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Why Aras? One Company's Journey Realization To Implementation Implementation (as an Open User) A as Comm nit E ent Aras Community Event May 2010

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Mi Tek presentation about their Aras Innovator Implementation

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Why Aras?One Company's Journey

RealizationTo

ImplementationImplementation(as an Open User)

A as Comm nit E entAras Community EventMay 2010

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The Road from Chaos

• 1 Company – 3+ R&D Divisions – AcousticalAcoustical– Electronic– MechanicalMechanical – Systems

• ElectronicElectronic• Firmware• Software• Mechanical

• Operated Independentlyp p y

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The Road from Chaos

• Each using a paper-based systems governed by ISO 9001 to track and managegoverned by ISO 9001 to track and manage projects

• There was little communication among the design facilities

• Management had no visibility into production individually or cross-functionallyproduction, individually or cross-functionally

• Time to Market projections wereTime to Market projections were occasionally missed

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A New Day Dawns

• Strategic initiative to unify and automate processes across all R&D divisions

– Standards applied to all

– Gain visibility into the projectsGain visibility into the projects

– Optimize overall capacity

• Shifting projects among the groups

– when workloads were uneven

– when one group required the specialization provided by the other

Maintain ISO 9001 integrity– Maintain ISO 9001 integrity

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Where to Begin?

• Criteria– Central AdministrationCentral Administration– Web Based

• Project Managementj g• Content Management• Form Management• Reporting

– Functionality• Microsoft SQL Server Back End• Ease of Use

Si lif K St k• Simplify Key Strokes

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Where to Go?

• In-House Design– Too complex to build with the resources at handp

• Prepackaged Applications– Project Management

• Arena Solutions• MS-ProjectMS Project • vProject• Pro.file• xColla• xColla

– Enterprise Management• NetSuite

Epico• Epicor• Plex

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The Sun Starts to Rise

3+ years later…

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Second Chance?• Call from Jennifer McCullough

– Aras solution functionality overviewAbilit t h & dif th A l ti– Ability to change & modify the Aras solutions

– Ease of use and simplicity of screens

• Registered to view the Demo

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More than Meets the Eye

• Program/Product Management – PMI Project Management j g

– Resource Management

• Product Engineering• Product Engineering – Bill of Materials

Change Management– Change Management

– Document Management

Q lit Pl i• Quality Planning – Compliance

– FMEA Risk Management

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More than Meets the Eye

• Gain Control of Processes– Data EntryData Entry– Review– ApprovalApproval

• Stop Changes to the Item• Stop Changes to the Item– Lock the Item from change while in

review or approvalreview or approval– Control who could change the data

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More than Meets the Eye Created our own“Voice of the

Create & Modify Items Customer”

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More than Meets the Eye Made our ownWorkflows

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More than Meets the Eye

Product Lifecycle Management

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Seeing Clearly Now

• Criteria – Central AdministrationCentral Administration– Web Based

• Project Managementj g• Content Management• Form Management• Reporting

– Functionality• Microsoft SQL Server Back End• Ease of Use

Si lif K St k• Simplify Key Strokes

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And Away We Go

• Engineering Implementation– New IdeaNew Idea– Rapid Product Development

• Voice of the Customer– Sets forth pre-approval for the use of man hours

on a product– Gathers Necessary InformationGathers Necessary Information

» Marketing» Engineering

Fi» Finance

• Quotes, Profitability and Design– Finalizes the information for final approvala es t e o at o o a app o a– Authorizes the creation of the project

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And Away We Go

• Quality Systems Implementation– ISO BinderISO Binder– ISO Document Approval

• Monitor Changes in Control Documentsg• Sign off Approvals

– Issues• Internal, Customer and Supplier

– CA/PA• Root cause Analysis• Corrective Action• Preventative Action

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Time to Add on

• ITIL Service Desk– To help with Customer ServiceTo help with Customer Service– Track Incidents

• Skills Management• Skills Management– Track Continuing Education

Set Course Training– Set Course Training

• Meetings– Visibility of Notes and Agendas – Assignments– Supporting Documents

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Time to Modify

Upload functionality to Image Browser

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Time to Modify

Use of Signatures on Documents

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Time to ModifyAble to View All Sides

Extended Part Viewer

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Time to Modify Put in Picture Referencefor Parts

Part Visual Reference

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Time to Modify

Different Look

… and made our ownOutlook-style Navigation

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Surprise!

• Ease of Configuring & Programming– No central programmerNo central programmer

• User from Internal Departments / Business Users are taught to create Own Items

• Maximizes Resources

– Easy to use GUI• Microsoft look and feel• Takes most of the guess work away• Logical process• Logical process

– Quick Implementation

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