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SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

SAP cFolders Course Content

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How to enable collaboration in

product development and design

with cFolders



Note : Reference Material is from SAP


Business Process Development Collaboration

Sharing BOM and Documents

Sharing CAD Models and Product Variant Structures

Usage of Collaborative and Competitive Scenario

Standalone and Integrated Deployment Scenarios

Integration with SAP NetWeaver

New functionality in cFolders 4.00

Wrap-Up




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

The Importance of Collaborative Product Development

Doing collaborative product development across the supply

chain …. (is) becoming as important, if not more important

than the logistics and production supply chain.

As companies increasingly outsource manufacturing, the

same partners that produce parts or components for a

product are being delegated responsibility to participate in

the design of those parts and components”

From CIMdata, Measuring PLM's Business Value, September 2003

“

SAP refers with the business process Development

Collaboration to Collaborative product development

”




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

The Importance of Collaborative Product Development

What is clear, however, is that best-in-class companies –

those that most frequently hit their product development

targets for revenue, cost, and quality – are actively pursuing

collaboration […].

Furthermore, they have more frequently automated their

collaboration processes with PLM tools that incorporate or

enable collaboration across the product lifecycle.

From Aberdeen Group, The Product Lifecycle Collaboration Benchmark

Report – The Product Profitability “X Factor”?, June 2006

“

”

SAP refers with the business process Development

Collaboration to Collaborative product development




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

Collaborative Product Development – The Challenge

Customer

Subcontractor

Subcontractor

OEM

Email

INTERNET

Intranet



http://www.iconbazaar.com/computer/pg03.html


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Customer’s Pain Points in Product Development

Classical collaboration via email, phone, fax, and mail is

more likely to be error-prone

Classical collaboration requires a lot of face-to-face

meetings and travel

With classical collaboration, the consistency of data is

not reliable

Classical collaboration supports, in most cases, only

unstructured data

Classical collaboration is not able to manage the access

of external parties to product data in a secure and

economic way




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Reasons Why Collaboration May Fail

I did not receive the most

recent version!

I did not find the relevant

information!

The document was deleted

by somebody!

I did not know whom

to forward the information!

Central vault!

Structure!

Authorizations!

Status

Management!




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Working on a real-

time, consistent data

basis with customers

and suppliers

Secure collaboration

with external supplier

and partners

Development Collaboration – How to Improve




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

cFolders on SAP PLM Application MapS

AP

NetW

eaver

Product and project

portfolio management

Idea management and

concept developmentProject planning

Time and resource

managementProject execution

Strategic portfolio

management

Life-cycle process

support

Product

development

Development

collaboration and

strategic sourcing

Prototyping and

production

ramp-up

Hand over to sales,

service, and

maintenance

Quality engineering

and improvementProduct costing

Life-cycle data

managementDocument management

Product master and

structure management

Specification and recipe

management

Service and

maintenance structure

management

Change and

configuration

management

Corporate services Audit managementHazardous tracking/product

stewardship

Dangerous goods/waste

managementWorkers health and safety

On the SAP PLM Application Map (based on business processes)

cFolders belongs to the business process Development Collaboration.

The business process Development Collaboration focuses on cross-

company collaboration on product data (technical documents & product

structure information) during product development and sourcing.

The business process Development Collaboration & cFolders is also

part of the SAP ERP offering and belongs to the process group Product

Development on the my SAP ERP Solution Map

(see http://service.sap.com/erp)



http://service.sap.com/erp


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Substitutes classic communication via e-mail, phone, fax, and

face-to-face meetings with virtual team work

Reduces misunderstandings and communication deficiencies

and improves consistency of reliable data

Substitutes unstructured communication with structured data

(with redlining, mark-ups, data sheets, and secure areas)

Provides synchronous communication capabilities

(graphical information, redlining)

You save the following:

Reduction in travel, meetings, and conference calls

Fewer errors due to improved communication with vendors and

customers

Reduced time-to-market

Increased capacity due to faster time-to-market

cFolders Value Proposition




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

Authorization Concept: Object Authorization

Authorizations:

Administration

Write

Read

None

Create/Delete

Folder

authorizations are

passed on to

subordinated objects

mode can be over-

written for selected

objects

Authorizations can

also be controlled

automatically by using

the cFolders

application

programming interface

User-dependent object authorizations:

Authorizations can be assigned to

users, user groups and roles




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

Backend Integration: cFolders ECC/R/3

Exchange of documents

between cFolders and SAP PLM

Document Management System

(SAP PLM DMS is part of

ECC/R/3)

Exchange of material BOMs,

product variant structures,

CAD assemblies between

cFolders and SAP back-end

system

External

user(needs only

Web browser)

SAP PLM

cFolders

Internet

Internal User

HTTPS

Intranet

Backend Systems(DMS, BOM Processing,

CAD Desktop, iPPE

on SAP R/3 or ECC,...)

