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Over Coming ITAR Regulations within Fusion Lifecycle

- Roland Brown, Project Manager

Roland Brown• Project Manager• Mechanical Engineer• 2 Years with Desert Tech

• Small Firearms Manufacturer • Has been in business for 10 years• 10 Million in Annual Revenue• 80-100 employees• 3 Firearm platforms in current production

Current Platforms:

Developed Pre-PLM & PDM

Developed Pre-PLM & PDM

PLM implemented mid-development

HTI

SRS

MDR

Before PLM: Product dev challenges were process driven…

Product management challenges resulting from this process:

• Lack of Product-level Change Control• No traceability or accountability • No Engineering or Business Change Analysis • Paper Based ECO (inconsistent use)

Someone identifies a “needed” change

Change is made(no formal discussion)

Engineering documents Revisioned (sometimes)

Our old process:

• NCMR: Problem tracking• CAPA: Problem analysis• ECR: Engineering Analysis and Buisness review (pre-change)• ECO: Tracks changes & drives revisions• ECN: Formal Task-driven implementation of ECO

NCMR

ECR ECO

This is where we wanted to be with PLM:

ECN

CAPA

Before PLM: Product dev challenges were process driven…

Which PLM solution?

Desert Tech’s PLM Requirements:

• Cloud/SaaS• Pre-built Processes• Ease of use and consistent UI• Process driven task assignment• Scalability• Configurable Workflow process (In House)• Wont break the bank $$$

All workspace Process approvals changed to Departmental-based

selection.

NPI inspired Task management for ECN

execution accountability

On-Prem CAD PDM integration to Cloud-based

FLC for file management

Solutions:

Challenges DT faced upon selecting Fusion Lifecycle…

• DT’s Very specific approval requirements (Departmental vs Team)• ECO Task Assignment (process driven & templatized)• Multi-Tenant Cloud & ITAR don’t play well together (typically)

Tailored Approval Processes Templatized Task Management PDM Integration

Departmental Approval Requirements:

3 Minute Video of DT Departmental Approval Requirements

ECO\ECN Task Assignment:

3 Minute Video of Templated Task Assignment for ECN-Phase Execution

Autodesk Fusion Lifecycle to SOLIDWORKS PDM Pro Integration

DesertTech’s 3 primary use cases for integration:1. PLM Item creation from PDM2. Metadata Sync between PDM and PLM3. Closed loop workflow sync (ECO manages PDM workflow)

Additional capability we’re not using:• Upload and attachment of derivative documents (e.g. pdf, step, x_t,

etc…)

PDM integration

1. Implement in phases

2. Configuration is an iterative processes

3. Targeted Training

Lessons learned:

(Doesn’t have to be ideal to start using it)

(Don’t bite off too much to start)

(Shorter and more frequent sessions)

(Build from a solid foundation)

(Perfection is a goal not a requirement)

(Let’s face it they won’t remember it anyway ☺)

The Road Ahead

• New Product Introduction (NPI)• Supplier Approval & Auditing (AML)• ERP integration

Thank you!