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DS-E3: Data and configuration management
The DS-E3 data and process management environment complements the E3.series electrical engineering environment. It is closely integrated with the toolsets and natively manages E3.series engineering project data and libraries as well as the E3.series engineering workflow process. As the DS-E3 functionality is directly embedded into the user interface of E3.series, engineers do not need to leave their CAD application for component search or change and configuration management.
Design Data and Product Variant Management
Bill-of-material (BOM) Management
PDM and PLM Integration
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Current, validated libraries, design data and configurations
DS-E3 is Zuken’s next-generation data management system for electrical design data. It provides electrical design and manufacturing engineers with current, validated libraries, design data, and BOM information. With this information, they can manage tasks and workflows for change and approval processes, and support intelligent design configuration and reuse through module and variant management. DS-E3’s powerful design data management functionality is directly integrated into the familiar user interface of Zuken’s E3.series suite. It can be configured individually to reflect the specific requirements of different roles, such as schematic designer, panel layout designer, librarian, or manufacturing engineer. Built on industry-standard object-oriented architecture, DS-E3 is fully equipped to integrate into existing PDM/ PLM and ERP environments, providing a true electromechanical data model with full visibility of electrical designs down to component level.
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Find out more about Zuken's advanced library and design data management solutions
DS-E3 is Zuken’s next-generation data management system for electrical design data. It provides electrical design and manufacturing engineers with current, validated libraries, design data and BOM information. With this information, they can manage tasks and workflows for change and approval processes, and support intelligent design configuration and reuse through module and variant management.
Library Data Master is the DS-E3 module that manages library information and specifications required for the electrical design process from schematic, fluid and cable plan entry, right up to manufacturing documentation.
The DS-E3 Component Master consolidates material master data such as cost, availability, alternative components and related information such as datasheets, specifications etc., that are typically managed outside the engineering domain in enterprise IT environments. By consolidating this information, DS-E3 enables a significant increase of engineering productivity.
The DS-E3 Design Data Master manages E3.series project data, including options and variants and related postprocessing data, in a controlled environment with comprehensive access control, revision management and analysis functionality.
With its sophisticated configuration management and tracking capabilities, Design Data Master helps to grow a pool of validated functional building blocks from which an engineer can draw from for new projects.
The DS-E3 BoM Data Master generates and maintains accurate component lists that consolidate all associated schematic, wiring and panel layout/wire harness data, component information, documents and assembly drawings within a single environment.
DS-E3 can integrate with all major PLM and ERP systems and provides SOA-based plug & play connectors; in addition, generic integration APIs are available for other third party systems.
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Find out more about DS-E3 via our webinars, press releases and more...
- Press Release
March 29, 2021
Pre-configured solution for the management of electrical and fluid projects
With the DS-E3 StarterPackage, Zuken introduces a preconfigured feature set of its DS-E3 data management software, specifically designed to manage E3.series projects.
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- Webinar
September 14, 2020
Project Management made easy - DS-E3 Starter Package
Who doesn’t recognise this? Many versions, many intermediate results, many copies, who has the latest version? Where is it stored? Who is currently working on it? Which settings, structure and database is the right one? We want to answer all these questions in this presentation.
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- White Paper
December 12, 2018
Report: Design Data Management
A survey of 163 companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland about the challenges and methods applied to the design and management of electrical and electronic systems and assemblies
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Results of an industry survey of electrical and electronic engineers
- White Paper
December 12, 2018
Domain-specific Data Management
This white paper explains best-practice approaches for the management of electrical CAD data and their integration into enterprise-wide PLM and ERP environments.
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Why electrical CAD data are best managed in a domain-specific environment
- White Paper
December 11, 2018
From Engineer-to-order to Configure-to-order
Approaches to overcoming the limitations of Engineer-to-Order practices
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How to evolve into a proactive configure-to-order strategy.
- White Paper
December 11, 2018
Reclaiming Engineering Productivity
5 easy steps to increasing engineering productivity
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Recent DS-E3 Blog Posts
- Blog
March 11, 2021
Get your electrical design data under control
Today's day-to-day business in data management can sometimes be a real challenge. Who has the latest version? Where is it stored? Who is currently working on it? Manual versioning on a file system is not only difficult to handle but also highly error prone. However, with the DS-E3 Starter Package, some pitfalls can be eliminated.
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- Blog
April 24, 2020
Working Remotely with DS – Design Data Management Tools
The world that we all live in has been changed by the Covid-19 outbreak. Stay at home orders and social distancing significantly impact the way we live our daily lives. Working remotely presents a whole new set of challenges for engineers and the companies that employ us. We now work on company supplied-laptops that typically connect back to the corporate network through a VPN.
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- Blog
February 20, 2020
Modular Design with Traceability
A modular electrical design comes with its own set of unique challenges. However, the basic principles of the solution are the same. With this in mind, let’s think modular when it comes to a modular design.
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- Blog
June 20, 2019
Exploring Add-on Tools in E3.series – Part 1
E3.series software offers a number of add-on tools that will increase productivity while allowing collaboration between all engineering disciplines. Keep in mind that functionality will vary based on your own MCAD and PLM solutions and their versions. Let’s explore the add-on tools in E3.series and see what’s available.
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- Blog
May 17, 2018
Data - The Secret of Success Under Industry 4.0?
Industry 4.0, a.k.a. the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR), is a hot topic because most of us are either taking our first steps in this world, or we’re preparing to. Clearly, earlier industrial revolutions were all about making better use of resources (e.g. burning coal to make steam), people (e.g. workers in factories) and, latterly, electricity and computer-controlled automation. For each revolution, the companies that did well were early adopters of the technology and practices of the day, and they recognised waste when they saw it.
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Industry 4.0, a.k.a. the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR), is a hot topic because most of us are either taking our first steps in this world, or ...
- Blog
September 12, 2017
Things to Consider Before Investing in a New Electrical Engineering Tool
Feeling a bit dazed by the multitude of electrical applications available to you? With Zuken’s E3.series containing a host of products including E³.schematic, E³.fluid, E³.cable, E³.formboard, E³.panel, E³.RoutingBridge, E³.PLCBridge and E³.Wiring Diagram Generator, you may feel overwhelmed on your first approach.
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Feeling a bit dazed by the multitude of electrical applications available to you?