Get Your Process Motor Running!
2010: A key German industry is back!
After the dramatic decline of 2009, production has seen a distinct surge since August of this year. The order books are full, meaning maximum-capacity production. And since these products bear the “made in Germany” seal, they have be top quality, fulfill complex customer requirements, and be delivered on time.
Secure, lean, and absolutely transparent processes – from the initial concept to product delivery to maintenance – let mechanical engineering firms manage the balancing act between time and cost pressures on the one hand and quality expectations on the other.
No risk to fall: They can reach their goals by introducing new-method integrated product development by cenitCONNECT. Based on SAP Product Lifecycle Management (PLM/ PLM7), cenitCONNECT is your key to intelligent, efficient process management.
The Mechanical Engineering Industry Package, designed specifically for the requirements of the sector, guarantees quick-start optimization of internal and cross-enterprise processes – and quick victories too. And on top of that, rapid ROI, e.g. thanks to pre-configured processes such as
- Order processing incl. design to order
- Change management for components and orders
- Control of effectivity date and parts to be discontinued
Please read on for details.
We are about to also prepare a special package available for mechanical engineering firms active in the field of medical technology.
Order processing incl. design to order
cenitCONNECT offers substantial support in each project phase by
- providing a decision-making basis
- systems-supported processing of mass data
- controlling processes
In day-to-day operation, cenitCONNECT clears your path, e.g. by
- reating a uniform platform for all project aspects and all communications with the outside world
- preventing information loss during projects via a process platform shared by your technology, sales, and manufacturing segments
- providing overviews – product-centric or process-centric perspectives can be selected – that offer comprehensive information on
- all orders being processed as well as the associated design tasks
- the required engineering processes
Change Management for components and orders
cenitCONNECT fully supports this process from initial notification to project conclusion:
- Front loading during the tendering phase:
As a decision-making aid for or against a change, system-supported supply of key data regarding- technical pre-clarification
- identification of affected components and estimates of change costs
- feasibility assessment and profitability forecast
- Supply of design-relevant component information:
- where will new parts replace precursor parts?
- support of the respective input/output control
- risk analysis (CE)
- Active system support during the realization phase, e.g. by
- providing key figures for "make or buy" and "rework or scrap" decisions
- actively managing master data - "ready to order", work plans, acquisitions info sets, order books
- assisting in defining manufacturing resources
- Upon project conclusion
- a change notification is sent to the defined (but flexible) distribution list
- the replacement part relevance of new components is defined
- technical documentation can be concluded promptly: the product data has already been processed in parallel with product development, e.g. using visualization tools such as intelligent 3D PDFs.
Control of effectivity date and parts to be discontinued
This process is likewise actively supported by cenitCONNECT from beginning to end, i.e. from initial definition and procurement of new components to the phase-out of obsolete components.
In day-to-day operation, cenitCONNECT clears your path:
- Using system support, the consequential costs of a change can be analyzed quickly and easily. Simultaneously, cenitCONNECT determines the point in time at which obsolete components can be fully phased out
- cenitCONNECT significantly reduces repeat errors within processes by taking on routine tasks that only need to be performed from time to time. Many defined, previously manual tasks now run automatically
- Activities requiring long run-times often have to be time-delayed. New process mechanisms available under cenitCONNEC T trigger such activities to run in the background
CENIT References in Mechanical Engineering
On our reference website you will find many customer references sorted by solution.
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