Engineering Desk Top (EDT)

Management of Engineering Data with Reuse of existing and accurate information to avoid duplication of effort, quality implications and inefficient Data maintenance.

The Engineering Desk Top Module of Zuken’s DS2 PLMready solution is the main Module to manage all about Design Data, related Documents, Simulation Data, Enclosures, Parts Lists, CAM Data, wiring data , wire harness data, Drawings, aso. and supports multiple locations, sites, any Variation and Destination type. It unifies all Engineering Data into one single source environment and ensures a controlled synchronization to the complete local or even international development team. The build in change management process ensure a detailed transparency of each Design Data or Document object change, such as specification change, customer change, obsolescence, etc.

Some of the main topics covered are listed below:

  • Register Projects and Project templates for standardization
  • Register Projects for reuse & share approach
  • Create Classification Tree for Projects
  • Define deliverables within Projects to ensure standardization
  • Define Engineering Shared Object
  • Register member of projects, Sub Projects, Project Entities
  • ECN / ECR / ECO on all Project entity Levels
  • Search project / task / deliverables / member
  • Show Project Classification Tree
  • Progress of event / task / deliverables
  • Notification of Shared / Reused Objects
  • Objects to be approved by user
  • Objects requested to be approved by other users
  • Objects being checked out by user
  • Modify project model according to the Project specification
  • Divert any existing projects as specified
  • Engineering Change approach of Projects
  • Verification of Approval status before release to product
  • Collaboration with MRP / PDM

Essential Benefits

  • Project progress status at any time
  • Full Access control
  • Complete Version & Revision Control
  • Electronic Engineering Change operation ECN /ECR / ECO
  •  Where used information on all Project / Data Levels
  • Single Source Environment for any Product Development Data
  • Integration into PDM Process on demand

If you are interested how Zuken is able to support our customers in this area, don’t hesitate to contact us.