Active Workspace The Real Story. PLM Europe Oct 2017

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1 Active Workspace The Real Story PLM Europe Oct 2017 Mark Halbish Global PLM Director Dieter Dragon Managing Director

2 Key Presenter s Introduction Mark Halbish Global PLM Director Dieter Dragon Managing Director mhalbish@us.tiauto.com Dieter.dragon@piterion.com

3 TI Automotive Products FLUID CARRYING SYSTEMS FUEL TANK & DELIVERY SYSTEMS Powertrain Products Fuel Tank Products Thermal Products Fuel Delivery Products Brake & Fuel Lines and Bundles 3

4 TI Automotive Footprint

5 Global Customer Base 5

6 Overview FACTS founded: 2002 Employees: 220+ Headquarter: Boeblingen Certificates: EN 9100:2009 (aerospace) ISO 9001:2008 ISO ISO Arbeitnehmerüberlassung Worldwide Presence PITERION GmbH HQ of PITERION Group Offices Munich Germany Wolfsburg Germany Detroit USA Bangalore India St. Gallen Switzerland Stockholm Sweden Warszawa Poland Tunis Tunisia Singapore Singapore partner of since 2007 Unleash the value of your Product Lifecycle Management! PITERION GmbH 6

7 Service portfolio PLM Consulting PLM Software Development Human-System Interaction AMS Processes Systems Technologies Design Customization Implementation Rollout Clients: Rich/Web/Mobile VR/AR/MR/VUI AI Global Support Models Levels 2-4 PITERION GmbH 7

8 PLM Europe our presentations in 2017 Quality Management of Joining Elements in Teamcenter Project Platform with AWC in Oil & Gas Industry AWC Deployment the Real Story! Intuitive PLM with AR / VR PLEASE VISIT OUR BOOTH! PITERION GmbH 8

9 Agenda Phase 1 Consumer Usage AWC 2.4 Phase 2 Authoring AWC 3.2 Phase 3 Next Targets

10 Positional Statements Active Workspace is transformative for users 2 Key Projects saved PLM - Active Workspace & Analytics Repositions Teamcenter as Enterprise Centric, not just Engineering Lots of configuration effort req d Hire some help speed up deployment

11 Business Requirements PLM Rich Client is too hard, too complex, too slow Difficult to use for enterprise users Commercial, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality Only really useful for everyday, hard core PLM users Engineering, Design Hard to navigate the complex business and data model Need a faster, easier, intuitive interface Finding parts and drawings Reviewing change, perform workflow signoff

12 Business Drivers Relaunch Change Management Engage cross-functional organization Faster access to all product and program information Simple, intuitive search Simplified IT Governance Zero client footprint eliminate software installs Agile configuration deployment

13 Business Expectations Early Marketing Hype Easy to implement and use It just works Rapid and agile deployment of new business process Full blown change management capability in AWC Intuitive, easy, fast Minimal training required Google like search capability Visualization same of similar functionality to Rich Client Mobility smartphone and tablet access to PLM

14 Configuration Process & Approach Use Case Requirements Complex Search Support visibility about site ownership Expose Form Attributes View PDF documents in the viewer Visualization Markups Object Authoring Create Change Initiate Workflow Pseudo folders accessible Expose folder structure Workflow Signoff Conditional Tasks

15 Feasibility Analysis / Version Compatibility Phase 1 Teamcenter Version Only compatible with AWC 2.4 AWC 3.x only available at Tc / Tc11.x + Could not upgrade immediately to / Tc11.x + CAD Compatibility issues

16 Feasibility Analysis / Version Compatibility Decision to launch phase 1 AWC on 2.4 Realization that this had functionality implications Limited configurability for data authoring Challenges with naming rules Didn t support Process Assignment Lists Visualization Markups not consistent with Rich Client

17 Not Capable in AWC 2.4 Configuration Process & Approach Use Case Reality Complex Search Support visibility about site ownership Expose Form Attributes View PDF documents in the viewer Visualization Markups Object Authoring Create Change Initiate Workflow Pseudo folders accessible Expose folder structure Workflow Signoff Conditional Tasks Implemented

18 Map Business & Data Model Identify key elements of Rich Client Item Types Attributes Forms Alternate ID s Datasets Tc10 Change Object Classic Change (legacy change object) Search & Queries

19 Stylesheet Definitions Realization that we need hundreds of stylesheets

20 Stylesheet Definitions Item Types = 20+ Attributes = Hundreds Forms = Dozens Alternate ID s = Customer Part # s, ERP Part # s Dataset types = Dozens Tc10 Change Object

21 Rich Client Architecture Complement Rich Client Multi-Site 3 DB s Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe Production & Development How many AWC instances 1 Global or 1 per site?

