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Tecnomatix overview

Siemens PLM Software www.siemens.com/plm

Tecnomatix® software provides a comprehensive suite of


digital manufacturing solutions that help companies quickly
identify the best strategies for boosting productivity, lowering
costs and meeting quality targets.
Increase return on innovative products
Business factors, such as Enhancing the visibility of
changing product demand, process innovation across
increasing competition from their enterprise
smaller, quicker rivals and
Increasing velocity to market
fewer resources, require
by leveraging engineering
companies to permanently
assets in synchronization with
adapt their business
manufacturing deliverables
strategies. In the past,
companies have mainly Capitalizing on emerging
focused on product market opportunities with
innovation, but in today’s proven production flexibility
world of global competition Driving sustainable
with unprecedented cost profitability through the
pressure, successful continuous optimization of
manufacturers utilize digital manufacturing resources and
manufacturing technologies capital investments
to optimize their manu-
facturing operations Reducing the cost and
with respect to time, potential risk of
cost and quality. noncompliance

Companies that are able to Leading companies leverage


innovate across their entire digital manufacturing in their
lifecycle processes realize a product lifecycle because
two-fold gain as they strive to they know that the economic
build the right product and success of innovative
build the product right. These products hinges on the
manufacturers are increasing performance of their
productivity, optimizing manufacturing operations.
production strategies and
more efficiently leveraging
their capital investments by:
Introducing Tecnomatix

In today’s global marketplace, innovative products are a Utilizing an open architecture, Siemens PLM Software
requirement for success, but changing market dynamics delivers world-class solutions through open integrations that
make efficiency and speed the great differentiators. This is reduce deliverable timelines and increase the accuracy of
why leading manufacturers are increasingly turning to your manufacturing planning efforts. By associating product,
Tecnomatix digital manufacturing solutions from Siemens process, resource and plant data, manufacturers are able to
PLM Software to increase productivity, reduce cost and leverage a full arsenal of process-oriented technology
optimize production resources. recognized as the leading technology in the digital
manufacturing domain.
Tecnomatix delivers innovation by linking all manufacturing
disciplines with product engineering, including process layout A key component of a robust PLM strategy, Tecnomatix
and design, process simulation/engineering and production bridges the gap between product design and product
management. Tecnomatix’ comprehensive portfolio of digital delivery by managing both the design and execution of
manufacturing solutions utilizes Teamcenter® software for manufacturing processes in a fully associative data model.
enterprise-scalable flexibility in delivering the market’s only Tecnomatix maintains the crucial digital continuity of the
fully concurrent engineering environment. product lifecycle, thereby helping manufacturers to bring
more innovative products to market faster, as well as to
leverage the power of global manufacturing operations,
improve production efficiency, maintain quality and boost
profitability.

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Tecnomatix business value

Change is a reality that we all face. Global trends are the Manage complexity
driving force behind new business models with complex Manufacturing produces orders of magnitude more data than
relationships at their foundation. Many companies adapt to product engineering yet the interrelationships between these
survive, but leaders are seizing the opportunity to be more two domains are critical for new product development and
productive and competitive. They are reaping the benefits of launch execution. Tecnomatix enables you to leverage
a complete PLM strategy that includes Tecnomatix digital product change, updates and dependencies throughout the
manufacturing as a vital component. planning process, resulting in validated manufacturing plans
which ensure first-time quality.
Increase speed to market
Tecnomatix solutions optimize the business processes Improve productivity
that determine your ability to get to market faster. From Re-use of best practice processes and the ability to optimize
product development through delivery, Tecnomatix aligns manufacturing lines in a digital environment long before they
manufacturing capacity and capability with design intent, go into production are key enablers to achieve significant
thereby reducing long lead-time processes, supporting productivity gains in manufacturing. Tecnomatix facilitates
price premiums, capturing market share and increasing these benefits through Teamcenter’s single source of product
brand value. and process knowledge and its ability to manage concurrent
lifecycle processes.

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Increase re-use and reduce cost problems and warranty costs can quickly erode profitability
A company’s biggest cost center – and that of its supply and impact customer satisfaction. Tecnomatix fosters quality
chain – is manufacturing. This investment goes beyond improvement, process accountability and compliance
physical assets, labor and floor space. Manufacturing throughout your manufacturing process by facilitating full
planning, process analysis, discrete simulation, prototyping product and process genealogy and traceability for all
and mockups all contribute to your manufacturing products, from planning to as-built data requirements.
investments. By enabling companies to leverage these
investments across multiple product programs, Tecnomatix
can significantly reduce production costs.

