PLM Mobility. Author Karthikeyan WHITE PAPER

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1 PLM Mobility Author Karthikeyan WHITE PAPER June 2012

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations 3 Introduction 4 Mobility Trends 4 Challenges on Mobility for a Manufacturing Company 5 Mobility for Manufacturing: Key Application Examples 5 HCL s PLM Mobility Initiatives 6 HCL Mobility Solutions An Overview 7 HCL Rapid Mobile Application Engineering Methodology 7 HCL s Mobile App Development Competency Matrix 8 Conclusion 8 Author Info 8 2

3 Abbreviations Sl. No. Acronyms (Page No.) Full Form 1 PLM Product Lifecycle Management (System) 2 ERP Enterprise Resource Planning (System) 3 CRM Customer Relationship Management (System) 4 ECO Engineering Change Order 5 WBS Work Breakdown Structure 3

4 Introduction PLM is an integral part of any manufacturing enterprise s DNA today. Needless to say that it is the fundamental repository to manage end-to-end product development information. With consistent pressure on toplines and bottomlines, quick and smarter information access and decision making ease is the order of the day. Mobile professionals as an integral part of the product lifecycle need timely and accurate access to range of information, lack of which could deal with costly delays and errors. They need to be always wired to the activities around their product. With lean processes kicking in strong, all stakeholders can never be out of the product information loop. Advances in wireless networking speed, reliability and coverage, it is now feasible for the users to remain connected with the business surrounding their product. The enterprise mobile workforce represented 57 percent of employees in 2010 and is expected to grow to as much as 93 percent by 2015 Forrester Research Mobility Trends Before we see the PLM best practices and end user scenarios around mobility, let us examine a few trends and perspectives: IT, Users, Technology & Business Views for Mobility (Gartner) Top CIO Priorities 2012 Smartphone Penetration is Growing 1. Analytics and business intelligence 2. Mobile technologies 44% 3. Cloud computing, including SaaS Smartphone Penetration 4. Collaboration/ workflow technologies 5. Legacy modernization 6. IT management These are 7. CRM your employees. 8. ERP applications 9. Security 10. Virtualization The IT View The User View Penetration by Platform The Technology View The Business View 4

5 Challenges on Mobility for a Manufacturing Company Technology Fragmentation High Rate of Technology Change High Overall Investment Business Process have to be Rethought Technology Fragmentation High Rate of Technology Change High Overall Investment Business Process have to be rethought Mobility for Manufacturing: Key Application Examples Mobile technology provides more effective communication, timeliness, and quality of business interactions. Consider the following examples: 1) An engineer is away from his workstation in a problem solving session wants to get a view of production or to see their products in the field 2) Key decision makers are on travel 3) Plant Engineers and service technicians need to access product data in their non-conducive work locations such as the plant or the field PLM End Users: Manufacturing/ Field Engineers Design Engineers Administrators Field Service/ Repair Technicians Management 5

6 Productivity Sales Management/ CRM, Online Collaboration, Approval Workflows, Product Catalogs, R&D workflows Manufacturing Asset Management, Inventory Management, Shop floor management, Process Monitoring, ECO Process, Scheduling & Capacity Management Service Field Service Management, Product spares/ catalogs, Diagnostic tools, Inspection and Reporting Mobile in Manufacturing Engineering i & Intelligence Product Information, Executive Dashboards, Business Intelligence, Product Analytics Customer Experience Product Extensions on mobile, Marketing campaigns, Interactive applications for branding, Product configurations, Product spare catalogs HCL s PLM Mobility Initiatives HCL has actively invested on the PLM mobile space for a optimum mobile user experience around the following areas: Product Information Search, filter, sort and browse product and related specification information Procure latest versions and red-lines Viewer 2D/ 3D view of the Product Model and Drawings PLM Metadata display Markup & Annotate designs/documents for upstream design feedback Take notes Upload camera images into PLM objects from field or equipment centers Day-to-Day Operations Task Lists, Approvals & dependency status Workflows, Notifications (Regular & System health alerts for Admins) Meeting information and Planners Discussion Threads Subscriptions to Product or any other information of interest Dashboards and Drilldowns Project Status Dashboard WBS Drilldowns Resource allocation/ optimization decisions Workflow Dashboards Quality Dashboard Metrics Compliance Dashboards Change Management Dashboard Per Assembly drilldown with change markups 6

