SAP Authoring Tool Integration Platform
Strategy Overview
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Agenda
Challenges in Authoring Tool Integration
SAP’s Authoring Tool Integration Strategy
Value Proposition & Overview
Demo
Summary
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Challenges in Authoring Tool Integration
Inefficiency in R&D
Increasing Product Complexity
Cost Pressure
Low usability of multi-CAD
environments
Quality issues due to inconsistent
product data
High total cost of ownership for
authoring tool integration landscape
Low visibility in design processes
Non-current product information
High implementation costs
Time Pressure
Cross-discipline collaboration
Disrupted processes due to
heterogeneous authoring tool
landscapes
Information islands
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SAP Solutions for R&D and Engineering
Deliver Innovative Products with an Integrated Solution Approach
Imagine
Design
Plan
Make
Service
SAP PLM
New user experience, embedded analytics, on mobile
Product Data, Structure and Change Management
Ideation
Portfolio
Concept
Design, Variants,
Recipes
Simulation
Manufacturing
Maintenance
Service
Embedded Quality and Compliance Management
Layout,
schema,
and code
Tool Integration Platform
CAD
CAD
…
ECAD, …
Software
Bill of
results
CAE
Simulation
data
…
Digital
Manufacturing
Manage big data, understand the past and predict the future
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SAP’s Authoring Tool Integration Strategy
Mechanical Design
CATIA
V5
NX
Solid
works
Creo
…
Inventor
Solid
Edge
Electric
Electronic
Design
Software
Development
Simulation
…
Auto
CAD
SAP Engineering Control Center
CAD Service Layer
Visual Enterprise
Imagine
Design
Plan
Make
Service
SAP PLM/SAP ERP
SAP Engineering Control Center provides:
 Consistent integration of authoring tools along the value chain
 360 degree product view including mechanics, electronics, software, and simulation etc.
 Embedded quality and sustainability management capabilities for the authoring tool interfaces
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SAP Authoring Tool Integration Strategy – Background
Leverage Proven Technology
Provide the foundation and plan next
steps
 The foundation of the SAP Engineering Control
Center was developed by SAP´s partner DSC
Software AG, based in Karlsruhe, Germany.
 In a joint project, SAP and DSC developed further
enhancements and redesigned the solution to
meet SAP´s development standards.
 The result is a new, powerful integration
platform
 SAP and DSC are working with other strategic
partners CENIT, Cideon and .riess engineering to
build new connectors for mCAD authoring tools
and electronics.
 SAP 3D Visual Enterprise will be integrated in
the SAP Engineering Control Center
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Overview &
Value Proposition
SAP Tool Integration Strategy (Overview)
Efficiency in engineering | Transparency with holistic Product description | Reduce operating costs
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Working with Tool Integration Experts
Partner
Cenit
Integration to CAD System
Dassault
Catia V5
Autodesk
AutoCAD
Autodesk
Inventor
Cideon
Siemens
Solid Edge
Dassault
Solid Works
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DSC
Siemens UG
NX
.riess
PTC Creo/
ProEngineer
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Architecture CAD-Desktop and
SAP Engineering Control Center (SAP ECTR)
Plugins
SAP ECTR (JAVA)
CAD-Desktop (SAP GUI)
Frontend
Backend
Add-On: SAP ECTR (ABAP)
FolderLinks
CAD-Desktop
DType
Document
Management
BoMs
Materials
ECN
SAP ERP 6.0 EHP5+
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SAP’s Authoring Tool Integration Strategy
Efficiency in Engineering
 Comprehensive and flexible
integration platform for all authoring
tools.
 Easy and controlled access to
product data
 Intelligent Process Support
 Enabler for systems engineering and
mechatronics
Ease of use
|
Increased engineering efficiency
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Simplified product development processes
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SAP’s Authoring Tool Integration Strategy
Holistic Product Description
 Holistic product description for
increased transparency
 360 degree product view including
mechanics, electronics, software,
and simulation
 Combining Engineering data with
relevant business data
 Comprehensive version control
functionality of product data, even
for complex products and change
processes
Single source of truth
|
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Product data consistency
|
Increased productivity
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SAP Tool Integration Strategy
Lower Operating Costs
 Lower operating costs through
integrating heterogeneous authoring
tools into SAP Business Suite
 Flexibility to integrate a
heterogeneous landscape into SAP
PLM
 Embedded quality and sustainability
management into the authoring tool
interface
 Reduced maintenance cost for
number of interfaces
Lower Operating costs
|
Reduce cost for non-compliance
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Reduced number of interfaces
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Ideal Interface for Authoring Users
 Comprehensive overview of all
required SAP information
 Explorer-like handling of data in
flexible folder structure
 Context-sensitive menus
 Cockpit for SAP:
Accessing standard and
customer specific transactions
 Access to SAP GUI and
SAP PLM Web UI
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Intelligent Process Support
 Extensive search capabilities
including search via
classification, advanced
document search, search in
active lists..
 Search result as preview or list
with Excel-like filtering in all
columns
 SAP PLM at a glance:
Comprehensive presentation of
all information a user needs to
do the job
 Intelligent menu structure and
user guidance
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SAP Engineering Control Center Demo
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SAP Tool Integration Strategy
Value Proposition
Simplifying and expanding tool integration
SAP´s single integration platform for all authoring tools
SAP Engineering Control Center will be SAP´s single integration platform for all authoring tools and other IT systems
(e.g. MCAD, ECAD, Software, PDM, simulation tools). It helps companies manage increasing product complexity.
Key enabler for Systems Engineering
By integrating several authoring tools on a single platform and enabling cross discipline collaboration, SAP
Engineering Control Centre is a key enabler for Systems Engineering. It is another step to support SAP´s Idea to
Performance approach and SAP`s solution strategy for Industry 4.0.
Providing a comprehensive product description
SAP Engineering Control Center helps companies to create a comprehensive product description, ensure data
consistency and enable version control.
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