Maximize your outsourcing strategy


Many companies are approaching global opportunity with
a focus on outsourcing manufacturing. However, outsourced
manufacturing relationships often under perform because
information is not efficiently communicated. Siemens
PLM Software provides solutions to transform your
manufacturing outsourcing strategy and align resources to
capture innovation from every contributor. Visibility into the
details of product manufacturing is critical because quality

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Tecnomatix advantages

Tecnomatix advantage Why it matters

Leadership Tecnomatix is the leading digital manufacturing solution based on technology, market share, industry
experience and world-class customers served. Backed by Siemens’ leadership in delivery, with over five
million Teamcenter users worldwide, Tecnomatix digital manufacturing solutions are built on the most
widely deployed PLM solution in the marketplace.

Enterprise-scalable, The entire Siemens PLM Software portfolio is built on an open architecture, enabling Tecnomatix
open lifecycle solutions to integrate with any product data management (PDM) system. This flexibility translates into
foundation more cost-effective deployments and unparalleled flexibility for integration with other key enterprise systems.

Unparalled data and The data and process management solution for Tecnomatix provides visibility and accountability
process control between plant, process, resource and product configurations and collectively supports real-time
enforced consistency and reconciliation during change. This reduces confusion and complexity,
delineates responsibility and mitigates the risk of rising costs during new product introductions and
inevitable changes to the production environment.

Industry-specific value Tecnomatix solutions are geared to support and improve processes specific to a variety of industries,
frameworks including automotive, heavy equipment, aerospace, defense, hi-tech electronics, consumer products and
heavy machinery. Tecnomatix makes it easy for organizations to implement digital manufacturing
solutions leveraging their industry’s best practices. Within the Tecnomatix knowledge management
environment, organizations can readily configure data structures, workflows and business rules to
suit their needs.

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Tecnomatix advantage Why it matters

World-class solution Other manufacturing planning solutions lack either the application coverage to improve your entire
portfolio manufacturing cycle or the knowledge management underpinnings to leverage upstream lifecycle
information. Tecnomatix is unique because it brings together a comprehensive suite of industry-
leading, workflow-based applications covering all of the domains influenced by your manufacturing
requirements.

Powerful, systems-level Optimization is achieved via a managed and shared environment that enables engineers to react
analysis rapidly to changes regardless of source. System device behavior and logic can be modeled to allow
full, line-level optimization where errors are reduced through dynamic interaction. This capability
addresses the need for highly automated and configurable systems to address the flexibility that is
required to optimize production throughput.

Collaborative factory Tecnomatix allows you to tie your factory tools together with simulation tools, which in turn facilitates
layout planning understanding of the true work flow and material flow for a specific factory layout configuration. This
approach enables you to interactively analyze multiple manufacturing processes and layout scenarios,
providing an intelligent basis for making informed decisions.

True concurrent Tecnomatix leverages Teamcenter’s single source of lifecycle knowledge, which creates a foundation
engineering you can use to rationalize and leverage engineering assets and optimize/synchronize manufacturing
environment deliverables to reduce complexity and accelerate your take-to-market innovations.

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Part Planning and Validation

Tecnomatix Part Planning and Validation enables part Connect manufacturing plans directly to production
manufacturing companies to accurately and efficiently define the In order to optimize part machining processes, plans can be
manufacturing process plan and directly connect it to production connected to shop floor systems such as DNC (direct numerical
systems. Effectively managing the plan’s data is essential to this control) to provide direct access and transfer of plan data to CNC
process. Manufacturing planning teams must be able to easily machines. You can synchronize planning and production
capture this information, organize it against sequential process operations by enabling access to the single source of machining
steps and provide the shop floor with easy access to its most data and resources.
recent versions.
Maximize productivity
The Part Planning functionality within this solution enables you to
Part Planning and Validation requires special capabilities for high
re-use proven manufacturing processes, shortening planning time
volume production machining. Tecnomatix facilitates feature-
and ensuring the use of preferred methods and resources on the
based NC programming while highly accurate operation timings
shop floor. When companies validate the manufacturing process
and machine simulation provide input for line balancing. The
plan in a virtual environment, they are also able to reduce errors
solution also maximizes production throughput and machine
and delays.
tool utilization.
Accurately establish your part manufacturing plan
Advantages
Part Planning and Validation enables you to create and validate
the intended manufacturing method for your parts, as well as the Accelerates creation of the part manufacturing plan by up to
tools you use to make them. Its applications manage data from 30 percent
process authoring software, such as NC programming, process Reduces costs of resources such as tooling through increased
sequencing, resource allocation, and reporting. standardization
Supports regulatory compliance with accurate process definition
Reduces errors and delays on the shop floor by facilitating direct
information access

