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PDMBMW Group14.05.2007

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Product Data Management

Optimized product engineering processes with mySAP PLM at BMW Group

Beate Koch, SAP ConsultingHelmut Hirsch, BMW AG


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What We’ll Cover ...

BMW Overview – Complexity Challenges

BMW Product Development Process – PEP with PDM

Solution based on SAP ERP

Main Challenges

Wrap-Up


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Expansion.Extending the Product Portfolio.

SuperLuxury

Luxury

Upper Midrange

Midrange

Compact

Small

Micro

Segment Saloon Coupé Touring Convertible Roadster Off-Road Van MPV


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Development and Production Network. A Basis For High Flexibility In Car Production.


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Complexity In Vehicle DevelopmentConsequence Of Premium Brand Strategy

Function complexity [fx]

Overall complexity

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

7 Series

Z4

6 Series

1 Series

5 Series X3

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

7 Series

Z4

6 Series

1 Series

5 Series X3

Product programm complexity


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Main Challenges

Wrap-Up


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The BMW Group Produkt Development Prozess – PEP Effectiveness in the Early phase – Efficiency in the seriedevelopment phase

Series development

SOPSeries Development

Early phase

Strategyinput

Preliminary WorkPhase

Starting confirmationTarget agreementmodel line derivative

Application initial phasemodel line

*PEP – Product Development Process

Efficiency(Do things right)

Effectiveness(Do the right things)


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Our mission statement.“At any given time we have a transparently and bindingview in PEP* where the vehicle stands concerningproduct and process.’’

Series development

SOPSeries Development

Early phase

Strategyinput

Preliminary WorkPhase

Starting confirmationTarget agreementmodel line derivative

Application initial phasemodel line

*PEP – Product Development Process

PL

Continuous reference product structureas “PDM backbone.’’

PEP PDM aims for the implementation of theproduct data management based on a continuous product structure with selectionof configurations using SAP.


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PEP PDM in practice.The “PDM Core” is being used and important Processes are supported.

Management

Architecture

Configuration

DesignEngineering

Vitual Car

Purchase

Prototypebuilt

BMW-Partner

Conceptphase Series DevelopmentInnovation

First Configurattion ...... Changes .. ReleasePL

TargetsStatusprozesse

Functional, GeometricConcept

BOM

requirement specifications

Prototypes

Change Management

Change Mangement with partner

PL

PL

PL


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PEP PDM in figures.The “PDM Core” is being used and important Processes are supported.

PL

5.000 technical specifications20.000 new engineering

change requests

Documentations of test vehicles for4 Modeltypes

(>100 vehicles each type)

5 Model Lines

160 configuredModeltypes

20.000 Assemblies

300.000 ComponentVariants

aprox. 1.800 usersonline every day!


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ComponentDesign

Release

PEP PDM LS3.Business process overview.

Supplier

Product-structure

Workshop facilityDesign

Virtual Carprocess

T-Gate TAIS

Modular

BMW Legacy

BMW Legacy

BMW Legacy

PL


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PEP PDM LS3Virtual car process

Achieved target:– Virtual cars and hardware prototypes are built on common product data,

which is managed in the SAP backbone.

Design Virtual car processCreate virtual cars

PLPL

Providedesign data


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Main Challenges

Wrap-Up


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BMW PEP PDMBased on integrated Product and Process Management in SAP ERP

Support different business processes

– Maintain product data– Consume product data

SAP ERP with iPPE– Product data needed for the PEP– Data backbone

SAP NetWeaver– Technology Platform– Integration Platform– Development Platform

ProductStructure


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SAP ERPUsed components to manage product complexity

SAP ERP: used componentsOverall complexity

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

7 Series

Z4

6 Series

1 Series

5 Series X3

VariantConfiguration

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

7 Series

Z4

6 Series

1 Series

5 Series X3All possible configurations

iPPE Product Structure management

cFolders Collaboration withsuppliers

DocumentManagement

StartUp-Binder EV-4Version 1.024.01.2002Seite 16

zur Freigabe

ZB Räder /Reifen

Räder /Reifen (Basis 4 Stück, fallsnicht anders angegeben)

ZB Radlager und Mitnehmerflansch

FunktionsgruppenUnterfunktionsgruppen

Detaillierung

Key-Code

Ko.-Gr

Requirement specificationAll kind of product data extracts

Classification Material masterDocuments, …

EngineeringChange Management

Vehicle lifecyclesBody types (sedan, convertible,…)

Interfaces

Add-Ons tocover BMWsbusiness needs

BMW enhancements

Numerousinterfaces toBMW legacysystems


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Main Challenges

Wrap-Up


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Main challenges:Deployment and Management of Change

2002 2006

1.800userseveryday

Achieved Target– 10 Management and 45 communication events for users– 125 topic specific events– 2.230 users in training sessions– 6.600 accesses on the

PEP PDM intranet monthly

Challenges– Roll-Out of new process methods based on a new IT solution for every

new product line in the PEP-PDM solution– Present focus on maintaining product data, need to focus also on data

consumers– Many specific reports available, but more flexibility needed


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Main challenges:Complexity: Power User – Occasional User

Achieved Target– One consistent structure – one

system

Challenges– Manage complexity– More users with different roles on the

same product data– Support complex processes on

complex UIs for power user– Support specific process for

occasional users

Planned Response– Support Role specific UIs for

occasional users to reduce complexity

Power User


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Main challenges:Performance

Achieved Target– One consistent structure – one system

Challenges– Manage permanently increasing high data

volume for – Maintain product structure– Product structure reporting– Product structure explosion

Planned Response– Provide data for consumer processes in

various systems at night– Parallelization of explosion process on

different application servers– Manage raising requirements– Evaluate new methods– Simulate emerging data volume

PV010 PV020 PV030 PV040

PV010

PV010

PV030

For one vehicle product line:

Current number of component variants:

Total: 187.000Without history: 163.000

Expected volume increase:

Structure components will double every two years.


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Main Challenges

Wrap-Up


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Summary

The “PDM Core” is being used and important processes are supported.

Our vision became reality - we have at any given time a transparently and binding view in PEP* where the vehicle stands concerning product and process.

Roll-Outs to further product lines are in planning.

We have an increasing number of users and processes on the provided product data.

We still have to work on reducing complexity, to get the product data accessible for all users.

We have to design the solution in order to cope with the continuously increasing data volume.


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