HTTPS RFC (SNC)

Data Security:Externals have access to data in cFolders only

- no access to back-end system necessary for externals




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

Status Management – Process Control

Object Status

Released

Object Status

To Be Reviewed

Object Status

In Process

Entry

action

Send

reminder

Transitio

n action

Send

notification

Transition

authorization

Reviewer

Object AuthorizationAuthors: read

Reviewer: read

Engineering: read

Object AuthorizationAuthors: read

Reviewer: read

Engineering: none

Object AuthorizationAuthors: write

Reviewer: none

Engineering: none

Status profile




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

cFolders Language Support

cFolders supports

the following

languages:

Chinese

Czech

Danish

Dutch

English

Finnish

French

German

Hungarian

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Norwegian

Polish

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

Customers using cFolders




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

cFolders – Main Target Groups

Collaboration on technical documents

(Technical Specifications, Artwork, …):

Architect Engineers Component Suppliers

Automotive OEM Tier 1 Supplier

Automotive Tier 1 Supplier Tier 2 Supplier

Oil Companies Suppliers

Packaging Companies Customers & Designers

…

Collaboration on CAD assemblies &

product variant structures:


…

Collaboration on materials, BOM,

manufacturer part numbers:


OEM Contract Manufacturer in High Tech Industry

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SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

cFolders Adds Business Value

Standardizes the collaboration

process by using status management

Gives clarity on valid document

versions

Makes the collaboration over complex

topics more transparent

Improves communication with

external partners by allowing them to

maintain documents & BOM without

the need to expose the backend

system

Increases development efficiency by

offering viewing & redlining

capabilities for all team members

Optimizes collaboration with suppliers

in bidding scenarios

Enables effective cross-enterprise

project management by tightly

integrating cProjectsSAP Trainings by KMR Software Services Pvt Ltd.










Wrap-Up




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

Document Handling - Overview


between cFolders and SAP

R/3/ECC backend system

(release. 4.6B or higher) is

possible, if at least SAP

R/3 Plug-In 2001.2, SP 2

or higher is installed

Note

Direct

editing of all

file types

supported by

front end PC

Documents

are locked

during

check in/

check out

Integrated

2D/3D viewer

with redlining

capabilities

Mass up-/

download of

files from PC




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Bill of Material (BOM)

Exchange of material

BOM between

cFolders and SAP

R/3/ECC back end

system

(Minimum

Requirements:

SAP R/3 Release 4.7

or

4.6C SP33 + Note

546617) is possible, if

at least SAP R/3 Plug-

In 2002.2 is installed)

Note

External

users without

an R/3/ECC

system can

maintain/creat

e material

BOM

(only browser

required)

BOM can be

published from

backend to

cFolders

Number of

active

material &

BOM attributes

defined in

system

settings In addition Reference Designators (component location information used in

High Tech Industry) can be made available in BOM item long text in cFolders.SAP Trainings by KMR Software Services Pvt Ltd.










Wrap-Up




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

Integration to CAD Desktop

Integration works for ERP 6.0 (ECC 6.0), ERP 2004 (ECC 5.0), R/3 Enterprise Extension Set 110 & 200, R/3

4.6C (for all releases besides ERP 6.0 the implementation of R/3/ERP support packages released in Q2/2005

is necessary)Note

Export of CAD assemblies

to cFolders (originals as

documents & product

structure information as

xml-file)

Export of CAD assemblies

from cFolders to CAD

systems of external users

can be realized by SAP CAD

partners on customer

project base

Import of changed CAD

assemblies from CAD

systems of external users to

cFolders and reconciliation

with CAD assemblies

managed by CAD Desktop

can be realized by SAP CAD

partners on customer

project base











Wrap-Up




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

Collaborative versus Competitive Scenario

Collaborative Scenario

Party BParty A SupplierCustomer

Supplier

Supplier

Competitive Scenario




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

Collaboration Structure

Two-scenario-

concept

Collaborative

scenario:

One public area

for all team

members

Competitive

scenario:

Additional

supplier work

areas with

individual

authorization

settings

can be used

together with

SAP Bidding

Engine (SAP SRM)




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

Backend Integration: cFolders ECC/R/3


between cFolders and SAP PLM

Document Management System

(SAP PLM DMS is part of

ECC/R/3)

Exchange of material

BOM,

product variant

structures,

CAD assemblies between

cFolders and SAP back-

end system

External

user(needs only

Web browser)

SAP PLM

cFolders

Internet

Internal User

HTTPS

Intranet

Backend Systems(DMS, BOM Processing,

CAD Desktop, iPPE


HTTPS RFC (SNC)

Data Security:Externals have access to data in cFolders only

- no access to back-end system necessary for externals




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

Integration into Project Management

cFolders is

integrated into

cProjects

cProjects is

the SAP

application for

phase-based

project

management

Export/

Import of

Document

s to/from

cProjects

from/to

cFolders




SAP AG 2007, ‹#›

cProjects and cFolders – Sample Architecture

cFolders

Internet Intranet

External

Partners

cProjects

Project

Managers

Design

Engineers

Links

Exchange of

documents

Project

Documents

(checklists,

minutes of

meetings)

Technical

documents

(drawings,

structure

information)

Technical

documents

(drawings,

structure

information)

Backend Systems (DMS, BOM Processing,

CAD Desktop, iPPE







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