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Using a Graph Data Model at Toy Manufacturer Schleich GmbH

Semantic Product Data Management

Dr. Andreas Weber | semantic PDM | 26.04.2016 | page 1

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about Schleich GmbHtoy figurines with realistic and naturalistic design


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equipped for tomorrow‘s challenges


chemical riskassessment ….

tomorrow

trackability traceability

today

productconformity

A B C N

.. yet another data silo?

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the idea


Is there any critical

Substance included?

?product

materials

substances

lab tests

measured

values

limit values

legislation

local context

lots

bearded dragon 14675

(lot 11A1)

process steps

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the idea


• cross company (along the entire value chain)• steady data model (no matter which ERP systems are used)• simple to understand and simple to be used• scalable and extendable (agile development!)• offering all data for answering the questions coming from customers• … and from officials

the development of a simple, cost efficient, flexible and scalable system for managing product data of toys (produced in China)

a concept beyond the well known existing systems

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products and processes

(ERP)

legislation (critical) substances

one .. consistent data model


Bringing together different „languages“

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why „semantic“

„there is an added value of data objects which is based on their relationship“


Thus ..

• focus on those relationships• treat them as dedicated data objects• give them a name ..• and make them usable in your queries / business logic

• semantics is the study of meaning• How can your data get more „meaning“?

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It‘s all about nodes and edges


developing a ‚Schleich onthology‘ ‚nodes‘ = subjects/objects

‚edges‘ = predicates

product idea

briefing boardconcept board

budget

project

model

project

profile

product

version

product

components

(bill of material BOM)

bill of substances

(BOS) DIN EN 71-3

limit value ‚lead‘

component X

moldtechnical specs

and documents

production process

(bill of operations BOS)

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Anvantage of using a semantic PDMstart small and focused …


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Advantage of using a semantic PDMstart small and focused … and grow as needed


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getting an answer means ..


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getting an answer means .. finding the right path


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SAP

Oracle

connectors(mapping)

„Micro Apps“

functional oriented applications for

• browser

• graphical Navigator

• mobile devices

• …

BOM

BOSSVHC

XML

from ECHA


Data delivered by all stakeholdersHow the data net is filled

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data silos

product-management

documentmanagement

ERP QC / LIMS PDMengineers

meta data

common focus in the industryconsolidating metadata from different data silos


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semanticProduct DataMangement

functionalfocusedSW products

product-management

documentmanagementERP QC / LIMS technical

PDM

middleware

one semantic PDM – the data poolincrementally building the data net during product development


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product

component/sub assembly

raw material

Why not simply using my ERP?

„my ERP“

supplier ERP

Subsupplier ERP


product


raw material

Who is internal, who is external?


product


raw material


view for my company

It‘s a matter of views ..


product


raw material


view for „subsupplier“

It‘s a matter of views ..

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• simple and stableeasy to understand – „processes change, data stays“

• scalablestart small and grow on demand

• cross companyapplicable to each level of production process

• independent from software vendors and hardwarebeyond any ‚SAP update‘ – accessable and workable with the common technology

• collaborative and mobile (browser based)basic model for working in parallel independent of time and place

• load sharingspecial topics like ‚regulations‘ could be built up by third party and imported


Why does Schleich follow this way

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• Concentrating relevant data into one demand specific screen

• Giving a quick overview of approval situation

• Context sensitive document management

• Creating working lists based on far filter criterias


Some use cases

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concentrating relevant data


the explaining path ..

concentrating relevant data

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test

scenario

product

product

version

product

model

packaging

molded

part

label

is base for

1:n

Everything in its place


1:n

supplier

costs

and approved ..

catalog #

price

franchise

launch

date

modeler

forecast

painting

instruct.

attributes

objects


a quick overview of approval situation


a BOM at a glance

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Context based document management


document

„Questionaire“

valid for

offered by

Supplier X

Pigment A

Pigment B

Campaign 2016got in

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Creating working lists„Show me the status of all molds for products for January launch 2016“


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recommendations


• Invest into workshopsanalyze your company language - „win your staff over“

• Use data interfaces at an early stageimport and export data from and to e.g. ERP as „daily business“

• Start smallin initial stage focus on one area of data with an immediate valuable benefit

• Grow step by stepdon‘t get lost in the shuffle of excited whishes

contact:

Andreas Webersemantic [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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