Mill Products - Fabricated Metal Products > Time to Market > Life-cycle Data Management

Life-cycle Data Management

Business Scenario

 

Business Scenario Maps

  • Document Management
  • Engineering Change Management

    • Key Performance Indicators

  • Engineering Change Order Time
  • Number of ECOs

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    The management and changing of product and project data dictates most important day-to-day tasks for Mill Product companies. Every day, the designers, work schedulers and planners need a sound basis for making decisions. They need immediate access to up-to-date and relevant information.

    Business Goals & Objectives


    Increasing Transparency & Accountability

    Provide source of "one truth"
    Reduce error rate
    Support corporate memory vs individual memory

    Reducing Operating Costs & Increasing Efficiency

    Standardize processes for consistency, efficiency

     

    Business Processes
    Document ManagementSAP Component or Feature Available
    An innovative way of integrating all documents in your work processes and making them available at any time. Any file type (such as text, graphic, CAD, and office) can be managed and linked to many business objects (such as material, BOM, sales order, and equipment).

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP ERP

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    Product Structure ManagementSAP Component or Feature Available
    Enables you to manage product-related master data and offers consistent structures for integrating this data in manufacturing processes (such as work scheduling) and the management of resources (for example, in shop floor control). Integrates Product, Process Structure and Factory Structure for highly variant products. Serves as basis for rapid planning matrix (RPM).

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP ERP

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    Change and Configuration ManagementSAP Component or Feature Available
    Allows the efficient management of engineering change requests to ensure product quality in all phases of the product life cycle.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP ERP

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    Distributing Master DataSAP Component or Feature Available
    You use this business process to control the distribution process for harmonized master data from the master data server (MDS) to the relevant master data clients (MDCs). The master data is consolidated on the MDS. The MDCs need the cleansed data to handle the business processes smoothly.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management

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