Tools that Enable Cross-Functional Program Management Best Practices to Support Product Development Teams

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1 Tools that Enable Cross-Functional Program Management Best Practices to Support Product Development Teams Nat Workman PLM World 2012

2 About Mercury PLM Services More than 90 companies have benchmarked our PLM implementation Process-focused PLM solutions include: Business Assessment PLM Visioning Business process development PLM architecture and configuration Implementation support and training Teamcenter-to-SharePoint Integrations Multi-CAD Teamcenter Install and Upgrade Clients include aerospace, automotive, consumer durables, and heavy equipment 1

3 Parts Planning Management Agenda Why Mercury Marine needed a better way to manage critical product program attributes Project governance Parts Planning Application overview Connectedness of information enables collaboration Program team results 2

4 Managing Large Projects in Excel Does Not Work Problem Large engine development programs operated from massive Excel spreadsheets hundreds of columns, thousands of rows Manual BOM item/structure reconciliation Full-time employee(s) just to maintain Solution Single system for cross-functional attribute contribution 3

5 Attribute Board Provides Project Governance Attribute board owns the process and application Cross-functional team consists of one critical user from each functional area Made decisions for entire program Board active in all prototype review sessions Participated in final User Acceptance Tests (UAT) final sign-off for production Served in training sessions for functional areas Excellent change communication agents 4

6 Mercury Parts Planning Application Overview Organization requirement to have a central location for cross-functional users to contribute project-based attributes for their area Provides data integrity through visibility and automation Application use essential to successful program cost, weight, and schedule attainment Pillar Requirements: BOM structure automatically managed from PDM Cross-functional attribute participation (many hands make for lighter work) Simplified highest-level metrics Editable by all users simultaneously worldwide Attribute security managed by group 5

7 Integrated Product Data Forms the Foundation Engineering Bill of Material Management Structure automatically fed from Teamcenter Eliminates manual part reconciliation Common functional partition allows for easier cross-functional adoption Requires designers to save updates into Teamcenter so changes flow into Sharepoint CAD PDM SharePoint/ PPA ERP 6

8 PPA Enables Cross-Functional Connectedness *** Patent Pending *** PDM Product Structure Teamcenter Mastered Item, Item Revision, and BOM Attributes SharePoint/PPA Planning/Transient Attributes Reporting/Common View ERP ERP Mastered Item, Item Revision 7 Contents Mercury PLM Confidential

9 Connectedness Enables Information Transparency Engineering Design Analysis Drawings Supply Chain Supplier Purchase Order Quantity Manufacturing Route Assy. Instructions Tooling Machine Recipe Quality PPAP Inspections Gauging Program Manager, Cost Engineer, Management Review Contents Mercury PLM Confidential

10 Communicating Critical Product Attribute Data 9 Contents Mercury PLM Confidential

11 PLM Connectedness Enables Parts Planning App Cascading Menus to Manage Views Column Filtering/Sorting Create User-Specific Views 10 Contents Mercury PLM Confidential

12 Align Work with Org Structure Improves Accountability 11 Contents Mercury PLM Confidential

13 Ease of Use Enables Full Program Team Adoption Engineering structure and attributes mastered in Teamcenter allows for design changes to be automatically managed Web-based application with spreadsheet-style interface for ease of use / learn One application to view attributes mastered in multiple sources Reporting provided using pre-filtered Views 12

14 PPA Delivers Measurable Results for Product Programs Visible inaccuracies team forgot to account for the cost of engine and gearcase oil. Why? Oil is not drawn in CAD! Validation build smoothness very low number of parts require modification, no parts missing Projects developed using Parts Planning Application are at or under cost target Simplifies program management, cross-functional user participation, gate reporting Data entry and structure errors are caught / corrected early 13

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