AIA /ATA/ ASDS1000D Users Forum

“S1000D: Realizing the Benefits of Integrated Logistics Support”

October 12- October 15, 2009Crown Plaza Hilton Head Resort, Hilton Head, SC, USA

A PLCS repository - The data spiderKjell Bengtsson

Jotne EPM Tchnology

World leaders in Industrial Data Management using ISO

standards

Database managementThe ideal tool for dataintegration and application development projects

Data modelingCreate your own data models, or use for viewing and documentation (ISO)

Rule engineValidate your data sets, using your own business, knowledge rules or any other sets of rules

Web servicesFor use in web server applications (thin clients)

Universal Solutions for Interoperability and Sharing of

Product Data

Agenda

1. Background to PLCS2. PLCS Benefits and capabilities3. AIA and members support4. Implementations and guidelines

PLCS can be seen as the standards glue that allows PLM, ILS and other specifications to communicate effectively without the high development and software support costs of custom integrations.

PLCS can free organizations from legacy approaches to product lifecycle support and enable the type of dynamic technical and business needs that are required in the aerospace world today.

PLCS will support your team to Release, Distribute and Archive your PLM and Integrated Logistics Information

Why PLCS? (ISO 10303-239)

PLCS - the result from many standardization efforts

ISO15288OMG

STEP

Mil Spec2549

ATAEffectivity

AP208

POSC/Caesar

FMVCTG2

NCDM

ASD1000D2000M

Mil Spec1388

AP203

TC184/SC4WG3/T8PWI

PDMSchema

PLCS

AP 233PLIB

Def Stan00-60

RCMITDef Stan

00-60Logical

EXPRESSbased

1994 1999 2005

PLCS Activity Model

Require-ments

Extensions

Observations

RiskState

Multilinguism

Change Management

Approval

Work order

Work request

Product Data

Effectivity

Products

Breakdown

Versions

Configuration

Serializeditems Document

Support Engineering

Position

LocationTask

Personell

Facilities

Resources(Required)

Organization

Qualification

Task_method/step

Condition

Provide Support

Planning

Activity

Resourcemanagement

Operationalfeedback

Activity_feedback

Resource_as_realized

Project

PLCS capabilities

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PLCS – Data Exchange Specifications

DEXs are: (like DEX 1 and DEX 3)– Subsets of the AP239 Information model– Selected to meet a specific data exchange need– Built from relevant modules– Supported by usage guidance, capabilities, templates and

reference data– Can be refined from other DEXs

DEXs may be standardized at any level (work group, company, project, organization, national, international)

DEXs enable– Consistent implementation of AP239– Data consolidation through time

PDM

Tech pubs TrainingCSDB

PLCS (ILS)repository

LSA/LSAR

ILS Data dictionary Material management

RCM/MSG-3

Operational and maintenance data feedback

ASD Suite of standards supported by PLCS

Source: EADS - Saab

AIA supportTwo documents available

2008: “ EDIG recommends that AIA members and companies transition to standards-based interoperability solutions based on the Product Lifecycle Support Standard (PLCS) and its associated DEXs”

2009: "best-practice guidelines to help organizations develop their own business cases for transitioning to standards-based data exchange and optimizing their business processes."

***Using PLCS within aerospace companies in accordance with the published

AIA best practices guidelines is now becoming widely accepted

Establishing a unified PLCS repository built upon open international standards facilities long-term information independency and enables integration and management of diverse product data and processes.

The common baseline can then be used to support baseline comparison and reconciliation throughout the product’s lifecycle and across the product states.

• Reducing the cost of developing and maintaining interfaces across the supply network • Enabling customers, partners, and suppliers to work together while using the different development applications that each has chosen for the individual business

• Establishing a common terminology used throughout the product lifecycle

Using PLCS to Harmonize Product Development and Support Environments CIMdata Commentary

Business benefits of a PLCS repository

Characteristic Benefit Business implication

Collects data from various applications

Enables configuration and quality checks across applications and lifecycle

Savings in informationmanagement

Stores data in a standards compliant way (ISO 10303)