22 AWC Architecture 1 per Tc site Visualization Streaming Chose Nvidia K1 cards 2 per region Require ability to monitor and measure adoption Dedicated pool server per AWC instance

23 AWC Mobility Requirements Enable Mobility strategy for Tablets and Smartphones Not authenticated to network Expose AWC via F5 device (Reverse Proxy) User authenticates using AD Credentials

24 AWC Indexing Strategy Development How much data do we want to index? If more than 10 million objects, need to move to Solr Cloud How often do we want to index? Every 15 minutes Full Text Search Is it a requirement?

25 Challenges and Issues Indexing Compound Properties Most of our attributes were properties of a form, not the item or item revision Could not index properties on a secondary object Had to compound to primary object

26 Not able to Index Secondary objects Datamodel Compound properties Current Item Revision Item Revision Material Color Compound Division Compund Item Revision Material Color Compound Division Compund Product Revision Material Color Program Revision Division Product Revision Material Color Program Revision Division Product Revision Material Color Material Color Compound Division Compound Program Revision Division Material Color Compound Division Compound Compound Property Property in Business object Inherited Compound Property

27 Challenges and Issues Indexing Performance Needed to understand and build prediction How long would a full index take? How long would an incremental index take? Understanding and interpreting indexing errors Complex and lengthy log files

28 Challenges and Issues Limited Siemens support for earlier versions Tough to find support knowledge on target version AWC 2.4 Limited industry knowledge and experience Very few reference customers who had already deployed

29 Challenges and Issues Stylesheets Sheer volume of stylesheets required is just staggering We ended up with over 450 AWC stylesheets

30 Outcomes and Feedback Extremely positive reception from business users Excited / relieved to have an easier to use PLM Like the look and feel modernised GUI Performance is decent Equal and stable across the globe Largely insulated from network latency issues Love the concept of Mobility Tablets are easier than smartphones real estate Not convinced people are actually using it though

31 Agenda Phase 1 Consumer Usage AWC 2.4 Phase 2 Authoring AWC 3.2 Phase 3 Next Targets

32 Upgrade to later versions Teamcenter Could not go to Tc11 due to NX versions Driven by OEM customer requirements Active Workspace 3.2

33 Introduce Authoring New Parts / Revise Parts Documents Tc Change (some limitations remain) Process Assignment Lists Revise Change

34 Outcomes and Feedback Review Metrics in Analytic Dashboard

35 Alignment to Expectations Early Marketing Hype easy to implement and use Only on industry templates - Automotive Supplier Process etc Doesn t necessarily match or meet unique requirements

36 Alignment to Expectations Full Blown Change Management Capability Limitations to authoring capability No support for Process Assignment List Cannot revise change items

37 Alignment to Expectations Intuitive, Easy, Fast Definitely better than Rich Client way better Intuitiveness is largely dependent on Stylesheet Design Still a bit cumbersome Too many stylesheets to expose depth of information

38 Alignment to Expectations Minimal Training Required Not Amazon or Smartphone App easy Users need training to be aligned to business model Challenge is to simplify a complex relational data model How do you simplify a structured data model? Most users could care less

39 Alignment to Expectations Google Like Search Definitely better than Rich Client Performance is still not lightning fast Summary chart of search results has limited config

40 Alignment to Expectations Visualization same or similar to TcVis Very limited functionality Robustness is not consistent Markup save creates data model discrepancies No 2D / 3D comparison Overall, just OK for basic usage / viewing

41 Lessons Learned Do not underestimate how much work is required to configure AWC Tons of work to design stylesheets More complex than Rich Client Layout and Tabs Requires tremendous amount of planning Role based design of stylesheets will add exponential complexity Conditional configurability was limited at AWC 2.4

42 Lessons Learned Instant Access to Visualization objects Did not meet user expectations Users don t care about data model or Teamcenter terminology Items, Item Revisions, Datasets, Part vs Design Lack of configurable stylesheet capabilities Could not configure rules to traverse data model and automatically display related Vis Objects Believe capability is better in AWC 3.2 Target for Phase 3

43 Lessons Learned Administrative Burden almost doubled 2 full blown PLM environments now Rich Client and AWC Unexpected stress on configuration team

44 Lessons Learned Training Active Workspace is not fully intuitive Does require user training Need to develop realistic objectives and strategy Self Serve or instructor led or online videos Development of training material

45 Agenda Phase 1 Consumer Usage AWC 2.4 Phase 2 Authoring AWC 3.2 Phase 3 Next Targets

46 Phase 3 Targets Authoring of remaining Item Types Alternate ID Authoring Stylesheet Enhancements Will be never ending Visualization Enhancement Performance Robustness and Stability

47 Round Up Active Workspace is transformative for users 2 Key Projects saved PLM - Active Workspace & Analytics Repositions Teamcenter as Enterprise Centric, not just Engineering Lots of configuration effort req d Hire some help speed up deployment

48 Thank You Q&A