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EMARS Environmental Materials Aggregation and Reporting System

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About Synapsis Technology, Inc.

• Synapsis Technology, Inc. formed in early 1999• Privately held company• Headquarters in Spring House, PA• Certified Development & Implementation Partner of

UGS PLM Solutions specializing in design management of consumer electronics

• RosettaNet Partner, and member of the Material Composition team

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Synapsis Expertise

• Synapsis has direct experience with UGS PLM Solutions TeamCenter, ECAD/MCAD apps, i2 Explore (Aspect), Oracle Applications and SAP (ERP)

• Extensive integration experience with multiple applications • We are experts in the area of high tech electronics consisting

of:– Electronic Design Automation (EDA)– Bill of Materials management– In bound supply chain– Manufacturing (both internal and subcontracted)– Material Content Management

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Introducing

• Complete solution for end to end management and reporting of material content • Key features:

– Material Content Management for Parts and Products– Automatic Compliance validation (Compliance Checker ) against ANY standard

• Controlled and reportable substance standards available as XML templates• Manages regulatory exemptions• Provides various status levels (e.g., Pass, Pass With Exemptions, Fail,

Conditional Fail)– Data source independent for Part data and Product Bill of Materials– Unit of Measure Translation– Product BOM aggregation across multi-sourced components reducing errors and

scores of man-hours (patent pending).– Data Exchange Protocols

• Bi-directional communication with IMDS• Generation/Import from Centor’s Compliance Connect spreadsheets• RosettaNet compliant, certification planned for 2Q 2004

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Architecture • Web Interface, no client to install

– Front-end can be configured to use customer Intranet look and feel

• J2EE Compliant Web Application– Can be deployed with any J2EE compliant Web

Application Server (including Tomcat)– Reuse of existing infrastructure

• Dynamic views to existing backend systems 100% configurable.– OOTB support for any system that can be accessed via

JDBC• LDAP Authentication Support

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Current Customer

• Motorola Inc., in production 2Q 2003– Currently used in Automotive Sector– Enterprise wide implementation across all

sectors planned for 2Q 2004– Leverages existing backend system to

store/retrieve Material Content (i2)– Pulls Product BOM’s dynamically from 5

different backend systems

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Part & Product

• Part– Complete Data Model for management of custom and

purchased components.– Multi-Source enabled– Compliance Checker

• Product– Search by Internal or Customer part number– Aggregate and report only what is required

• Selective or Complete Aggregation– Full Disclosure enabled

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Part & Product

• Part– Complete Data Model for management of custom and

purchased components.– Multi-Source enabled– Compliance Checker

• Product– Search by Internal or Customer part number– Aggregate and report only what is required

• Selective or Complete Aggregation– Full Disclosure enabled

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Part Process FlowRequest to Supplier

Baseline & ArchiveMonitorsExemptions

ComplianceConnect RosettaNet

XML IMDSManualInput

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QuestionnaireManagesExemptions

Compliance CheckerROHS/WEEEJIGELV/VDA

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Multiple Sourcing Engine

Standard and Custom Parts Database

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Search for Parts containing Specific Substances and Meeting Specific Compliance Levels

Query based on specificcompliance standard

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View Complete Material Breakdown

All substances areautomatically placedinto substance categoryfor each compliancespecification

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View Data in Existing Backend Applications

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Compliance to Multiple Specifications

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Part & Product

• Part– Complete Data Model for management of custom and

purchased components.– Multi-Source enabled– Compliance Checker

• Product– Search by Internal or Customer part number– Aggregate and report only what is required

• Selective or Complete Aggregation– Full Disclosure enabled

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Product Process FlowDynamically View Bill of MaterialsDynamically View Bill of Materials

ERPERPPLMPLM

ExcelExcelFlat FileFlat File

Data Exchange Protocols•Compliance Connect•RosettaNet•IMDS•Manually in EMARSSaved Report Format

Full Disclosure Enabled ReportingFull Disclosure Enabled Reporting

Material Aggregation & Worst Case AnalysisMaterial Aggregation & Worst Case Analysis

Multiple Sourcing EngineMultiple Sourcing Engine

Complete or Selective AggregationComplete or Selective Aggregation

Search by Customer or Internal NumberSearch by Customer or Internal Number

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Search Product BOM’s

Supports BOM’s across multiple sources

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Audit Trail of Communication

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BOM Aggregation

EMARS allows Selective or Complete Aggregation

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BOM Aggregation

Allows Selective Aggregation

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BOM Aggregation

Allows Complete Aggregation

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BOM Aggregation

EMARS supports multiple sourcing for parts

Worst Case AnalysisWorst Case Analysis

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Technical materials are aggregated from these parts

Plastic Rubber Metal Epoxy

Aggregation of Technical Materials

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Plastic Rubber Metal Epoxy

- Glass Fibers- Liquid Crystal Polymers

Technical materials breakdown into various substances

- Silicone Rubber- Synthetic Resins

- Iron- Tin

- AluminumHydroxide

- Epoxy Resins

Breakdown into Substances

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Generates Aggregation Report

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IMDS

CustomersEnvironmental Data Manager

RosettaNet XML

ComplianceConnect

Configurable Reporting to Customers

Generate the report once and sendand track to multiple customers

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Demo…

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Part Process FlowRequest to Supplier

Baseline & ArchiveMonitorsExemptions

ComplianceConnect RosettaNet

XML IMDSManualInput

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QuestionnaireManagesExemptions

Compliance CheckerROHS/WEEEJIGELV/VDA

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Multiple Sourcing Engine

Standard and Custom Parts Database

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Product Process FlowDynamically View Bill of MaterialsDynamically View Bill of Materials

ERPERPPLMPLM

ExcelExcelFlat FileFlat File

Data Exchange Protocols•Compliance Connect•RosettaNet•IMDS•Manually in EMARSSaved Report Format

Full Disclosure Enabled ReportingFull Disclosure Enabled Reporting

Material Aggregation & Worst Case AnalysisMaterial Aggregation & Worst Case Analysis

Multiple Sourcing EngineMultiple Sourcing Engine

Complete or Selective AggregationComplete or Selective Aggregation

Search by Customer or Internal NumberSearch by Customer or Internal Number

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Website & Contacts

www.synapsistech.cominfo@synapsistech.com

Mark Williford: mwilliford@synapsistech.com

Phone: 215-793-0200