Session 2913

Shure’s PLM Journey – Phase 2 Sara Surya – Shure Incorporated Rob Feiss – Shure Incorporated [email protected] [email protected]

LEARNING POINTS  Hear about Shure’s integrated SAP PLM solution    

Enable New Product Development Streamline Engineering to Manufacturing transition Optimize the Engineering Change process Ensure visibility across the organization

 Understand the seamless information flow across technologies    

SAP PLM 7.01 Microsoft Sharepoint cenitCONNECT (process and workflow management) ECTR - Engineering Control Center (CAD integration for NX)

 Learn about next steps in the PLM Roadmap

Shure Incorporated

Professional Audio Products  Legendary Microphones  Revolutionary Wireless Systems  Premium Earphones and Headphones

Product Lifecycle Management Buy / Make

Design / Develop

Build / Buy

360 Degree PEOPLE Visibility PROCESS TECHNOLOGY

Discontinue / Dispose  Safety regulations  Communication

Maintain / Manage  Change Management  Product Record

Product ideation thru retirement…. People, Process and Technology

PLM Phase I - Recap  Goals - PLM foundation  SAP PLM 7.01  Engineering Portal based on Microsoft SharePoint  cenitCONNECT for workflow and process management

 Key Achievements       

Retired and replaced Eigner PLM One stop shop for engineers Single sign on Product Record Part Request -> SAP Material Master (Basic View) Leverage technology – SAP, Sharepoint Implemented 2 key engineering processes  Engineering Change  Product deviation

 Go-live was in Dec 2011, on time and on budget

Building the Foundation

• Single, shared product record within the company • Eliminate data redundancy

• Supports version management • Early build of the product record directly in SAP Single Product

Business Process & System Integration

• Improve Engineering to Manufacturing Process Integration • Consolidated, Improved CAD Tools • Company wide accessibility to CAD Drawings

Record • Eliminates duplicate data entry

• Controlled Change Process • Workflow Enabled • Real time visibility and transparency • Simplified ease of use • Historical tracking Digitized Change Management

CAD Environment

CAD

MCAD I-DEAS

NX

Team Center

ECAD PADS

Board Station

Dx Expedition

ECM

60+ CAD Tools

OTHERS PORTAL ERP PM DMS

 Consolidate before Integration

EIGNER STELLENT Shared Drives, Local Hard Disk PLANVIEW SAP

Sharepoint

Access / SQL Databases / Network Drive

o I-DEAS -> NX o PADS, BOARDSTATION -> Dx Expedition

 Level of Integration

PLM Phase II  Goals  NX Integration with SAP Locations: Suzhou (China), Niles (USA)  Enable consistent First Production / Development across different functional areas eg: Software, ATE, AE, EE, etc  Improve Change Management and Deviation

 Key Achievements  Retired/Replaced TeamCenter with SAP Implemented ECTR, migrated legacy data  Extended Engineering Portal  Standardized and digitized first Production / Development Release

 Go-Live in Dec 2012, on time and on budget

Project Details  Project Team  Project Manager  SAP Functional Analyst  Development – Sharepoint, ABAP  Process Owners  Subject Matter Expert (all functional areas)  Consultants (Vendor)  Project  Duration : 5 months  Roadblock  Data quality in Legacy environment 9

BEST PRACTICE

 Keep it simple – clear and limited project scope  Project Methodology Standards - ASAP  ‘Train the Trainer’ approach  Mind sharing session, site visit

HIGHLIGHTS / KEY LEARNINGS  Introduced Certification o 2 level – Super user, End user o Training needs o Change Management

 Expose users to standard functionality prior to requirement gathering, blueprint o 1 week of user training in new tool o 1 week to practice in sandbox

 Clearly established super-user group

 Choose the right PLM partner  Communication, Communication, Communication….

RETURN ON INVESTMENT • Business Process Optimization

• Operational Efficiency

• Hardware & Software Savings

• Improve Time to Market

RETURN ON INVESTMENT

Process Efficiency

Business Process Optimization

• Workflow enabled for traceability and execution

• Consolidated and integrated CAD

2007

2012

Open ECRs

200

38

Average Age

136

30

• Established metrics with a focus on High Priority changes

• Established owners and permission restrictions to address data integrity • Automated Change Management Process • Do more with less

RETURN ON INVESTMENT

Hardware and Software Savings • Reduced Hardware farm – Heating, Cooling – Administrative support – Backup • Software Maintenance

Improve Time to Market • BOM and Material setup directly in SAP • Streamlined and digitized release process • 360 Degree Visibility • Ease of use

Consolidate and Integrate CAD

I-DEAS

NX

MCAD Team Center

CAD

CAD

MCAD ECAD PADS

Board Station

Dx Expedition

SAP

Sharepoint

Access / SQL Databases / Network Drive

ERP, Doc.Mgt, TREX Search, Change Mgt

PLANVIEW

A F T E R

OTHERS PORTAL

ECM OTHERS PORTAL ERP PM DMS

60+ CAD Tools

EIGNER STELLENT Shared Drives, Local Hard Disk

ECAD Dx Expedition

60+ CAD Tools

B E F O R E

NX

SAP

Sharepoint Access / SQL Databases / Network Drive

Expanding the Foundation

Product Record Improvements

• • • •

Product Variants Material Classification Discontinued Product (DPN) Process ECAD Integration

BRT Improvements

• • • •

ISR Process FG Release Extended BOM & Costing New Product Introduction (NPI)

System & Process Improvements

• • • •

Supplier Collaboration Serialization & Labels Purchasing process for tooling, prototyping CAD capability

Our Partners

APPENDIX  Sample Certification

 System landscape  Single sign-on

Single Sign on

SAP System Landscape

Suzhou, China

Niles, IL, USA

TREX

Content Server

SAP ERP SAP PLM

Content Server

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