Affordable Air Dominance. PLM for the Eurofighter Typhoon. Howard Mason. IT and ebusiness BAE SYSTEMS. Chairman, ISO TC184/SC4

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1 Affordable Air Dominance PLM for the Eurofighter Typhoon Howard Mason IT and ebusiness BAE SYSTEMS British Aerospace Chairman, ISO TC184/SC4

2 The Virtual Enterprise Customers Suppliers Project 1 Project 2 Subcontractors Partners Different partners use different systems Each project will involve a different configuration

3 Eurofighter Typhoon Suppliers Structural build work share 37.5% BAE SYSTEMS 30% EADS-Germany 19.5% ALENIA 13% EADS-CASA National and export customers Common supplier base Concurrent product development Four assembly lines

4 Eurofighter Data Exchange The Challenge Partners use different systems ProductManager (BAE SYSTEMS, Alenia), MetaPhase (EADS-Germany) Optegra (EADS-CASA) BAE SYSTEMS EADS-CASA EADS-D Alenia Exchange required to support Configuration management Product Structure release Design/Build Standard exchange Links to electrics Exchange of modifications

5 Requirements Manage Product Data using a system Support Collaborative Engineering in a Partnership Deploy a solution reusable across projects

6 Options Option 1: All companies use the same: database Option 2: All companies use a copy of the same: database exchange data Option 3: All companies use their own systems exchange data

7 Option 1 Company A All companies use the same: database Company C Company B database Company D

8 Option 1 Pros Staff flexibility Easy communication shared data common view Cons Cost: Application purchase Training Loss of Integration to downstream processes Slow response rate

9 Company A Option 2 All companies use a copy of the same : database exchange data Company C database database Company B Company D database database

10 Option 2 Pros Staff flexibility Easy communication shared data common view Cons Cost: Application purchase Training Loss of Integration to downstream processes Data exchange infrastructure

11 Option 3 Company A All companies use their own systems: exchange data Company C database database Company B Company D database database

12 Option 3 Pros No additional purchase Cons Staff flexibility required No training in new systems Downstream processes integration in place DIfficult communication no common view Data exchange infrastructure required

13 Eurofighter Options Each company runs many projects Common downstream infrastructure Any proposal to all use the same system is: NOT AN OPTION

14 Data exchange options Use our own data exchange format will not carry over to the next aircraft programme significant work in defining the data exchange format need a translator for every exchange pairing Aerospace industry common messaging (AECMA) does not cover scope of data European not International standard

15 Strategy A single technical solution for all uses Reduce costs for all of our virtual enterprises Use of standards International acceptance STEP Schema

16 Company A STEP exchange Need a translator for every exchange pairing Need 2N translators N 2 - N translators! Company C Company B database STEP Schema database Company D database database

17 Solution BAE SYSTEMS Enovia*PM Schema translator Schema translator Alenia Enovia*PM STEP Schema Schema translator Schema translator EADS- Germany MetaPhase EADS- CASA Optegra

18 Approach Partners Agree scope & meaning of data Implement translator Map to Schema BAE SYSTEMS Enovia*PM Schema translator STEP Schema

19 Status Deployed in production on Eurofighter Currently being used for exchange of configuration management and build standard data Savings resulting from: Elimination of manual BoM extraction Elimination of manual model extraction Reduced change requests Improved data quality

20 Success Factors & Lessons Learned

21 Success Factors Commitment Ownership Resources

22 Success Factors Partners COTS Skilled resource Implement Deployment plantranslator synchronised with roll out Understand process Agree terms Stable standard Agree scope & Usage guide meaning of data Expert Help Scope of standard Map to Schema BAe Enovia*PM Schema translator STEP Schema

23 Benefits of STEP Ready made Information Model Focus for agreement Improved data exchange quality Information modeling based approach Thorough and complete Can validate data exchanged Supports long term archiving Vendor neutral Explicit information model Implementation independent

24 Business Benefits Standards based Reusable solution for new projects Lessons captured for future use Facilitates collaborative engineering right data, at the right time, in the right format Supports suppliers Matches customer strategy

25 Challenges Schema was State of the Art PDES, inc & ProSTEP still working on interpretation Increasing Vendor support BAE SYSTEMS needed new skills Scarce resource Exchange exposes quality of process & product data Process ownership Deployment challenges New tools - Enovia*PM API limitations Changes to process

26 Building on success Supply chain only exchanged data at a partner level CAD Exchange of solid models for manufacturing Technical Packaging packaging up data to send to suppliers Analysis Structural analysis etc.

27 Building on Success - across the enterprise CATIA PM EXOSTAR COLLABORATION MODULE CADDS Optegra ProENGINEER Metaphase Open Integrated Product Data using STEP ANALYSIS MANUFACTURE Standard external services using STEP/PLCS Legacy Legacy CUSTOMER SUPPORT CUSTOMER SYSTEMS Geometry exchange using STEP exchange using STEP Common data interfaces using STEP/PLCS

28 Building on Success - The PLCS Initiative Product Structure Product Representations Change Directives Scope of STEP today Feed & Extract Standard Commercial Transactions Product Performance Support Performance Support Environment Failure Analysis Maintenance Analysis Task Resource Data Life Shared Cycle Data ` Support and Operational Feedback Query Respond Maintain/Dispose Use Derived Disposable Data

29 Conclusion STEP works for STEP implementations are reusable STEP does give business benefit to the customer to the prime contractor to the supply chain Validated in production on Eurofighter by independent audit See