Summary

Teamcenter® Quality software version 5.2 enhances failure mode and effects

analysis (FMEA), Control and Inspection Planning, Quality Project Management,

Problem-Solving (PS), Quality Issue Management and Quality Action

Management. The combination of modules allows you to close the loop on

quality processes in Teamcenter, which is part of the Xcelerator™ portfolio, the

comprehensive and integrated portfolio of software and services from Siemens

Digital Industries Software.

Benefits

• Reduce time for manual data insertion

and eliminate transfer errors

• Mitigate or avoid potential failure

costs with guided FMEA

• Improve collaboration with engineering

department

• Support your company’s ability to meet

regulatory standards

• Boost your RCA and avoid repeated

defects

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What’s new in Teamcenter Quality 5.2

Reducing time for manual data insertion and costs for potential failure

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Manage the quality of your projects

The Teamcenter Quality project management capabilities contain improved

checklists from quality master data in version 5.2. These are added to existing

checklists and can be reused in quality projects. They can be assigned to an

event in the project or program on the quality tab. Sub questions can also be

added at the next level. The quality project manager reduces time to create a

new project and assign specific checklists.

Rely on a common repository: quality master data

Version 5.2 extends the classification for characteristics.

You can select from a variety of existing classifications or add new classifications

via configuration. This applies to the graphic symbols too. In the previous

version, the classification was displayed as a textual description of the character-

istic in the inspection definition in the control plan and FMEA. In version 5.2,

the graphic symbol is displayed and the output is available on the control plan.

Another improvement requires the version number to be updated to track

changes. This is introduced for all characteristics (visual, attributive and vari-

able) and for failures. A characteristic can be changed as many times as needed

without changing the version. The characteristic must be released before it can

be used in an inspection definition.

Figure 1. Using quality checklists from quality master data.

Features

• Quality Project Management - quality

master data for checklists

• FMEA enhancement in net view and

ability to import standard XML file

• FMEA support for main requirements

of IATF 16949

• Control and Inspection Planning with

3D ballooning

• Enhancement in RCA for PSP

• Contextualization of quality actions

What’s new in Teamcenter Quality 5.2 TEAMCENTER

Use improved FMEA

FMEA is a methodology that allows companies

to assess risks associated with possible product

failure. The Teamcenter Quality FMEA module

helps you support preventive defect avoidance

by allowing you to evaluate effects caused by

potential problems early in the planning

phase.

The FMEA module supports several standards

and guidelines. In order to follow the seven-

step approach of the new harmonized FMEA

methodology, the net view tab has been

optimized. In addition to the graphic display

of the links in the net view, it is possible to

work in the nets.

Work in FMEA net views

The enhanced view allows you to:

• Add or delete new elements • Edit elements• Link elements in combination with the tree

structure• Remove a link

The nets can be extended and the new system/

function or failure elements can be created in

the nets. The connection to the focus element

is directly defined in the case of failures from

effect or cause.

It is possible to import FMEA by using the

extensible markup language (XML) standard

exchange format, which was formerly known

as manufacturer supplier relationship (MSR)

FMEA - document type description (DTD). This

feature supports the path by replacing legacy

systems step-by-step, without losing data and

enabling knowledge transfer.

What’s new in Teamcenter Quality 5.2 TEAMCENTER

Support several standards and guidelines

for FMEA

The supported FMEA guidelines have been

extended in version 5.2 and the International

Automotive Task Force (IATF) 16949-based form

sheet is available. The risk priority number (RPN)

can be used in addition to the action priority (AP)

by selecting the preferred FMEA guideline. You

can customize the form sheets via configuration

and style them according your needs.

Manage quality with enhanced engineering

collaboration

With Teamcenter Quality control and inspection

planning, you can improve product quality,

customer relations and satisfaction while decreas-

ing development time. The integrated solution

offers process and design-oriented inspection

planning combined with control plan manage-

ment to prevent rework and reduce costs.

It is possible to support the automatic 3D balloon-

ing of characteristic-relevant information in

version 5.2. This includes target values, toler-

ances, items and numbering authored in comput-

er-aided design (CAD) by the engineering depart-

ment for product and manufacturing information

(PMI). This information can be enhanced for the

quality manufacturing engineers so they can

access production and quality inspection

information.

Figure 2. Introduction of IATF 16949 with RPN and related form sheet.

Figure 3. Control and Inspection

Planning - 3D ballooning.

What’s new in Teamcenter Quality 5.2 TEAMCENTER

You can allocate 3D models and 2D drawings

to the control plan, inspection plan and

individual characteristics. This allows you

to automate the time-consuming, manual

creation of an inspection plan and reduce

transfer errors such as measurements and

sequences.

It is also possible to generate the Dimensional

Planning and Validation (DPV) workbook from

Teamcenter Quality control and inspection

planning.

Boost your PS process with a standard

methodology and user-friendly interface

If a problem is detected, it needs to be evalu-

ated. Users can collect all symptoms in the

Quality Issue Management module and hand

them over when a deeper analysis is required.

Leverage a customized template

Version 5.2 enables you to create corrective,

preventive and containment actions from a

template. When you create an action, you can

decide if you want to:

• Create a new action• Select an action from an existing template• Create an action as a template by selecting

the quality action as a template tab, you can create standard actions as a template and add a detailed description when reusing it in a corrective, preventive and/or containment action

If you want to reuse an action as a template,

you can select the corresponding menu item,

the action directly from results or use the

filters for preselection. After you have selected

the action, you can add the detailed descrip-

tion, due date, owner and change the status

of the action to active.

Avoid repeated defects with automatic

checks

PS comes with the repeated defects evaluation

function in version 5.2. The system automati-

cally checks the following:

• If there are any problem solving processes (PSP) with the same problem item (assigned in the problem-description)

• If there is any PS with the same defect (based on the defect catalog, assigned in the problem-defect)

• If both rules match

The ability to select a previous date is

predefined as a preference. It supports the

user to find existing cases or check their

effectiveness

Figure 4. Repeated defect analysis in a problem description.

What’s new in Teamcenter Quality 5.2 TEAMCENTER

Use extensions in RCA

There are many new opportunities to analyze

and evaluate root causes more effectively and

efficiently with the root cause analysis (RCA)

extension. Many requirements of RCA by the

German Association of the Automotive

Industry (VDA) are supported.

During the creation of a cause in the Ishikawa

or fishbone diagram, it can be directly defined

as a root cause. This can be validated directly

with the 5 Whys method or another Ishikawa

diagram can be attached. The root cause is

marked by an icon and additional marking in

the graphic views (marked red).

All causes defined as root cause are displayed

in the corrective actions tab. This means the

actions can be assigned to a dedicated root

cause. It can be done when creating the cause

by marking it or after analyzing it by labeling

the corresponding field as root cause. The

assignment is also considered on the PS

process report.

Figure 5. Overview of extensions in RCA.

Figure 6. Indicators for different evaluations and root cause types.

What’s new in Teamcenter Quality 5.2 TEAMCENTER

Figure 7. Property context for FMEA objects.Figure 8. Repeated defect analysis in problem description.

Perform advanced searches and reporting

of quality actions

Quality Action Management enables you to

manage quality and free actions created across

all modules. This is used to monitor the due

date of an assigned task or action.

In version 5.2, the source is displayed as

a context for every quality action. You can

quickly and easily navigate to the relevant

process if required. The search can be

extended with FMEA specific properties,

the creation of reports and analyses are

simplified and the source specification enables

immediate opening of an FMEA.

In Teamcenter active workspace client’s (AWC)

global search function, several new indexed

properties can be used as filters. These proper-

ties change depending on the available data.

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