CNH Reman Rolling Out PLM

Aras Implementation – It’s Here

Syllabus

How do you roll out PLM to gain visibility and status into the pipeline processes for parts in a remanufacturing environment?  What CNH Reman needed was a standardized process with a central online dashboard that spanned the enterprise and enabled better capacity planning and throughput for greater coordination, productivity and customer service. Find out deployment lessons learned that provided real user requirements, better user input and greater user adoption.

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Who Is CNH Reman

CNH Reman is a joint venture between CNH Global N.V. and Springfield Remanufacturing Corporation. The partnership brings together CNH Parts & Service product experience, technical information, access to equipment, and dedicated dealer networks with SRC Remanufacturing operations, capabilities, and expertise.

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Who Is PSC Group?

• PSC Group is a business technology consulting firm that has been delivering high value solutions to our clients since 1990.  As an Aras Certified Partner, PSC has currently built two custom PLM solutions on the Aras Innovator® framework:

• Formula & Recipe Management – targeted for food, beverage and nutraceuticals with a need to manage raw materials, packaging, and finished goods along with their related attributes, processes, and specifications.

• Pipeline Management for Remanufacturing – targeted for large machinery parts remanufacturing companies with a need  for standard processes and product development visibility.

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Phased Approach

• Discovery Workshop• Pain Points, Business Challenges, Business Priorities• Cast Vision

• Requirements (High-Level)• Capture All• Must Have, Strong Need, Nice to Have• Prioritize and Confirm

• Data• Formats, Sources and Latency

• Development• Iterative• Mix Small Deliverables with Foundational Features

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Engineering Central(Team Center)

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SecondaryMS Access

GenesisMS Access (2gb)

ePart Updated Weekly

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On-Line Catalogs

EAREngineering

Action Request

Impact

CNH Reman Network Servers

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Item Types

• Feasibility Studies• EARs (Engineering Action Requests)

• RFQs• Projects

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Standards

• Workflows• eMail Notifications• Project Tasks• InBasket Activities

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Reports

• Pipeline Management• Pipeline Summary Analysis• Open Pipeline Parts Analysis• Feasibility• Pipeline Project Parts• Others

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Phased Approach (cont)

• Testing• Alpha, Beta and Production• End-to-End Walk Thru• Test Again

• Go-Live• Everybody Using the System• Leave Old Practices Behind

• Expand and Extend for the Future• Burn In• User Directed• Integrations• Quality Management• Certifications and Skills

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Critical Success Factors

• Executive Buy-In• Communication and Direction to the Team• Participation and Involvement• Deliverable

• Grass Roots Evangelism• Early Adopters

• Flexibility• Recognize Simple Changes• Formalize Major Changes• Business as Well

• Resource Availability• Requirements Review• Testing

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Critical Success Factors (cont)

• Fully Functional Environment• Infrastructure Licensing• Ability to Configure Infrastructure (Reporting, Email, etc.)• IT Desktop & Browser Configuration

• PLM is Never Complete• Continuous Process Improvement• Apply Structure Across the Enterprise

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Lessons Learned

• Executive Involvement• Early and Often

• Reports, Reports, and more Reports• Everybody Using the System• Need to Control Windows Updates

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What We Had Before

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Engineering Central(Team Center)

PICK

SecondaryMS Access

GenesisMS Access (2gb)

ePart Updated Weekly

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On-Line Catalogs

EAREngineering

Action Request

Impact

CNH Reman Network Servers

Folders

What We Have Now

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