Exploration of data standardization in the hottest

Exploration of data standardization in PLM environment

for manufacturing enterprises, basic material information or material master data can be called the cells that make up ERP basic data. Taking equipment manufacturing enterprises as an example, the material information involved in standard parts, general parts, purchased parts and finished product modules constitutes the basic source of enterprise ERP data, which is also the "source of confusion" that makes many enterprise information management personnel headache

source and composition of ERP basic data

for manufacturing enterprises, basic material information or material master data can be called the cells that make up ERP basic data. Taking the informatization enterprise of equipment manufacturing industry as an example, the material information involved in standard parts, general parts, purchased parts and finished product modules constitutes the basic source of enterprise ERP data, which is also the "source of confusion" that makes many enterprise informatization managers headache

as an important part of ERP basic data, standard parts and general parts have a wide range of data sources and uses, and there are many quantities and types, so it is very important to realize the lean management of basic data

"successful enterprises have fewer kinds of parts!" For enterprises, the cost of a screw may be insignificant, but from a macro point of view, under the condition of informatization, the management cost of a screw may be much higher than its own value. A screw means a new material information. According to international management theory, the generalized maintenance cost of its whole life cycle is often more than 5000 euros. Therefore, more and more ERP managers realize that managing ERP basic data and basic material information is one of the key factors to make ERP and its surrounding systems truly blossom and bear fruit in enterprises and successfully use

taking the equipment manufacturing industry as an example, this paper briefly discusses how enterprises can effectively avoid the phenomenon of "one object with multiple codes" of ERP basic data, such as general parts, through the control of product R & D

discuss the "source of chaos"

with the rapid popularization of cad/pdm application technology, the product development mode under the integrated environment of PLM and ERP has become the choice of many equipment manufacturing enterprises, and the "top down" R & D mode has been widely accepted. Therefore, the source of successfully avoiding the so-called "data holocaust" is to focus on the research and development of products, effectively manage the generation of material information and duplicate checking links, and instigate the corresponding dial division value control

if the initiator of creating new materials in an enterprise is the R & D department or a CAD user, the following business scenario may not be unfamiliar. The R & D department often has dozens or even hundreds of designers, and sometimes it is divided into several business departments due to different projects. It is extremely difficult for them to submit material application and repair work in the process of product development. Please go to the standardization or ERP data center. After the filled material information is approved, a new material is created, and the new material is finally displayed and recorded in the e-bom or m-bom. If the process described by the author is not different from the actual situation of the enterprise, then the source of "one thing with multiple codes" is mostly here. Designer a needs a new screw. The so-called "new" may not have been used, may not have been found in PDM storage, or may not have found the corresponding material in ERP. Therefore, a new material is created and a new model is applied. Designer B also happens to need this new screw. Can he successfully find the material information applied by designer a and apply the mathematical model created by designer a? If the answer is no, "one thing with multiple codes" seems inevitable

the road of data standardization

is inferior to nothing. Here, based on limited experience, the author puts forward several constructive suggestions for readers to refer to in combination with the application of this enterprise

1. Configure a unified component data resource library for the R & D team

at present, most 3D or 2D CAD systems usually contain a simple standard part model library or drawing library. It should be pointed out that a complete enterprise level parts data resource library should not only include public standard parts, such as GB, ISO, etc., but also include enterprise standard parts and general parts, mature functional modules and supplier product models

parameterized component data resource library can improve the integration of data and better form serialization and genealogy. For example, most of the fruit picking enterprises have not yet developed, and there are multiple CAD systems in parallel, so it is necessary to configure a unified and cross platform component data resource library

Figure 1 The standard part data resource library interface

the part data resource library should at least have the following technical features:

establish the classification system of part data, and set the parameters of the standard by combining public classification with enterprise custom classification, so as to facilitate the retrieval of parameters and keywords

three dimensional visual interface and parameterized family table

standard parts can be adjusted to see the original standard, Supplier parts can be adjusted to see the electronic samples of products

2. Realize the docking of geometric model and material information in PLM environment