Using ECO Manager automated change management software to improve productivity

Using Automated Change Management Software to Improve Productivity and Reduce Costs
Jim Gordon
VP Development, Kubotek USA

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
nor the most intelligent that survives.
It is the one that is most adaptable to change”
Charles Darwin

Its not my fault!
Who made that change!
Not Me
Is it lunch yet?

Change makes me tired

Change Impact
“While companies of all classifications are removing inefficiencies and increasing coordination internally, the Best-in-Class stand apart by improving change management decision-making processes. These companies recognize the fact that even a small change can have a large “ripple effect” on downstream processes and even the supply chain at large.”Source : Aberdeen Group, Engineering Change Management 2.0: Better Business Decisions from Intelligent Change Management, September 2007

Best-in-Class Performance for Engineering Change Management
Aberdeen used six key performance criteria to distinguish Best-in-Class companies. Best-in-Class companies enjoy significant performance advantages over their competitors, including:
• Meeting change deadline targets 96% of the time
• Achieving design project budgets 94% of the time
• Concurrently achieving product performance 99% of the time and quality objectives 98% of the time
To put the performance gap into perspective, the Best-in-Class are 55% more likely than Industry Average companies to hit target deadlines for implementing changes and 2.8 times as likely as Laggards to hit these same targets. These companies are clearly performing better in regards to efficiency, but the Best-in-Class approach involves more than just streamlining tasks.
Source : Aberdeen Group, Engineering Change Management 2.0: Better Business Decisions from Intelligent Change Management, September 2007

Recommendations:
Best-in-Class performance and improve decision-making in change management, manufacturers must address the four fundamentals of Best-in-Class change management:
Get the right supporting product data to the right people in a timely manner
Formally analyze the impact of change on the product across the lifecycle and the supply chain, including technical and commercial considerations
Collaborate visually about product change with visualization and virtual meeting technology
Develop and execute formal change implementation plans to put the decision into action
Source : Aberdeen Group, Engineering Change Management 2.0: Better Business Decisions from Intelligent Change Management, September 2007

Technology Overview

Benefits of Automated Change Management
Rapidly Identify, Manage and Communicate Change
Geometric Comparison Provides the Most Accurate Validation Process Available
“All the Needles in the Haystack”
Extremely Fast Calculation of Changes
Significant Time, Effort and Cost Savings Through Data Oriented Architecture
Single Point of Truth

Why is Change Management Hard?
Communication

Importance of Communication
Flugplatz

kamarkecil

EXOAIKO

Provide the Right Information to the Right People at the Right Time in a Graphical Format

ECO Software Use Cases
Phase Gate Design Process
Design Quality Check
Engineering Change Management
Configuration Management
Supplier Management

Phase Gate Design Cycle
Preliminary Design
2.
3.
Interim Design Review
Phased Gate Design Cycle
Conceptual Design
1.
Critical Design Review
4.
To MFG

Phase Gate Design Cycle
Conceptual Design
Preliminary Design
Interim Design Review
Critical Design Review
D1
Approval
D2
Approval
D3
Approval
Key Manufacturing Information

Manufacturing Impact
Manage and Plan Based on the DIFFERENCE
D1

Types of Engineering Change
Intentional Change
Unintentional Change
Phased Gate Design
Engineering Change
History Based Features Unintentionally Modified
Components Relocated in Assembly
Missing Components

Engineering Change Cycle
3. Quality
Review
4. Mfg
Review
Engineering Change
Management
Design Cycle
2. Eng Chg
Data
Eng Chg
Request
5. DER
Review
To MFG

PDM Shortfalls
R1.0
V1.1
V1.2
R2.0
D1
ECO Data Model
D1 = Difference Release 1 to Release 2
OR
R2= R1 + D1

Current change management process

Original CAD file
Revised file
Manually Document Change
Manually Overlay Models
Manually Measure Change
Manually Locate Change

Design Engineer
Project Engineer
New Release
Manufacturing Engineer
Assembly
NC Manufacturing
CAE Engineer

change managementProcess

Original CAD file
Revised file
Best-in-Class Management Process
Automatic Graphical Change Report Creation Including Dimensions and Storage of Results for Viewing by Additional Team Members
Read Into VT and Define Tolerances
User organizes Changes
Automatic Geometric Comparison

Automated Change Management Summary
Increased Quality
No Changes to Changes
Reduced Labor Costs
Communication
Collaborative Change Order
Graphic Display Ensures Effective Process with Cross-Functional Team
Improved Decision Making
Get the Right Data to the Right People at the Right Time

Using ECO Manager automated change management software to improve productivity

by Kubotek USA on Jun 08, 2011

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