CAE SOLUTIONS AS CENTRAL STRATEGIC IM SERVICE IN EUROCOPTER GROUP

A win- win approach on use case ALTAIR consolidation

Manfred SeilerSenior ManagerHead of CAx/PLM Engineering solutionsIM-directorate

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AGENDA

THE SPEAKER / ABSTRACT 3

THE COMPANY 4 - 8

STATUS ORG- STRUCTURE CAx / PLM IM-DIRECTORATE 9 - 10

CAD / CAx AS/IS – APPLICATION BACKBONE STRATEGIES 11 - 14

CAE CONSOLIDATION - NATURAL CONFLICT - 15 - 16

CAE – CONSOLIDATION WHY, HOW 17 - 19

CAE CONSOLIDATION : USE CASES 20 - 23

SUMMARY 24

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THE SPEAKER / SUMMARY

o Graduate & Majored in Mechanical Engineering.o 4 years experience as

o Production engineer at MBB (NC, tools, automation)o 4 years experience as

o stress-engineer in development AIRBUS department at MBB

o 20 years responsible in…o different perimeter for CAD/CAx/PM activities in

Eurocoptero Since 2003 EC Group wide responsibilityo Senior Manager for CAx/PLM systems for

Eurocopter Group in IT - Directorateo CAD & CAx Systems o PLM / PDM systemso DMS, Data services, o SLM TEC PUB, o R&D projects and applications

Email: Manfred.Seiler@eurocopter.com

ManfredSeiler

- Eurocopter is putting effort in strategic definitions of CAE-solutions also by consolidating them in a central IM-structure and governance.

- This report is showing the challenges, process and solutions to go in this directions based on the use case ALTAIR solutions.

- In the shown case a win/win (User, provider, IM, purchasing) solution has been achieved, which is answering to the future and global demands, but also taken into account the flexibility of the business and user-side.

Summary

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EUROCOPTER – A DIVISION OF EADS -

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MAIN PLANTS – EUROPE -

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EUROCOPTER – GLOBAL -

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PRODUCTS – HELICOPTER – CIVIL

Figures: Around 700 helicopters / year civil & military

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PRODUCTS – HELICOPTER – MILITARY -

Figures: Around 700 helicopters / year civil & military

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ORGANISATION : IM POSITIONING

Figures:- IM Headcount : 211- Engineering CAx/PLM 33 FTE

CAD/PDM11 FTE

IM Inside the GLOBAL SUPPLY

CHAIN (N-1)

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ORGANISATION : CAx/PLM STRUCTURE EDST OVERVIEW KEY DOMAINS – ACTIVITIES -

CAE :TOOLS+ Processstake holdersindifferentbusiness centre

CAE :TOOLS+ Processstake holdersindifferentdepartments centre

CAE :TOOLS+ Processstake holdersindifferentdepartments centre

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APPLICATION BACKBONE 3D PLM Process Centric Strategy

CRM

Product Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering

Life Cycle Mgmt

ERP

Product Life Pipeline

Where is CAE ?? Key figures900 CAD-seats100 CAE seats55% CATIA V5

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EXISTING – PROBLEMS LANDSCAPE : EXAMPLE CAE

Numerous Applications- NASTRAN- PATRAN- FEMAP- HYPERWORKS- SAMCEF….

Numerous Applications- NASTRAN- PATRAN- FEMAP- HYPERWORKS- SAMCEF….

Certification life cycle and numerous legacy systems

Certification life cycle and numerous legacy systems

Difficult Globalization e.g. Subsidiaries

Difficult Globalization e.g. Subsidiaries

Misc OS architecture- 32 bit- 64 bit- cluster

Misc OS architecture- 32 bit- 64 bit- cluster

Different Data Exchange solutions

Different Data Exchange solutions

Increasing redundant support effort,

Increasing redundant support effort,

No CAD/CAEintegrated process

No CAD/CAEintegrated process

Numerous Isolated competences

Numerous Isolated competences

No secured remote access concept for supplier

No secured remote access concept for supplier

Misc departmentcontractsNo global contracts

Misc departmentcontractsNo global contracts

Misc OS architecture- UNIX- LINUX - WINDOWS

Misc OS architecture- UNIX- LINUX - WINDOWS

Numerousdirect contact with many providers ..

