quickly and easily within vast data amounts to the desired result. Your link for more information www.cadenas.de/intelligent-finding/cloud-navigator The Unmachined Part Search With the Unmachined Part Search of the Strategic Parts Management you will find the matching unmachined part on the basis of a designed finished part within the existing data base. Your link for more information www.cadenas.de/intelligent-finding/unmachined-part-search

Intelligent Finding 19 The Partial Search CADENAS Partial Search allows you to seperate segments of an extensive group of parts and search within the existing data base for components and assemblies with similar partitions. Your link for more information www.cadenas.de/intelligent-finding/partial-search All search functions in detail You will find these and other intelligent search methods for engineers and purchasers in our brochure Finding instead of searching. Your link to the brochure www.cadenas.de/intelligent-finding

20 PURCHINEERING Purchineering Unite purchase & engineering PURCHINEERING is a combination of the words purchase and engineering and aims at combining the purchasing and engineering processes. The Strategic Parts Management overcomes obstacles Often, there are different opinions in the departments about what is the best component: While the purchasing department will prefer the cheapest product, the engineer will choose the technically most sophisticated product. Purchasing Engineering Aims of PURCHINEERING The company will profit considerably if the cooperation between the purchasing and engineering department is optimized: Avoid maverick buying Define preferred parts and suppliers. Make or buy analysis For which parts do we have know-how, which parts can be purchased externally. Global sourcing Choose the ideal supplier while considering the production site. Product- & supplier transparency Make the best decision for parts and suppliers by considering the technical and economical characteristics. Kanban & logistics processes Reduce the process costs for c-parts. Change management Information about the End of Life or changes of the supplier data for purchase and engineering. Cost analysis / Design2Cost Cost analysis on the basis of general price inquiries for standard and supplier parts or price analysis of standard-, company- and supplier parts which are already available in the ERP and PLM system.

PURCHINEERING 21 Purchineering Maverick buying Definition of maverick The term maverick stems from the name of the lawyer, politician and cattle breeder Samuel A. Maverick (1803-1870) who did not brand his cattle. Thus, unbranded cattle was generally known as a Maverick cattle. In the English language, a maverick is a person who thinks and acts independently, a non-conformist or rebel. Maverick buying Maverick buying or wild purchase is a term out of supply management. One talks about maverick buying when a department buys materials or services independently, without incorporating the purchasing department. In other words, maverick buying is the purchasing outside of standard procurement processes. Department 1 Purchasing Manufacturer Department 1 Department 2 Purchasing Manufacturer Purchasing Department 2 Purchasing Manufacturer Manufacturer Purchasing Department 3 Department 3 Manufacturer Manufacturer Purchasing Department 4 Manufacturer Department 4 Consequences of maverick buying Uncoordinated processes Missing price comparisons Multitude of different suppliers Higher prices due to missing or badly lead negotiations and smaller quantities Missing framework agreements CADENAS Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions looks at the whole parts world as well as preferred parts and -suppliers, thus you enable your engineers to choose parts within a reasonable selection.

22 PURCHINEERING Purchineering Make or buy? With PARTsolutions you make the right decision! Many companies still create a large portion of single parts themselves, although supplier parts are available on the market. Increasing the use of supplier parts creates spare production capacities which allows companies to concentrate more on their core competencies. Before deciding on making a part or buying a part, one should analyze first if there is a special know-how about production of certain parts within the company and which parts can be purchased from a supplier. If you compare the internal production costs with those of manufacturers for standard parts you can easily save over 40% of your expenses for parts! Proprietary vs. supplier parts PLM and ERP systems manage and know only internal, previously integrated parts. The question make or buy cannot be answered. Only with Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions they can think outside the box which means finding and implementing same or similar parts of numerous suppliers from the external parts world. View: Strategic Parts Management»external parts world«view: PLM/ERP»internal parts world«misumi provides the Strategic Parts Management with more than 1 mn. different, individually configurable mechanical components. Normally these components are up to 60% cheaper and often even faster available than creating them internally or externally. Since it relieves in-house production, there are more capacities to concentrate on complicated components. Stefan Pulver MISUMI Europa GmbH

PURCHINEERING 23 Purchineering Global sourcing Global Sourcing is a procurement process with the aim to use international supplier sources. However, the supplier should not be chosen because of low prices since the transport is often more expensive than the goods itself. Consider the production location when selecting your supplier The product is developed in Germany, the components ordered from a cheap inland supplier and the parts are then sent halfway around the world to the actual production site. Engineering-location Germany Production & maintenance site Malaysia With PARTsolutions your parts do not fly halfway around the globe To minimize transport expenses when choosing products, it is important to regard suppliers that are represented internationally and can supply your product sites on the spot. The strategic parts management PARTsolutions supports you in selecting global suppliers and helps to build sustainable and perspective relationships. The suppliers are provided with the corresponding countries. This way it is obvious how many international sites this supplier has, which allow direct supply in foreign countries. Choice of location with CADENAS PARTsolutions In times of globalization it is an important business strategy of many companies to enter new markets. The Strategic Parts Management supports you, by providing important information about the validation when choosing the right location.