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Assembly Planning and Validation

Tecnomatix Assembly Planning and Validation helps management, line balancing, automatic
organizations to quickly design and evaluate manufacturing assembly/disassembly process creation, 3D plant layout and
process scenarios to arrive at the best plan for building their ergonomic analysis, as well as many other capabilities.
products. It synchronizes product and manufacturing
requirements and enables process driven design (design for Single source of the manufacturing value chain
assembly). In combination with the re-use of proven solutions Assembly Planning and Validation supports the
and best practices, the solution reduces assembly planning manufacturing process lifecycle from process planning and
tasks. In addition, Assembly Planning and Validation enables detailed engineering to full production. By connecting all
you to investigate and optimize new processes and members of the manufacturing value chain into one virtual
technologies in a virtual environment without impacting enterprise, the solution helps manufacturers build the best
existing production capacity. This approach helps production strategies to support their business strategy.
manufacturers respond better to change and begin
production earlier by leveraging a shortened production Advantages
ramp-up. Reduces planning time and associated cost by up to
40 percent
Improve your assembly process
Assembly Planning and Validation provides a broad range of Increases transparency into assembly processes, reducing the
tools that streamline the process planning workflow, impact of product changes
automate your non-value added planning tasks and validate Enables global engineering to be performed in a
the best plan for building your products. These tools facilitate collaborative, multi-user environment
process design, manufacturing bill of material (mBOM)
Improves manufacturing productivity by facilitating
optimization prior to the start of production

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Robotics and Automation Planning

Tecnomatix Robotics and Automation Planning enables System-level efficiency


manufacturers to virtually develop, simulate and commission Robotics and Automation Planning provides automated
robotic and non-robotic manufacturing systems from plants optimization tools and technology to facilitate evaluation
producing dedicated single products to mixed model and virtual commissioning at the system level. Users are able
production facilities with combinations of build variants. to dynamically interact as they construct the factory’s work
cells, thereby reducing errors during the planning process.
Synchronize changes across domains Efficiency is also gained as planning teams optimize resource
Robotics and Automation Planning utilizes a 3D collaborative utilization across the whole manufacturing system.
multi-user environment to increase engineering productivity.
The environment provides users with live access to all project Advantages
data, which can be dynamically managed. As data is
Provides optimized feature distribution and management
checked into the environment, automatic updates ensure
synchronization of the 3D model and all related metadata. Significantly reduces build, test and installation processes
This dynamic management greatly reduces planning and Reduces planning time by up to 40 percent
installation errors.
Leverages signal-driven simulation technology to enable
Make informed decisions virtual commissioning
The solution addresses your requirements for highly
automated and configurable systems, such as mixed-
production and robot gardens. Engineers will be able to
make informed decisions when purchasing, modifying and
implementing new or existing technologies without
affecting current production.

Reduce physical tryouts


Robotics and Automation Planning leverages event-based
simulation, robot teach pendant programming and industry
standards to construct and validate manufacturing systems
and alleviate your company’s dependency on physical tryouts
by debugging manufacturing systems virtually.