7 HCL Mobility Solutions An Overview Devices Mobility Roadmap Consulting Mobile Application & Device Management Mobility Platf form Engineerin ng Application Quality & Certification High Performance Native Applications Mobile Solutions Partner HTML 5 and Web Applications and Widgets Cross-P Platform Hybrid Ap pplications Solutioning& Prototyping Application Design, Development & Integration Mobile OS es Technologies Enterprise Systems HCL s depth and breadth of mobility services enables us to be your Enterprise Mobility Centre of Excellence. Mobility Platforms HCL Rapid Mobile Application Engineering Methodology HCL offers a business & market-driven approach to Mobile application development which includes a proven Agile based application engineering methodology which enables execution of a business aligned cross-platform Mobile application roadmap. HCL Mobility Ecosystem Mobile Readiness Mobile Application Engineering Assessment (MRA) Mobility Testing, Compliance & Launch Business Requirements Technical Feasibility AMP Agile Engineering for Mobile Platforms Re-engineering / Migration / Porting Rapid Mobile Application Testing Compliance & Certification Usability Study Enterprise Mobility Release & Launch 1. Achieve focus on the right segments 2. Adopt latest trends in mobility 1. Achieve near-simultaneous multi-platform releases 2. More than 30% reduction in time & cost 1. Consistent experience across platforms 2. Certified across multiple devices 3. Industry specific certifications 7

8 HCL s Mobile App Development Competency Matrix Platform Specific Application Languages/ Technologies Objective C Java (Android API) Java (Blackberry API) Net/ C# Silverlight Rapid Mobile Application Development Apple ios V3.1 to 5.x Android V1.5 to 4.x Blackberry V4.5 to 6 Windows Mobile V5.x to 7.x Cross Platform Migration & Porting Standard IDEs/ HCL tools & optimized processes Third Party Tools: PhoneGap, Titanium Appcelerator, Sencha, Rhomobile, Adobe CS Cross Platform Application Technologies HTML5 + CSS3 + JS Adobe Flash/ Adobe AIR Enterprise/ Middleware Platforms Sybase, Antenna, SAP/ Oracle, Custom Development MEAP Platforms: Antenna AMP, Syclo, Verivo, SUP Conclusion You need to leverage advantages of mobile technology as the product development process continues to evolve. Project teams that are mobilized enjoy superior responsiveness by decreasing the time needed to respond. HCL s mobility solutions facilitates on-the-fly smart decisions that result in better, cost effective and quicker products to market. Our solutions will evolve with the mobile device and emerging platforms. Author Info Karthik is a Product Manager at HCL PLM group. He has extensive experience in PLM Consulting, Solution Architecting and Business Analysis across various industry domains. Please mail him at karthikeyan.palaniswamy@hcl.com for further queries. 8

9 ENGINEERING AND R&D SERVICES CUSTOM APPLICATION SERVICES ENTERPRISE APPLICATION SERVICES ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION SERVICES IT INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING Hello, I m from HCL s Engineering and R&D Services. We enable technology led organizations to go to market with innovative products & solutions. We partner with our customers in building world class products & creating the associated solution delivery ecosystem to help build market leadership. Right now, of us are developing engineering products, solutions and platforms across Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Industrial Manufacturing, Medical Devices, Networking & Telecom, Office Automation, Semiconductor, Servers & Storage for our customers. For more details contact eootb@hcl.in Follow us on twitter and our blog Visit our website About HCL About HCL Technologies HCL Technologies is a leading global IT services company, working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses. Since its inception into the global landscape after its IPO in 1999, HCL focuses on transformational outsourcing, underlined by innovation and value creation, and offers integrated portfolio of services including software-led IT solutions, infrastructure management, engineering and R&D services and BPO. HCL leverages its extensive global offshore infrastructure and network of offices in 26 countries to provide holistic, multi-service delivery in key industry verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Consumer Services, Public Services and Healthcare. HCL takes pride in its philosophy of Employees First, Customers Second which empowers our 82,464 transformers to create a real value for the customers. HCL Technologies, along with its subsidiaries, has reported consolidated revenues of US$ 4.0 billion (Rs. 19,412 crores), as on 31 March 2012 (on LTMbasis). For more information, please visit About HCL Enterprise HCL is a $6.2 billion leading global technology and IT enterprise comprising two companies listed in India - HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems. Founded in 1976, HCL is one of India s original IT garage start-ups. A pioneer of modern computing, HCL is a global transformational enterprise today. Its range of offerings includes product engineering, custom & package applications, BPO, IT infrastructure services, IT hardware, systems integration, and distribution of information and communications technology (ICT) products across a wide range of focused industry verticals. The HCL team consists of over 90,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 31 countries including over 500 points of presence in India. HCL has partnerships with several leading global 1000 firms, including leading IT and technology firms. For more on HCL, please visit