Work Plan
Ensure a smooth transition from product development to manufacturing
Align product development and work planning
The manufacturing industry must bring increasingly complex products to production readiness in ever-shorter timeframes. CONTACT Elements Work Plan supports this by integrating product development and process planning. Our tool empowers you to respond agilely to new requirements and quickly integrate adjustments into process planning – even across globally distributed manufacturing facilities with heterogeneous MES and ERP landscapes. You can efficiently transfer engineering bills of materials (BOM) changes to manufacturing BOMs and quickly adapt or procure new production resources, such as machine tools. This way, you improve the collaboration between engineering and manufacturing.
Your benefits
- Seamless transition from development to manufacturing via process planning within the PLM system
- Secure transfer of engineering Bill of Material (BOM) changes to production
- Direct transfer of process plans for efficient manufacturing execution
Seamless transition through integrated process planning within the PLM system
Intelligent Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) ensures a smooth transition from development to manufacturing by enriching product data with manufacturing-relevant information early on. With CONTACT Elements Work Plan, order-independent aspects of process planning can already be defined within the PLM system. This establishes a robust foundation for continuous product and production planning.
Seamless transition through integrated process planning within the PLM system
Intelligent Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) ensures a smooth transition from development to manufacturing by enriching product data with manufacturing-relevant information early on. With CONTACT Elements Work Plan, order-independent aspects of process planning can already be defined within the PLM system. This establishes a robust foundation for continuous product and production planning.
Intelligent Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) ensures a smooth transition from development to manufacturing by enriching product data with manufacturing-relevant information early on. With CONTACT Elements Work Plan, order-independent aspects of process planning can already be defined within the PLM system. This establishes a robust foundation for continuous product and production planning.
Relieable transfer of engineering changes to manufacturing
The central process planning department supplies globally distributed manufacturing sites with plant-specific manufacturing bills of materials (BOMs). Error-free transfer of engineering changes to these BOMs is crucial for efficient collaboration between product development and process planning. In combination with the xBOM Manager, Work Plan supports the seamless transition from development to production planning: BOM changes are reliably transferred to manufacturing, while process plans are consistently synchronized with connected systems like ERP and MES.
Relieable transfer of engineering changes to manufacturing
The central process planning department supplies globally distributed manufacturing sites with plant-specific manufacturing bills of materials (BOMs). Error-free transfer of engineering changes to these BOMs is crucial for efficient collaboration between product development and process planning. In combination with the xBOM Manager, Work Plan supports the seamless transition from development to production planning: BOM changes are reliably transferred to manufacturing, while process plans are consistently synchronized with connected systems like ERP and MES.
The central process planning department supplies globally distributed manufacturing sites with plant-specific manufacturing bills of materials (BOMs). Error-free transfer of engineering changes to these BOMs is crucial for efficient collaboration between product development and process planning. In combination with the xBOM Manager, Work Plan supports the seamless transition from development to production planning: BOM changes are reliably transferred to manufacturing, while process plans are consistently synchronized with connected systems like ERP and MES.
Direct transfer of work plans for efficient order processing
Whether they are pre-qualified, order-neutral, or already order- or plant-specific – with CONTACT Elements Work Plan, you transfer process plans directly and seamlessly to manufacturing. Standard interfaces enable, among other things, synchronization with ERP systems like SAP and the transfer to MES systems, where the process plans are enriched with order-relevant detailed information.
Whether they are pre-qualified, order-neutral, or already order- or plant-specific – with CONTACT Elements Work Plan, you transfer process plans directly and seamlessly to manufacturing. Standard interfaces enable, among other things, synchronization with ERP systems like SAP and the transfer to MES systems, where the process plans are enriched with order-relevant detailed information.
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Seamless integration of suppliers
Synchronize design and manufacturing bills of materials quickly and reliably
Optimize collaboration between engineering and production planning
Quickly and reliably resolve quantity differences between eBOM and mBOM
Synchronize bills of materials for service, spare parts, and maintenance to ensure data consistency
Securely eliminate 3D model discrepanciesl
From virtual product to smooth start of production
Create transparency in the pre-series process
Map series production ramp-up reliably and control it cost-effectively
Schedule accurately and on time with prototype bills of materials
Document activities in prototyping and testing and synchronize tools with production