Numerousdirect contact with many providers ..

No company license sharing- manylocal servers

No company license sharing- manylocal servers

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EUROCOPTER : extract CAE – Landscape Eurocopter Germany :

Pre-Processing Tools

Hypermesh

Hypercrash

Femap

MSC.Patran

MSC.Mentat

Abaqus/CAE

Solvers

Optistruct

Radioss

NX.Nastran

Abaqus

MSC.Nastran

MSC.Marc

Post-Processing Tools

Hyperview

Femap

MSC.Patran

MSC.Mentat

Abaqus/CAE

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CAE TOOLS : DIFFERENT VIEWS

• I want to select always the best tool to do the best work.• One standard is not good, I need for each task a spec. tool.• Central IS- is not understanding our business. • Central IS is not reactive and flexible.• I have to sign , I need to decide my means• I rely on the tool I know exactly and well• I have to have a license when I need it, no sharing• I need to manage my own infrastructure, I have to be flexible• Open source products are the best , LINUX is cheaper.• I would like more systems , but budget is missing ..

• We should have one CAE standardget better condition, more powercommon knowledge, flexibilitycentral license management

• Globalization demands : offset of work packages, standard for subsidiariesremote and secured access for 1. TIER etc..

• We should use the general IT standardsHot-line , PC‘s, OS

• certified CAE data management , CAx process integration

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SCHEMA : NATURAL DIFFERENCES / CONFLICTS / VIEWS

Pain

Pleasure

Pain

Pleasure- Complexity- Security- Reliability- Scalability- Maintainability- Cost

- Flexibility- Independency

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CAE – CONSOLDIATION : WHY IS THE RIGHT TIME

COST OPTIMIZATION Reduce costs by standardization, sharing, consolidating…

standards HW+SW , contracts, License sharing, -transfers,

PROCUREMENT OPTIMIZATION- reduce provider , contract consolidation (time, mode,…),

EADS shared procurement impacts, ..each provider creates hidden workload (contact, meetings..)

READYNESS USER - OLD MODEL AT THE LIMIT-- Increasing complexity, awareness , administration is becoming complex

CAE engineers see and feel the limits of local acting

IMPACT ORGANIZATION , extended CAE -portfolio- new org-models and CAE-solution are creating wide spread CAE communities in the enterprise

CAE is not any more exclusively R&D domain

GLOBALIZATION, EXTERNALISATION- Global usage France, Germany , Spain , Subs, - Needed concepts for external 1. TIER suppliers

global and extended enterprise causes increased complexity

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CAE – CONSOLDIATION – HOW - : KEY SUCCESS DRIVER

EstablishA

WIN / WIN APPROACH

DO NOT FORCE, OFFER SERVICEOffer good service package for standards which includes licenses, training, usage on demand,

Good offers are followed and standardwill come nearly „alone“

ESTABLISH – TRUST -Define a CAE co-operation model with defined domains of responsibility

- Understand and accept each other, but act

OPTIMISE – COST EFFORT -Concentrate on real wins like license sharing,infra structure, contracts consolidations.

License sharing, - transfersUse savings also for improving services

DEFINE OPTIONAL STANDARDSA second or third standard will reduce diversity

- Expanded standard portfolio is enabler for consolidation

USER

Procurement Provider

IT

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CAE – CONSOLIDATION : WIN / WIN / WIN / WIN SITUATION :

• Usage on demand on ASP- mode : „just use it“, no investment, no effort,

• wide and extended port-folio of applications, more power to software - provider

• no administration : contracts, purchasing , maintenance, official installation packages

• availability of supporting services : trainings , problem – escalations.., - tracking

• reduced costs , cost transparency TCO approach USER

IT / company

PROCUREMENT

PROVIDER

• optimized industrial infrastructure (HW + SW standards,) , less exceptions

• capability to support company and IS strategies (globalization , efficiency, cost – reduction)

• consolidated layer is foundation for CAD/CAE process integration (PLM-integration , interfaces..)

