Collaborative Engineering Application of PLM standards at Daimler Chrysler

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Collaborative Engineering Application of PLM
standards at Daimler Chrysler

• Michael Feltes
• DaimlerChrysler - Research Technology
• Wilhelm-Runge-Strasse 11 - 89013 Ulm
• Michael.Feltes_at_daimlerchrysler.com
• Tel. 49 / 731 / 505 / 2844 - Fax. 49 /
  731 / 505 / 4401

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Content

• IT-Research for Engineering at Daimler Chrysler
• The need for Collaborative Engineering
• Requirements to a Collaborative Engineering
  Solution
• Required professional skill of the future
  designer
• Vision and first solution of a Collaborative
  Engineering Platform using PLM-Services
• Product Life Cycle Services to enable
  Collaborative Engineering
• Prototype for evaluation of the CEP using
  PLM-Services
• Utilization of PLM-Services at DC
• Summary

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Our philosophy, to run Research in an efficient
way
DC- Research Center Ulm
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DC-Research/IT for Engineering
We provide innovative IT-Solutions for
engineering for a lot of
different products
www.daimlerchrysler.com
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Content

• IT-Research for Engineering at Daimler Chrysler
• The need for Collaborative Engineering
• Requirements to a Collaborative Engineering
  Solution
• required professional skill of the future
  designer
• Vision and first solution of a Collaborative
  Engineering Platform
• Product Life Cycle Services to enable
  Collaborative Engineering
• Prototype for evaluation of the CEP using
  PLM-Services
• Utilization of PLM-Services at DC
• Summary

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Market trend Increasing, world-wide cooperation
in development, production, commercialization
Example Daimler Chrysler automobile brands and
alliances
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Market trend Increasing global distribution of
development and production facilities
Example DCX- Commercial vehicle production
facilities
COM/MD 4.07 3/2001
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Content

• IT-Research for Engineering at Daimler Chrysler
• The need for Collaborative Engineering
• Requirements to a Collaborative Engineering
  Solution
• Required professional skill of the future
  designer
• Vision and first solution of a Collaborative
  Engineering Platform
• Product Life Cycle Services to enable
  Collaborative Engineering
• Prototype for evaluation of the CEP using
  PLM-Services
• Utilization of PLM-Services at DC
• Summary

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General requirements to a Collaborative
Engineering solution
Collaborative Engineering Flexible, parallel,
high-speed development in an heterogeneous and
distributed environment.
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General requirements on a Collaborative
Engineering solution
Platform to manage Collaborative Engineering

• Boundary conditions
• Data is distributed between the partners
• Processes are partner-spanning
• Partners need individual views
• Different authorities Security regulations
• Use different systems
• Have different languages
• Work in different time zones
• Work in different development phases etc.

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Content

• IT-Research for Engineering at Daimler Chrysler
• The need for Collaborative Engineering
• Requirements to a Collaborative Engineering
  Solution
• Required professional skill of the future
  designer
• Vision and first solution of a Collaborative
  Engineering Platform
• Product Life Cycle Services to enable
  Collaborative Engineering
• Prototype for evaluation of the CEP using
  PLM-Services
• Utilization of PLM-Services at DC
• Summary

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Collaborative Engineering concepts today Part
oriented
OEM

• Indicators
• Autonomous development of a significant product
  part by each partner (part oriented)
• Defined interfaces (proprietary) manage the data
  exchange
• Only local processes

Development Part 1 local
Data exchange

• Disadvantages
• Multifarious and redundant solutions
• Redundant data and resources
• Increasing coordination overhead in the late
  development phases

• Effects
• The aspired synergy effects in global
  development cooperation stay away!!!

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Future Collaborative Engineering concepts
System oriented

• Indicators
• System orientated development
• Partner overlapping engineering tasks
• Global organized engineering teams
• Data is distributed between partners
• Global connected processes and data

OEM
Supplier 1
Supplier 2

• Benefits
• Synchronization of development tasks in early
  phases
• To focus expert know-how and resources
• Global harmonized solutions

Eng. Office
Customer
Global Projekt Team

• Effects
• Reduction of parts variety (shared Parts)
• This allows to run platform strategies!!!

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Future assignments and responsibilities of a
designer
Project 3 / Rollenkonzept 3

• Daily work of a development expert in future
• to work within different projects, with different
  roles, tasks, user rights
• with different global playing partners, with
  their own processes and data
• This requires Optimal support to manage global
  Collaborative Engineering

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Content

• IT-Research for Engineering at Daimler Chrysler
• The need for Collaborative Engineering
• Requirements to a Collaborative Engineering
  Solution
• Required professional skill of the future
  designer
• Vision and first solution of a Collaborative
  Engineering Platform
• Product Life Cycle Services to enable
  Collaborative Engineering
• Prototype for evaluation of the CEP using
  PLM-Services
• Utilization of PLM-Services at DC
• Summary

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Integration of communication
Partner
Partner
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Vision of a common Collaborative Engineering
Platform
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Content

• IT-Research for Engineering at Daimler Chrysler
• The need for Collaborative Engineering
• Requirements to a Collaborative Engineering
  Solution
• Required professional skill of the future
  designer
• Vision and first solution of a Collaborative
  Engineering Platform
• Product Life Cycle Services to enable
  Collaborative Engineering
• Prototype for evaluation of the CEP using
  PLM-Services
• Utilization of PLM-Services at DC
• Summary

