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PLM System’s methodology for Product Data Integration (PDI) allows to design systems for managing product data integrated with existing company applications (MRP, BOM, CAD/CAE/CAM systems) through the use of interfaces based on international standards (STEP, IGES).
PLM/ERP systems integration
- Goal: output availability of product development process for transaction enterprise systems, both legacy and packed (ERP/MRP, BOM, AF&C) and collaborative systems (CRM, SCM).
- Tools: EAI (Enterprise Application Integration), XML Adapters and integration point-to-point.
- Benefits:
- Integration with / migration from "legacy" applications:
- BOM
- MRP and ERP Systems
- DBMS Applications
- Data modeling
- "Virtual enterprise" conception
- Data access from existing proprietary applications without the need for modification
- Data migration from proprietary applications
- Integration between heterogenic PDM/PLM systems
- Visibility and sharing of product data with all company functions
PDEX (Product Data EXchange)
- Goal: data exchange concerning product geometry between different Supply Chain actors and the enterprise departments. Define and document the production process.
- Tools: Data Exchange through translator point-to-point or based on IGES/STEP standard, CAPE systems.
- Benefits:
- Interoperability between heterogenic systems
- Standard based data exchange tools (STEP, IGES)
- Knowledge Base for data exchange with suppliers
- Data Exchange between different CAD/CAE/CAM systems
- Software personalization
- Creation and start-up support of Data Exchange Centers
- Rapid data exchange activation between different company departments and to/from suppliers
- Reduction of time dedicated to "clean up" and re-digitalization of drawings
- Improvement of quality and reduction of time necessary for exchanging data
- Improvement of product reliability
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