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December 08, 2022
Manivel Kulanthaivel, SAP
PLM System Integration with SAP S/4HANA
Feature Pack 03 (FP03)
Enablement

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 Recap
 Release 3 Highlights
 Advanced Variant Configuration
 Manufacturing Engineering
 Supplier Management
 Integration Pattern
 Q & A
Agenda

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Journey on the Next Generation Digital Thread
Summer –
2020 – SAP
Siemens
Partnership
Announcement
October 2021 –
PLM System
Integration –
FP01 – Focus on
foundation and
core objects
April 2022 – PLM
System
Integration –
FP02 – Variant
Configuration
and
Manufacturing
Engineering
December 2022
– PLM System
Integration
FP03 –
Advanced
Variant
Management,
Integration to
Production
Integration
Portal, Supplier
Management

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PLM system integration: Teamcenter embedded End-to-End
“PLM system integration is a game changer for the
collaboration between engineering and the enterprise, offering
efficient, bi-directional digital product data flows,
embedded end-to-end and out of the box.”
Enable the digital product with process driven
integration on a state-of-the-are architecture.
Leverage one common, extensible domain model
providing access to data across applications.
Use a reliable and scalable Architecture which
supports high performance and efficient operations
Run bi-directional end-to-end business processes
across all engineering disciplines for the enterprise
Business Outcomes Next Generation Characteristics

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Teamcenter for Product Engineering
PLM system integration for Seamless, Bi-Directional Process Integration
Define Develop Deliver
Requirement Engineering
BoM
Engineering
BoM
Manufacturing
BoM
Routing
(plant
specific)
Sourcing and Planning Production Order
Slave
Master
Problem Report / Change Request / Change Notice -
SAP Teamcenter
by Siemens
SAP S/4HANA
SAP ERP
Teamcenter Gateway
for PLM system integration
PLM system integration
for SAP S/4HANA or SAP ERP
Simplified, sample process

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Teamcenter for Product and Manufacturing Engineering
PLM system integration for Seamless, Bi-Directional Process Integration
Define Develop Deliver
Requirement Engineering
BoM
Manufacturing
BoM
(plant specific)
Bill of Process
(plant specific)
Routing
(plant
specific)
Sourcing and Planning Production Order
Simplified, sample process
Slave
Master
SAP Teamcenter
by Siemens
SAP S/4HANA
SAP ERP
Teamcenter Gateway
for PLM system integration
PLM system integration
for SAP S/4HANA or SAP ERP
Manufacturing
BoM
(plant specific)
Problem Report / Change Request / Change Notice -

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 Recap
 Release 3 Highlights
 Advanced Variant Configuration
 Manufacturing Engineering
 Supplier Management
 Integration Pattern
 Q & A
Agenda

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What is Coming? – FP03 Highlights
Moving Towards Industry Specific Scenarios
Advanced Variant
Management
Production Engineering
(Production Integration Portal)
Supplier Management
Passenger Cars, Trucks, Buses, Farm Equipments and Special
Machinery
Aerospace and Defense, Complex Machineries, Ship Building
Discrete Industry – Auto(OEM and Suppliers), High Tech, Industrial
Machinery, Aerospace and Defense, Contract Manufacturers

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Meta Data Model – Business entities main relations
DocumentVersion
ProductVersion
StructureVersion ChangeObject
Production Operation List Variant Definition
Factory*
Vendor
NEW
Enhancement

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 Release 3 Highlights
 Advanced Variant Configuration
 Manufacturing Engineering
 Supplier Management
 Integration Pattern
 Q & A
Agenda

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Variant Configuration: Configuration Transfer – Recap from Release 2
Business Outcomes Process Highlights
“One voice of configuration representation with the
possibility to enhance in SAP."
Receive variant definitions from Teamcenter and
creates variant class (300) in SAP. variant and
variant option types as characteristic and
characteristic values
One Dependency Net per variant definition
One Variant table with the allowed values per
Variant Option and Variant Definition combination​
One Constraint to restrict the available
characteristic values per Variant Option and Variant
Definition combination
Dependency linked to PV when configuration profile
is created during transfer

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Variant Configuration: Variant Option Rules(VOR)
Business Outcomes Process Highlights
“Transfer of available engineering options for all
configurable product version"
Procedure and Constraint added automatically to
configuration profile during product version with
variant definition transfer
Procedure and Constraint added to the
dependency net
Create and Update of VOR with reference to CO
(ECN only. NO CR*)
Domain Model Rule Type: Default -> Procedure,
Derivation and Restriction -> Constraint in SAP
Creation of Constraint per default, derivation,
restriction domain model rule type