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XPDI Standardization of PLM Services 1.0
OMG, PLM-Services 1.0, Standard for global
Engineering
PLM-Services Rev. 1.0
data exchange
Focus Automotive Industry Scope
synchronous /asynchronies data exchange Basis
PDTnet approach (PDMEnablers, iViP) OMG
ManTIS DTF, PLM-Services 1.0 XPDI Extended
Product Data Interchange
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New Challenge PLM Services for Automotive
Industry

• Common Solution for
• Automotive industry
• - Platform independent
• - Based on Standards
• (XML, SOAP,WSDL)
• - Formal described
• Use Cases

OMG, PLM-Services Rev. 1.0
Common Projects - Common standard for advanced
Collaborative Engineering Projects
data exchange
Easy to use - easy to implement - easy to
operate - reference implementation - supported by
IT-Vendors
Flexible deployment - online access - batch
operation

• Initial Submission
• http//www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?mantis/03-05-03.

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Two Technical Scenarios
Manufacturer
Online access Web Integration
DX
DX
OFTP
PDM 2
PDM 1
PDM Data Exchange based on STEP
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Motivation for the Standardization

• Global Engineering requires more and more online
  access between cooperating partners
• Internet technologies provides new possibilities
  to realize online scenarios
• Development of proprietary solutions is growing
• Results from PDTnet approach are tested and
  already in use Daimler,VW and several other
  companies
• A standard is needed to accomplish a broad
  utilization and to motivate IT-Vendors to develop
  standard tools
• We have to consider the results from the
  PDMEnablers
• Established strong partner alliance is dedicated
  to push up common standardization ongoing
  scenarios

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Partnership for development of PLM-Services

• Sponsoring Partners
• Prostep iViP TSC
• PROSTEP AG
• DaimlerChrysler AG
• Volkswagen AG
• BMW AG
• Scania AB
• Bosch GmbH
• Keiper AG

• Development Partners
• ProSTEP AG (Leadership)
• T-Systems
• PDTec GmbH
• ZGDV

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Content

• IT-Research for Engineering at Daimler Chrysler
• The need for Collaborative Engineering
• Requirements to a Collaborative Engineering
  Solution
• Required professional skill of the future
  designer
• Vision and first solution of a Collaborative
  Engineering Platform
• Prototype for evaluation of the CEP using
  PLM-Services
• Utilization of PLM-Services at DC
• Summary

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Collaboration between wordwide distributed
Partners based on Common Core and PLM-Services
Partner 2 Enovia/VPM
Partner 1 Metaphase
Common Core
XML
XML

WebSphere IBM
PLM-Services
Partner 3 Web Client
Partner 4 Windchill
XML
XML
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Collaboration between wordwide distributed
Partners based on Common Core and PLM-Services
Partner 1 Metaphase
Partner 2 VPM
Metaphase API
Oracle JDBC
Metaphase Adapter
VPM Adapter
PLM-Services
Metaphase spec. XML
Enovia spec. XML
Common Core PLM-Services XML/SOAP
PLM-Service
PLM-Service
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Collaboration between wordwide distributed
Partners based on Common Core and PLM-Services
Partner 2
Partner 1
Cabinet Development
Boxes Development
Partner 3
Partner 4
Software Development
Board Development
software
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Collaboration between wordwide distributed
Partners based on Common Core and PLM-Services
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Content

• IT-Research for Engineering at Daimler Chrysler
• The need for Collaborative Engineering
• Requirements to a Collaborative Engineering
  Solution
• Required professional skill of the future
  designer
• Vision and first solution of a Collaborative
  Engineering Platform
• Prototype for evaluation of the CEP using
  PLM-Services
• Utilization of PLM-Services at DC
• Summary

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Operational area Supplier integration
Current solution Batch processing
Data exchange (Client)
Local PDM
Heutiger Prozess
request generation
supplier / partner
processing of transfer file (ISDN/ENX)
request processing
data retrieval in local systems
Local data
data exchange (Server)
generation of EngDat-File
Daimler Chrysler
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Operational area Management of bill of material
data
Smaragd
EDS/BCS
PLM-Services
Basic Collaborative Engineering Services BCES
MBAG
Hyundai
YBL
MMC
DDC
Freightliner
STEP / CC8
Internet / ENX
DIBS
local
local
local
local
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Operational area Collaborative Team Room (CTR)
System
System
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Operational area Collaborative Team Room (CTR)
E-vis3D Visualize
cAR/PE!VR - Room
NeutralWeb Client
Lotus SametimeConferencing
RPlan / MS ProjectProjectmanagement
Corporate Direct. LDAP Connection
ServicesDownload etc.
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Operational area Collaborative Team Room (CTR)
Collaborative Teamroom
Teamroom
3D-Conference Room
CAD Visualization
PLM-Services
Internet ENX
PDM-Data
Engineering-Portal
Partner 1
Partner 2
Partner .. n
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Operational area 3D, VR-Conference Room
PLM-Services
Common Virtual Conference Room
Local Environment
Local Environment
Local Environment
Local Environment
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Operational area 3D, VR-Conference Room
Presentation
EngineeringPortal
3D Engineering
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Content

• IT-Research for Engineering at Daimler Chrysler
• The need for Collaborative Engineering
• Requirements to a Collaborative Engineering
  Solution
• Required professional skill of the future
  designer
• Vision and first solution of a Collaborative
  Engineering Platform
• Prototype for evaluation of the CEP using
  PLM-Services
• Engineering fields of utilization (iViP, Supplier
  Integration)
• Summary

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