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PLCS in polar bear countryPLCS in polar bear country

Dr Mattias JohanssonProduct Development Manager

Eurostep Commercial Solutions AB

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Presentation overviewPresentation overview

• Manufacturer/Asset provider perspective- AlvisHägglunds

• Asset owner/user perspective- Swedish Defence Material Administration

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Alvis HägglundsAlvis Hägglunds ABAB

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AlvisHägglundsAlvisHägglunds BusinessBusiness

• Defence Manufacturer• Export orders• Offset value >= order value• Local manufacturing

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INFORMATIONINFORMATION

PROCESSESPROCESSES

INFORMATIONINFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY

Information in FocusInformation in Focus

Information is one of the most important resources

Keep it separated from Processes and Information Technology

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DisposalDisposal

Information ThroughInformation Through--LifeLife

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 20401990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040

DeploymentDeployment OperationsOperations

Mod 1Mod 1 Mod 2Mod 2ManufacturingManufacturing

DesignDesign

ConceptConcept

INFORMATION ASSETS/RESOURCES

•Design of vehicle

•Design of support system

•Management of production

• ???

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Future roles for the IndustryFuture roles for the Industry ??

Hägglunds sees opportunities in these activities………….

System support

”Power by the hour”

SCM Spares

SCM LRU

Outsourcing of workshops

Leasing

”The steps o

f Outso

urcing”

… but you must have configuration control of your

Product Data and PLCS will be an important enabler !from Roger Ljung, AlvisHägglunds

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Information exchange in the ThroughInformation exchange in the Through--Life Life Supply ChainSupply Chain

SwedishDefence

Supplier

Supplier

Supplier

Supplier

Supplier’sSupplier Customer

Supplier’sSupplier’sSupplier

Make DeliverSource Make DeliverMakeSourceDeliver Deliver

Supplier

Source

CommonSTEP

Standard Based

Interface

Supplier

Supplier

Supplier

Customer’sCustomer

Make DeliverSource

Supplier

Supplier

Supplier

NorwegianDefence

FinnishDefence

UKDefence

USDefence

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Basic information Management?Basic information Management?

Engineering Changecontrol

Maintenance Taskassignment

Product Designstructure

Product Instancestructure

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Product information scenarioProduct information scenario

HägglundsProduct structure + doc. (drawing, etc)Maintenance structure + doc. (instructions, movies, pictures etc)

Product individual + configuration and individual specific documentation

Restrictions, Change Orders and retroactive changes

Spare part managementMaintenance planning

Manitenance follow-up

Vehicle user

Customer

Maintenance provider

Hägglunds

Hägglunds

Product individual follow-up

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PDA

Hägglunds Extended Enterprise MANager

Baan

LSAR

Hägglunds InternalSystem

Customers

Partners

Suppliers

Common Area PublishShare Information

Standards

Based on STEP/PLCSCOTS SoftwareShare-A-spacefrom Eurostep

www and VPN

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Swedish Defence Material Swedish Defence Material AdministrationAdministration

• PLCS usage for ”Product Data Management” in Network Centric Warfare

• Testing in explicit projects such as• Army: Leopard Tank, Combat Vehicle• Navy: Visby Battle Ship• AirForce: Light Helicopter

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First DecisionFirst Decision

• February 14th, 2003, FMV decides to use product models.

• "FMV decides to manage product information with a joint product-data-model concept.

• The product-data-model shall enable management of information for a weapon systems whole lifecycle. It shall be based on ISO 10303 (PLCS). The product-data-model shall be a part of Swedish Defense Architecture Framework.”

from Håkan Rugeland, FM

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Networked Centric Warfare/DefenseNetworked Centric Warfare/Defense

Decision makers, information- and weapon systems linked together.

”Information makes NCW/D possible. Our abilities are directly related to, how well we will manage, control and make superior use of information

resources.” from Håkan Rugeland, FM

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Helicopter configuration managementHelicopter configuration management

Agustainternalsystems

Agustainternalsystems

Product Structure

EngineeringChange[e.g. Service Bulletins]

Notify/Access

UsersUsersUsers

FMVFMVFMV

Techn officeTechn officeTechn office

PatriaOsterman

PatriaOsterman

Notify/Access

v2

v1

vA

vB PartUpdates, ChangeRequest[e.g. Usage reports+HUMS, anomaly &Validation reports]

Notify/Access

ConfigurationChange report,documentation

ConfigurationChange report

Notify/Access

Notify/Access

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ConclusionsConclusions

Users of product information sees PLCS as an enabler for new ways of making business and

Implementation of PLCS has only started...