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Product Engineering NPDI with Variability – How it got enhanced

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 Advanced Variant Configuration
 Manufacturing Engineering
 Supplier Management
 Integration Pattern
 Q & A
Agenda

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Master Routing - Auxiliary Workspace
Source Target
Handover
• Transfer tree/object
• Local overwrites
• Indirect use
• Manual enhancements
PIP Process Overview
Manufacturing
Snapshot Rev.
→ MBOM Version
→ MPD Version
→ VD Version
MBOM Version
(BOM Tables)
MPD Version
(xml-File)
PMI Version
(xml-File)
3D Visual Version
(VDS-File)
PLM Integration PEO
Monitor
Snapshot
PIP Customizing
MPD
or
PMI
Change Record
→ Snapshot Revision
→ MBOM Version
→ MPD Version
→ VD Version
→ SF Routing Version
Shop Floor
Routing
PIP Usage Links
on node level
MPD Version
(PIP tables)
PMI Version
(PIP tables)
Change Record
Creation
File-to-
Table
Conv.
(BAdI)
Manage
Change Record
Shop Floor
Routing
triggers (manually or automatically) Triggers (manually)
controls
controls
refers to
refers to refers to
Visual Document
Create new SF-Routing
Header or next
SF-Routing Version
Reads MPD header navigate
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Production Engineering: Manufacturing Excellence powered by Engineering
Business Outcomes Process Highlights
“Holistic engineering data handover for comprehensive
Production Engineering & Operations”
"
Creation of engineering snapshot (material master,
version BoM, documents, document BoM) for
production engineering
Creation of manufacturing snapshot (material master,
version BoM, documents, document BoM, routing) for
production engineering
Transfer of inspection characteristics (local) with
assignment to operation
Support of Production integration Portal – MPD
scenario with component assignment, PRT,
Inspection characteristics assignment
Control Version BOM component by Data Effectivity
/model unit effectivity/variant conditions (SAP
parameter effectivity)

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Product Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering NPDI

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 Advanced Variant Configuration
 Manufacturing Engineering
 Supplier Management
 Integration Pattern
 Q & A
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Supplier Management: Simplified Collaboration, better Results
Business Outcomes Process Highlights
“Increase efficiency and quality,
by enabling the engineers to choose right components
based on purchasing information"
Import / Export of business partner (Role: Vendor)
based on domain model vendor
User defined status management of Business Partner
(Role: Vendor) using appropriate status profiles
Creation and Exchange of Document links
(Independent lifecycle) to Vendor
Exchange of vendor parts with classification and
Documents
Usage of vendor parts in bill of material
(classical/version BOM)

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Supplier Management
Teamcenter
SAP
Vendor Release (Bidirectional)
Scenario
Create Vendor
Create Vendor
Metadata
Apply Status
Initial
Approved
Transfer : Vendor
Create
Receive
Vendor
Create BP:
Vendor
Transfer : Vendor
Update
Update
Vendor
Update BP:
Vendor
Create References to
General Documents
Document Version
Create Vendor
Metadata, Status
Create Vendor
Transfer:
Create Vendor
Create BP:
Vendor
Update Vendor
Transfer:
Update
Vendor
Update BP:
Vendor
Create References to
General Documents
Document Version
Teamcenter to SAP SAP To Teamcenter

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 Advanced Variant Configuration
 Manufacturing Engineering
 Supplier Management
 Integration Pattern
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Scenario
Version 1
Change Object
Product Version
Structure Version
Doc. Version
POL
Variant Definition
Vendor
VO, VOR, etc.
SAP_COasChangeRecord
SAP_COasChangeMaster
SAP_SVasClassicBillOfMaterial
SAP_SVasPEOVersionBOM
SAP_POLasRouting
SAP_POLasPEORouting
Change Notice
Change Request
Manufacturing
PEO Version BOM
Manufacturing
PEO
Version 2
Scenario and Version: Additional Flexibility through Integration Pattern
Process
Highlights
Integration Pattern represents
a target SAP application
Mutiple Integration Pattern
available depending on
different DM object type
Increased flexibility
through combination of DM
object type and DM Type
VO – Variant Option, VOR – Variant Option Rule, POL – Production Operation List
DM Object Type mapping
to Integration Pattern
[…………...] SAP_VDRasVendor
1: 1 mapping between DM
object type to Integration
pattern for single DM type

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 Supplier Management
 Integration Pattern
 Q & A
Agenda

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