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Collaboration folders can be installed
stand-alone and separately from the
core mySAP PLM e-business solution
to accommodate any company (even
non-mySAP PLM customers) at any
time within the product lifecycle and
allow them to access the environment
and collaborate efficiently.
Encryption methods with Secure
Socket Layer (SSL) provide a secure
environment where Web-based collaboration
is managed. Collaboration
folders have been designed with
separate participant areas with individual
authorization settings for
competitive or restricted business
scenarios. Access control is provided
via a role-based authorization concept
that includes administration,
write/change, read only, and no
authorization.
Product Designer
Product Designer, based on SAP's integrated product
and process engineering solution (iPPE), enables designers
to capture product requirements in a structured
way, derive concept alternatives, evaluate those alternatives
against the requirements, and the creation of
the product structure from it. Requirement documents
can be constructed into a features and requirements
structure.
Using Web-interfaces via the Enterprise Portal, marketing
engineers can attach and describe the customer
requirements (see Figure 16).
A concept structure containing alternatives can be derived
from the customer requirements. Product designer enables
the verification of the alternatives against the
requirements in order to efficiently determine the right
alternatives. From there, the actual design structure can
be derived. The flexible object model of the iPPE enables
the step-by-step engineering of a product by
adding the different product variants, selection rules,
CAD models, and finally the part master information.
These capabilities should allow companies to increase
customer satisfaction and responsiveness by developing
products that better reflect customer and market
demands.
Figure 16-Product Designer
Recipe Management
Recipe Management (see Figure 17) capabilities are
provided by mySAP PLM to address the process industry,
mainly chemical, pharmaceutical, and consumer
products including food processing. Recipe Management
manages recipes, formulas, equipment requirements
and settings, and procedures in compliance with
the ISA S88 standard. These capabilities address product
development, costing analysis, supply chain planning,
and manufacturing execution support. Information,
such as composition, or labels definition, can be automatically
managed.
Product development with Recipe Management starts
with the first idea for a product, such as marketing
requirements. From this point, the product information
can be extended with additional information about
legal or internal requirements, and product properties,
up to the final product description and specification.
Recipe Management also provides functions to manage
the adaptation of a global recipe to local, countryspecific
production constraints, regulations, or to specific
equipment. To develop a product, the developer
needs to exchange information with a supplier about
raw material properties or requirements. Using collaboration
folders, information can be securely shared
with suppliers and vendors with the right protection
when required (e.g., sharing copyrighted formulas).
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