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Plant Design and Optimization

Tecnomatix Plant Design and Optimization allows Optimize production throughput


organizations to create factory models faster and ensure that By utilizing production throughput simulation, Tecnomatix
they are operating at peak efficiency before production optimizes the parameters that define production system
ramp-up. By letting engineers see the outcome of plans capabilities. Tecnomatix facilitates this by tying factory
within virtual plants, organizations can avoid wasting layout together with discrete event simulation. This makes
valuable resources fixing problems within their real plants. it possible to develop and analyze multiple production
scenarios quickly – eliminating bottlenecks, improving
Gain critical insight into factory design efficiency, and increasing throughput.
Using 3D factory design and visualization, Tecnomatix offers
critical insight into factory design, layout and installation Bring diverse teams together
processes. This is made possible by using “smart objects” that Through collaborative factory design management,
represent all of your factory resources – from conveyors, Tecnomatix brings diverse teams together in a managed
mezzanines and cranes to containers, AGVs and operators. and shared data environment. Productivity is increased by
You can create factory layouts much faster than 2D by reducing the non-value added administrative tasks
combining 3D layout techniques with smart objects. associated with managing large volumes of facility data.

Improve material handling Advantages


Employing factory logistics analysis and optimization,
Increases productivity of existing systems by 15 to 20
Tecnomatix drives the productivity of factories based on
percent
material flow distances, frequency and cost. This is
accomplished by evaluating and analyzing data – such as Facilitates visibility and predictability by sharing 3D layouts
part routing information, material storage needs, material across diverse product teams
handling equipment specification and part packaging Reduces factory design time by up to 50 percent when
information – against the factory layout. compared to traditional 2D methods
Reduces inventories and throughput time by 20 to 60
percent by fostering optimized production strategies

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Quality Management

Tecnomatix Quality Management facilitates innovation by manufacturing planning and production activities, creating
enabling your company to link quality disciplines with all the only dimensional quality management solution that
of your manufacturing and engineering domains. This captures real-world inspection results and links them to a
enterprise-scalable data management solution drives quality fully associative lifecycle data model. The solution improves
competencies across your extended enterprise, which your PLM foundation and incorporates quality metrics into
ultimately lowers the overall cost of delivering quality your product, process, resource, and plant data.
products regardless of where they are manufactured.
3D analysis and reporting
CAD-embedded accuracy Finding the root cause of quality issues can be an elusive
Quality Management solutions identify critical dimensions, activity. Quality Management helps identify and resolve
tolerances and assembly processes that contribute to production build problems by reporting and analyzing data
variation. Since these considerations significantly impact as it becomes available directly from your corporate
product quality, manufacturers require a quality solution measurement or inspection equipment.
capable of providing accuracy and speed. Tecnomatix
Variation Analysis simulates the effects of part tolerance Advantages
stack up on assembly processes and prioritizes contributing Decreases root cause analysis time
factors to variation. This ensures final assembly quality and
alignment with design intent. Reduces total cost of quality

Tecnomatix quality applications provide a CAD integrated Analyzes production quality variation against nominal
environment for creating inspection programs and analyzing math models
assembly tolerances. PMI and feature information is read Automates inspection programming efforts
directly from the CAD model, which shortens inspection
routine planning and programming. In addition, geometry Leverages industry standards to reduce dependency
changes automatically drive updates to programs and path on proprietary solutions
commands, reducing the need for tedious and error-prone Lowers deployment cost by leveraging your business
data entry. processes and PLM infrastructure

PLM quality foundation


Quality Management bridges the gap between product
design and product delivery by managing design,

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Production Management

If you want a complete picture of your manufacturing lifecycle – Human Machine Interface (HMI) and Supervisory Control
as well as the ability to manage your production processes in and Data Acquisition (SCADA). This solution enables you to
today’s fast paced, distributed word, your company needs real-time collect real-time information on plant and equipment status and
access to its production data. Capturing real-time operational feed upstream systems, including MES. Siemens’ HMI and SCADA
data is the only way to measure performance for your planning products provide comprehensive state-of-the-art tools that
initiatives. This information is also vital for validating cost empower users with configurable applications that can be tailored
estimates for your new product development projects – as well as specifically to their requirements. Spanning the spectrum of real-
for mitigating the risks associated with non-conforming products. time human machine interfaces, supervisory control and data
acquisition and industrial information management applications,
Tecnomatix Production Management provides visibility into
the versatility of the solution is virtually unlimited.
your as-designed, as-planned, as-built and as-maintained
configurations. It extends the PLM footprint to the manufacturing
shop floor, enabling accelerated production launch, continuous
Advantages
process improvement, regulatory compliance and increased
operational efficiency. Production Management components work Reduces raw material inventory
together through your lifecycle processes and incorporate world- Increases production efficiency
class capabilities in two main areas.
Aligns manufacturing processes across the enterprise
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). This model-based
system monitors work in process, controls operations/labor and Improves direct labor cost
feeds production information to business systems and lifecycle Tracks real-time product yields
repositories. It also includes extensive quality management
functionality. The solution consists of three software suites, Provides optimum operations visibility
focusing on production, development and manufacturing
intelligence. It offers a wide range of components for optimal
planning, execution, documentation and visualization of
production and development processes.

