The document discusses the Aras variant management product strategy, focusing on product variability, its components, and the approach Aras takes to handle this variability. It outlines the rules configurator and its role in defining permitted configurations, as well as the application of variability across various systems and use cases. Key elements include variant families, rules structures, and the interface for product and sales configurators.

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2. Variant Management Product Strategy
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3. Agenda
 Product Variability
 Components of Variability
 Aras Approach
 UI
 Use cases
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Rules
Configurator
Usage (Part)
Usage (Geometry)
Variants
Variant String
 Core Configurator Engine for defining
and resolving Variability
 Rules define permitted configurations
 Core service to express Effectivity
 Usage applies Variability to Items &
Relations
 Usage resolved for specific Variations
 Basis for sales & product configurator
Variants & Options
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5. Product Variability
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6. Components of Variability
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Wheel
Tire
Body Color
Tire Valve
Variant Families, Variants & Rules Structures: BOMs, CAD, Requirements …

7. Components of Variability
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Wheel
Tire
Body Color
Tire Valve
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Effectivity
Configuration Management

8. Variant Families, Variants & Rules
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Rules
Global Scope
Platform Scope
Product Line Scope
Product Model
Scope
Schema of Hierarchical Scope
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Effectivity
Variant Dictionary
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Variants
Variant Family

9. Apply Variants to Objects & Relations
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Usage
Solution Scope
Interface
(Subset of Solution Scope’s
Variant Families)
Usage Table
VF1 VF2 VF3 VF4 Part
Wheel
Global Scope
Platform Scope
Product Line Scope
Subsystem Scope Product Model Scope
Variant Dictionary

10. Generic Structure
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Car
Body
System
Electrical
System
Transmission
System
Drivetrain
System
Wheel &
Tires System
Usage (Part)
Usage (Geometry)
Variant String
Rules
Configurator
Variants
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11. UI
 Product Configurator
 Sales Configurator
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12. Use Cases: In Various Stages & Disciplines
 Ideation
 Development
 Production / Steady State
 Sales / Service
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 System
 Mechanical
 Electrical
 Software

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