24 Supplier portal The supplier portal Integration of external suppliers With CADENAS supplier portal you can reduce part multiplicity regardless of external suppliers to bare essentials. Via the online platform, authorized users get access to all available standards and at the same time they see which standards should be used preferably for engineering. CADENAS supplier portal is directly integrated into the Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions and has numerous parts information from other systems like ERP and PLM. All information for external companies and engineering-providers By integration into the existing system environment, standards and self-designed parts can be provided on a centrally controlled surface: Information CAD system Geometry, weight,... Information PLM system Preferred ranges, document,... Information ERP system Price, availability,...

Fit for the future 25 Fit for the future Revival Boom Recession Depression The economic cycle The economic cycle defines the entire period in which the economic development passes through the individual economic phases from one revival to the next. The entire macroeconomic development thus performs with certain regularity in undulations or cyclical fluctuations. REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IN GERMANY Seasonal and calendar-adjusted sales Chained volume data in billions of Euro 600 580 560 540 520 500 Current annual rate a) Annual average b) Billion Euro Forecast period 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 a) Changes as compared to previous quarter in % (right scale) b) Figure, changes of original values as compared to previous year Source: Census Bureau, Computation and Prediction of the Institutes (April 2010) 6 2 2 0-2 -4-6 Think of tomorrow already today! According to the ifo institute, the recovery of the global economy is progressing. The financial and economic crises of 2008 and 2009 are gradually being overcome. Even if there is an end in sight concerning the crisis, one should be prepared for the future: With CADENAS Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions, you reduce the costs in the run-up, thus securing the competitive position of your company in difficult times.

26 References When are you ready to start? With CADENAS Strategic Parts Management PARTsolutions, you reduce costs in advance and secure the competitive capacity of your company in hard times as well. Out of 1000 German global players, 154 companies already rely on PARTsolutions by CADENAS. These companies have already implemented Strategic Parts Management: PARTsolutions is an inherent part of the global MAN PLM strategy and offers our engineering departments innovative opportunities in order to be able to work globally, efficiently and successfully. Alexander Reuter, IT Department Head, CAx Applications, Methods & Infrastructure MAN Truck & Bus AG The user report is available under: www.cadenas.de/user-reports/man The supplier portal PARTcommunity significantly eases our communication with our external engineering offices while simultaneously minimizing the risk of error for incorrect CAD file names. Eberhard Ilg, Technical Manager AIM - Assembly in Motion GmbH The user report is available under: www.cadenas.de/user-reports/aim Our design engineers are not allowed to download CAD data via the websites of the suppliers. New parts always have to be applied for via CADENAS and be released centrally. Bernd Postaremczak Coordinator Parts Management SMS Siemag AG The user report is available under: www.cadenas.de/user-reports/sms

cadenas setting standards 27 CADENAS Setting Standards CADENAS is a leading software developer in the areas of Strategic Parts Management and reduction (PARTsolutions) as well as Electronic Product Catalogs (ecatalogsolutions). CADENAS tailorable software solutions act as a link between component manufacturers, their products and the buyers. With its 300 employees at 14 international locations, the name CADENAS (Spanish for chains) has stood for success, creativity, consulting and process optimization since 1992. As a trend setter and initiator, CADENAS has already introduced many important innovations and trends. These innovations include: The search for CAD parts using topologies The similarity search for CAD parts which runs automatically in the background The CAD parts search through sketching More information about the latest innovations and the company can be found on our website at: www.cadenas.de/en

28 CADENAS unites component manufacturers & suppliers with the industry! CADENAS solutions for industrial buyers of components The Strategic Parts Management Sustainable cost reduction of standard, supplier and company parts for engineers and purchasers. The Geometric Similarity Search Find available CAD geometries in a smart way and classify them semi-automatically. CADENAS solutions for manufacturers & suppliers of components The Electronic Product Catalog The supplier portal The software solution to create and promote Electronic CAD Product Catalogs. The platform improves the communication to external suppliers. The Vertical Marketplaces The Purchineering Concept Numerous online marketplaces to multiply your Electronic CAD Product Catalog. Improves the cooperation between purchasing and engineering. CADENAS GmbH Augsburg Berliner Allee 28 b+c D -86153 Augsburg Phone: +49 (0) 821258 58 0-0 Fax: +49 (0) 821258 58 0-999 E-Mail: Info@cadenas.de www.cadenas.de/en The CADENAS Group worldwide: Germany Phone: +49 (0) 821 2 58 58 0-0 Austria Phone: +43 (0) 664 2 45 27 13 Italy Phone: +39 051 04 16 776 France Phone: +33 (0) 4 81 30 00 04 Spain Phone: +34 932 749 540 USA Phone: +1 (513) 453 04 53 Croatia Phone: +385 (0) 35 40 26 60 South Korea Phone: +82 505 936 93 60 Japan Phone: +81 3 59 61 50 31 China Phone: +86 (0) 21 63 55 13 18 Copyright 1992-2013 CADENAS GmbH. All rights reserved. CADENAS, PARTsolutions, ecatalogsolutions, PARTserver, PARTwarehouse, eproductplacement and PURCHINEERING are brands of CADENAS GmbH, Augsburg. All further brand names, company names or product names are brands or registered trademarks of their rightful owner. Not liable for any information. Status: March 2013 GB designed by www.canvas.de