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Manufacturing Process Management

Teamcenter’s manufacturing process management solution Teamcenter’s open service oriented architecture integrates CAM,
enables you to manage your manufacturing data, as well as ERP and MES systems-of-choice into your PLM environment and
your process, resource and plant knowledge, in the same PLM provides standardized process templates and automated work
environment that you use for product development. This solution instructions to simplify the transfer of planning information to
helps companies streamline their new product development and your shop floor.
launch processes while optimizing cost structures and delivering
the production goals associated with these programs. Manufacturing resource visibility
You can leverage Teamcenter to classify multiple manufacturing
Single source of manufacturing knowledge resources (tooling, fixtures, machinery, robots) and establish best-
Teamcenter provides a single source of manufacturing knowledge practice processes to manage their use. Integrated tools enable
that enables you to rationalize and leverage engineering assets you to mock up, visualize, analyze and optimize plant layout and
and synchronize manufacturing deliverables in a parallel material flow.
workflow. This reduces complexity and accelerates your ability
to bring innovative products to market. Advantages
Enables product and manufacturing teams to work in parallel,
Advanced BOM/BOP management
reducing planning time by 40 to 50 percent
Teamcenter enables you to associatively relate essential bill of
material (BOM) information with your manufacturing bill of Increases productivity and support continuous improvement and
process (BOP). You can leverage this associatively with design-for-manufacturing initiatives
Teamcenter’s configuration management capabilities to Synchronizes BOM and BOP activities, helping cross-discipline
represent the physical decompositions of all activities related teams better understand product change
to manufacturing assembly. This approach ensures that you
are using the right product configurations in the
right working context.

Planning and shop floor optimization


Proven interoperability reduces the need for multiple systems,
enables you to integrate discipline-specific solutions (layout,
industrial, tooling, quality) and links distributed resources so you
can harness knowledge previously locked in disparate silos.

With its open architecture, Teamcenter manages critical


lifecycle data streams including product, process, plant and
resource information. Users can visualize and collaborate on
this associative data, taking advantage of powerful workflow
control, change management functionality and product
variant effectivity.

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Tecnomatix manufacturing knowledge management

By industry estimates, manufacturing engineering uses over one


hundred times more data than design engineering and involves
many disciplines beyond the normal product engineering scope.
The benefits of efficiently managing such a vast amount of
information are enormous.
These benefits motivate world class manu-facturers across
the globe to implement digital manufacturing solutions from
Tecnomatix. The Tecnomatix manufacturing data model is
directly associated with the Teamcenter product data model,
providing the single most effective source of lifecycle knowledge
available on the market. Teamcenter enables manufacturers to
establish digital continuity from start to finish.
Full process visibility enables all manu-facturing stakeholders to
react more effectively to change, make the right decisions earlier
and accelerate their role in the take-to-
market process.
A single source of manufacturing knowledge
According to industry reports, manufacturing engineers spend
over half their time searching for data. Teamcenter manages all
the information defining your products, processes, production
resources and plant facilities. This single information source
gives users complete confidence that they’re working with the
correct data in configurations that simplify their job and create
more productive business processes.
Understanding the impact of change
Tecnomatix associates product, process, resource and plant
information together so that changes to any one facet will ripple
through related elements automatically. If a design feature gets
changed, the tooling for that feature may also change, as might
the plant where the part is machined. Tecnomatix automatically
shows you how that single design change influences every other
aspect of your manufacturing planning and execution.
About Siemens PLM Software
Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry
Automation Division, is a leading global provider of product
lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with nearly
six million licensed seats and 56,000 customers worldwide.
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software works
collaboratively with companies to deliver open solutions that
help them turn more ideas into successful products. For more
information on Siemens PLM Software products and services,
visit www.siemens.com/plm.

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