Enabling Enterprise Search for multiple PLM source systems

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Designer‘s pain points

“Crazy quantity of files & documents”

“If you didn’t create it, you can’t find it”

“Probably Thousands of duplicate parts can be reduced”

“Faster to create a new design, than to find a similar one”

“Knowledge workers spend 38% of their time searching for information.” (McDermott, 2005)

“Up to 80% of the work done in an engineering department is identical or very similar to work done previously.” (From research by Arthur D. Little)

“The average cost of adding a part into a system is estimated at $27,500.” (LMI study for the US Defense Logistic Agency – April 2012)

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What designers say: The impacts:

Integration of Exalead OnePart - Overview

Focus on meta and geometry data of single parts and components and product structure information, if required.

Basic features are:

Regular data extraction from PLM systems to EXALEAD OnePart for initial loads and delta loads

Any data files attached to product structure

components may be transferred (CAD, visualization, MS Office, etc.)

Multiple sources supported

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Data Sources

PLM system A

ERP System

File Systems

PLM system B feeds

SEARCHING ACROSS MULTIPLE SOURCE SYSTEMS with exalead onepart

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Production

Product Creation

Marketing Customer Focus

Distribution

Supply

Global Sourcing

Procurement

Finance & Controlling Human Resources

Corp. Communications Quality Management

Business Operations

After Market

Sales/Marketing

Logistics

Flexible Production

Exalead - Cloudview - OnePart - OneCall - Big Data customers

Process Security Data

How‘s it done? Domain Integration View

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Basic Components

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Exalead OnePart

PLM Backend PDMWebConnector

PLM Connectivity Module • Connection to PLM system for reading all relevant data

• Encapsulates every PLM system specific functionality

Business Process • Standardized process that triggers the data extraction from PLM system

and sends the data to Exalead OnePart

• Scheduled activity

• Conversion of data, if not otherwise accomplished

• Security considerations

CloudView Service • Connectivity to OnePart

• Handover of data retained from PLM system

Description in short CM

(CM)

CloudView

Service

Business Process

Connector (AP)

CloudView

Data Sources

Indexing

Server

PDM Web-

Connector

Enovia VPM V4

CM

CloudView

Plugin

Windchill

ENOVIA VPM V4

SAP

CM

… …

CM

Converter

CM

Architecture Components

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Teamcenter

CM

Windchill

CM

Teamcenter

SAP

<Web-App> PWC-Client

PD

M W

ebConnector

Consumer Environment

Middleware (Intermediate) Environment

Backend Environment

Web Services

Individual Environment

<Web-App> Connectivity

Module Web Services

Web Services <Web-App> Connectivity

Module

<Web-App> Connectivity

Module <Web-App> PWC-Client

Consumer Application

<RMI>/<MQ>/<http(s)>

<Backend individual protocol>

<Backend individ. Protocol> <http(s)>

<http(s)>

Hardware

Operating System

Application Server / Servlet Container

<http(s)/SOAP> / <MQ>

<http(s)/SOAP>

<http(s)/SOAP>

PDM WebConnector Infrastructure

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<Connector>

Exalead connector

PWC PLM system PLM system CM

getStructure, getObject,

getData (asynchronous)

query <CM>

<CloudViewService>

<API>

query

result result

Iterate result expand item expand

transform

persist

result result

getIntermediateResult

(timetriggered)

Load meta from PLM System for indexation

Query for data in PLM system, enrich details and transform to standardized format for Exalead connector plugin.

The result contains item-meta, security information and relations to datasets, masters, thumbnails etc.

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Security: PDM WebConnector

Only PLM System API for both meta data and physical files utilized.

No direct access to a data base or file vault.

The connector does not store PDM data locally

The automated data load to Exalead usually takes the credentials of a

predefined PLM system user for authentication and authorization

There is no access without a successful authentication to the PLM system

Only data which is accessible for the exporting user (defined in the

user’s roles & rights) can actually be exported

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Data is stored in several PDM, ERP and CAD systems The system and tool landscape is not harmonized Responsibility is shared between multiple teams, cross-company units and system owners The customer is looking for developing and embedding new engineering-processes and IT strategies

Standard solution based on proven IT products and specialized in the integration of customized PLM systems.

Highly secure and extendable Expert guidance from concept development to implementation, roll-out and on-going operations

Business impact and benefits for the customer

Initial situation and target

use cases: Integrate with multiple backends Integration of heterogeneous IT-Landscapes with structured Data

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Knowledge workers spend 38% of their time searching for information. (McDermott, 2005) Probably thousands of duplicate parts can be reduced. Currently is faster to create a new design, than to find and use a similar one. The customer is looking for optimization of the design and early engineering phases

Initial situation and target

Combine Multi –CAD and Multi-DOC from PLM backend sources Intelligent cross-linking of CAD, PDM and ERP data (only CAD is not enough) Taking into account the security context of 3D data 360 degree view on standard parts, norm archives or customer specific parts with similarity

comparison

Business impact and benefits for the customer

Use Case: geometrical searches (3D) Similarity search and Standard parts

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Solution: Current portfolio Connector: Current portfolio

PTC Windchill: PDMLink Version 9.x and newer

Siemens Teamcenter: Version 9.x and newer

SAP: Version 6 and newer

ENOVIA VPM V4: Version 1.6 and newer

Aras Innovator: Release10 and newer (available as a service)

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