Vendor independent, open formats

Solution for long-term data retention; fulfil authority requirements

Includes verification rules

Data contents canautomatically be verified and validated

Improved supply chain mgmt; safe reuse of data

PLCS Data Sharing development process

Analysis

Specification

Implementation

DefineBusinessProcess

IdentifyExchange

Requirements

IdentifyIT Systems

Specify Communication

Interfaces

Specify DEX(s)

Specify Adapters

Specify Data FlowPatterns

ImplementAdapters

ImplementData Exchange

Mechanisms

VerifyImplementation

Deploy Adaptersin Business

Process

• A neutral PLCS repository • Two data exchange packages

• Product breakdown• Task specification

• A PLCS reference data tool and library• Two application adaptors• One “handover” adapter • Installation and test• Exploitation and market opportunities

Saab Gripen : Scope of project

EDMmodelServer™

PDM(Teamcenter)

ILS-DB(Saab)

Customer

DEX 1DEX 3

RDLReference

Data Library

DEX 1

DEX 3

Example data: Environmental control system

PDM(Teamcenter)

ILS-DB(Saab)

54 configuration items66 parts (equipment)340 tasks5600 subtasks200 spare parts1350 resources (parts, document, organizations)

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Objectives of OPDIM Open Product Documentation and Information Management

Product Data

Harmonization of technical/non-technical data• Redundance-free structured data archive• One master document• Harmonized communication (email,

supplementary details)• Individual Data Access• Knowledge Mgmt• Liability Proofs• LTA• Other LC Application (ISS)• Maximize working archive• enterprise wide

knowledge/data sharing…Side Effects• Less paper archives• Less harddisk space• ...

A380

A400M

EE

EF-402LN10...-401 P/N

-802-801

GA

-003LN 20.. LN10... -003

Drawings

WorkingDocuments

PaperArchives

DigitalData

What and Why PLCS:

• PLCS is a data model that includes product definition and product operation and support

• PLCS is an ISO standard• PLCS is a mature data model (3rd generation)• PLCS is the most powerful specification for support

publicly available• PLCS is supported by NATO and several of its MoDs• PLCS has compatible and relevant sister standards in

ISO 10303, STEP• PLCS is compliant with the ISO 10303 implementation

methods

OPDIM application architecture

Database server(STEP /PLCS object model)

OPDIM client

OPDIM application server

Services

Translators andIntegration services

- Teamcenter- Normmaster- Archivemaster- ESS/PLCM- Imagemaster

SOA

EADS applications

One Demo Case for S3000LSaab Underwater Systems

Main Objectives for demo implementation:

• Minimise data transfer steps• Shorten data edit cycles• Integrated workflows supporting processes• Internal data consistency checks• Bi-Directional Information Exchange• Information Robustness• Lean Information Production

Task Relationships

Function 0

Function 1

Function 2

Physical A

PhysicalAA

PhysicalAB

Function 3

Function31

Function32

Physical 1

Physical 2

SupportX

SupportXAA

SupportXAB

SupportXAB2

SupportXAB3

taskDef X

taskDef XAA

taskDef XAB

taskDef XAB2

taskDef XAB3

S3000L/S1000DMaintenance Tasks

Engineering Analyses - PLM/S3000L

DM X

DM XAA

DM XAB

DM XAB2

DM XAB3

S1000DData Modules

S1000DSystem/Hardware

Breakdown

SNS

SNS

SNS

SNS

SNS

SNS

PLM PLCS S-series

PLCS repository

© 2009 S1000D Steering Committee

PLM PLCS S-series

Product Structure In the PLCS Repository

Task Connceted to Product Structure in the same PLCS Repository

LSA Application

S1000D application - UpTime

PLCS Implementations

MappingsPLCS tools

With the right people, technology and processes a PLCS Adapter is about 200-400 hours

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Other PLCS projects

PLCS Implementation Handbook

The purpose of the PLCS implementation handbook is to provide practical guidelines to project managers, solution architects, data modelers and software developers for the development and implementation of Data

Exchange mechanisms that use the Product Lifecycle Support standard (PLCS) within a business environment. The handbook is meant to be an

introduction to the concepts and methodology for providing software solutions that support the PLCS standard.

PLCS Video

Jotne has created a short, concise video that will walk viewers through an explanation of how a typical company would go from defining the data model to creating a standards-based product data interoperability solution.