document management
Documents in PLM processes are, for the most part, the origin of any novelty.
Many innovations begin as ideas, drafts, development and change applications, as well as construction drawings, or they are triggered by simple forms.
Process documentations, reports, messages, etc. are often recorded and saved in the form of documents – be it electronically or as hardcopies.
The supply of documents within the project and object context for viewing and editing is thus an essential basic functionality of any high-performance PLM system.
Document management in SAP
In the standard solution, SAP offers an extensive document management (SAP DMS), including all possibilities for the support of cross-location or cross-company cooperation.
In many companies, SAP DMS has paid off for commercial documents in productive use for years. Concerning the integration into the „Office world“, standard interfaces are employed. For all common CAx authoring systems, SAP provides standard products for the integration.
The integration products allow for the complete integration of the engineers and developers into the PLM processes. Management of engineering data and documents is also carried out in SAP DMS.
The merging of commercial and technical documents allows for the complete description of a product, thus offering the optimal platform for the control of document-related business processes.
CENIT’s Solution
Our industry solutions benefit from SAP DMS in pre-configured applications for guiding the users in the process context.
The often tedious and nerve-wrecking searching and processing of papers in a valid version, a readable format, with the correct status, etc. can be dispensed with.
By means of the direct provision of the documents from the task to be processed within the business process, we gain a high user acceptance and maximum process reliability.
With our Advisor technology, we provide parameter-controlled components for background processes which can be directly activated or planned – even when depending on other tasks. Complex mass processing of documents can thus be realized with just one click. Of course, process security is the top priority here, and processes such as creating, copying, version or status change, object links, or neutral-format conversions are supported.
Advantages and benefit
- Reduction of costs and lead times by avoidance or automation of activities that do not create value
- High user acceptance, since the user can focus on core tasks by relieving time-consuming search routines
- High gain of quality and time by the early availability of correct information, for example for procurement and manufacture
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