• lever to challenge provider for supporting change requests and problem management ,

• Applicability of IT core competences like : License Management , TCO Cost Management

• central company focal point for all procurement aspects

• cumulated contracts are lever for improved commercial conditions• capability to establish challenging and flexible contracts with provider

• central focal points are enabler for objective to optimize CAE- usage and -portfolio

• strategy nomination as standard is foundation of a future partnership model• supported service model for user is simplifying usage and expanding CAE- standards usage

• CAE partnership is enabler for global extension of market

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THE SOLUTION : R&R CO- OPERATION MODEL – EXTRACT -

Support Consolidation for the user- Unified support contact for the end user- Monitoring of the support requests to define future support needs.

Achieve the EC Development Projects Objectives- Define Roadmap- To provide the End user the necessary CAE tools to deploy

its work according the “new projects road map definition”

Business & Process

InformationSystems

DriverParticipation

& Supprt

Role

Business & Process

InformationSystems

Driver StrongParticipation

Role

Customer(end User)

- Support Consolidation for the User (HW & Applications)- Achieve the EC Development Projects Objectives

Knowledge Share enabling- Knowledge CAE database creation - Eurocopter CAE Forum creation

Business & Process

InformationSystems

DriverParticipation

& Supprt

Role

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THE SOLUTION : R&R CO-OPERATION MODEL – EXTRACT II -

Financial

- Software Contracts Consolidation-TCO Model Development for all agreed CAE applications

-Internal and External customers (HTP)- Business Case development for new CAE Systems- Optimize IS Costs through IS Share strategy

Software Contracts Consolidation- Standardized Software licensing conditions for ECD

- Utilization + Costs- Centralized Software contracts.

KPI = Number of standardized contracts

TCO model Development- Development of TCO Model for all CAE strategy applications- To provide a Costing model for External suppliers (HTP)

KPI = Number of Costing models implemented

Business & Process

InformationSystems

DriverParticipation

& Supprt

Role

Business & Process

InformationSystems

DriverParticipation

& Supprt

Role

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- Central license server (de-central if needed)Transparent usage tracking (INTRANET)

- Software on demand / AMSvalue for the user: no invest, no administration

- Central installation packages, installation via Hot-line

- IS service:- cost management based on TCO model- secured access and AMS concept also for 1. Tier suppliers- ensure usability for global EC subsidiaries

THE SOLUTION : IS – EXTRACT I – Licenses and applications

GlobalECGPOOL

ECG Suppliers(secured access)

French users

EC

German users

ECD

Spanish users

ECE

SUB‘S

ECE

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THE SOLUTION : CONTRACT AND FLEXIBILTY : use case ALTAIR

• Usage possibility and rights for all ALTAIR – and partner products• split between rent and buy

• no administration : contracts, purchasing , maintenance, official installation packages

• availability of supporting services : trainings , problem – escalations.., - tracking

• reduced costs , cost transparency TCO approach USER

IT / company

PROCUREMENT

PROVIDER

• capability of central or decentralize licenses server

• capability of continental license transfer

• IM CAE – coordinator as focal point for provider

• right for software usage for 1. Tier suppliers based on special conditions ,

• Applicability of IT core competences like : License Management , TCO Cost Management

• Flexible contract : mix of rent and buy (buy for general needs, rent for peaks and partner model)

• Global contract covering Eurocopter Group including subsidiaries

• Positioning ALTAIR as official CAE partner for Eurocopter Group

• basic support for providing CAE- processes

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SUMMARY

CAE – STANDARDASITION IS POSSIBLE

STICK NOT ONLY TO ONE STANDARD

BUILD A FLEXIBLE MODEL

IM/CAE – COORDINATION IS POSSIBLE

BASED ON WIN / WIN SITUATION

CAE – STANDARDISATION IS NEEDED

FOUNDATION FOR PLM INTEGRATION

IM / CAE – COORDINATION IS NEEDED

GLOBALIZATION, OPTIMIZATION

USER ITBUYER

PROVIDER

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