Aras Innovator as Enabler of Digital Engineering at Sandia ...

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Aras Innovator as Enabler of Digital Engineering at Sandia LabsStephen Denman

April 16, 2019

Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission Federally Funded Researchand Development Center managed and operated by National Technologyand Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary ofHoneywell International, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy NationalNuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA-0003525.

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Sandia National Laboratories

Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)

Operated by NTESS, subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc.

For U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Multi-mission Science and Engineering Laboratory (3.6B USD Budget FY18)

Nuclear Deterrence Mission

Nuclear weapons and related programs

Cradle-to-grave system lifecycle

responsibility

shared with other design agencies

& production agencies

Other missions

Global

Security

Defense

Systems

National

Security…

Cradle-to-grave system lifecycle responsibility

for many first-of-a-kind and one-of-a-kind systems

…Non-

federal

entities

Energy

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My Background and Role at Sandia

▪ Background

▪ Sandia, Rational, IBM, RESPEC, the Emphasys group, MKS, PTC, IBM, consulting, Sandia: 35 yrs

▪ Systems and software engineering

▪ Engineering processes, methods, and tools

▪ PLM, ALM, RE/RM, Systems/SW modeling, SW dev, CM, Test/QA, PPM, …

▪ Role

▪ Vision and roadmap for the Aras Engineering Management System (AEMS)

Images: Freepick.com

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Assembly

Test & Qualification

Mission

System

Sub-system

Validation

Verification

Integration & Test

Integration & Test

Specification

Architecture

Requirements

Requirements

Technical Development

Concept Development

Operations & Support

Retire-ment

Fabrication & Sourcing

Unit Test Build &

Production & Deployment

Sandia Product/System Delivery Lifecycle

Mechanical & ElectricalAssemblyPart

ElectronicsBoardPart

Software & FirmwareModuleUnit

“As-Architected”

“As-Required”

“As-Released”

As-Planned

“As-Specified”

“As-Planned-for-Fab”

As-Designed “As-Built-for-Qual”

“As-Built-for-SSTest”

“As-Built-for-SysTest”

“As-Built-for-SysVer”

“As-Built-for-SysVal”

As-Built

As-Delivered

As-Maintained

Traditional BOMs

Phase Handoff

“Additional BOMs”

“?”

“?”

“?”

Analysis & Design

Planning

Compo-nent

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Standalone

System

Data

Work

-flow

Config

EPM

PPM

ERP

MRP

SCM

MPP

MES

QMS

Test

V&V

Dev

ALM

ECAD

EDA

Product Lifecycle ManagementChallenges at Sandia

MCAD

PDM

Product data,

processes, and

configurations• Spread among

standalone, domain-

specific, phase-specific

systems and tools

• Data is silo’ed,

independent,

inaccessible

• Data is duplicated, out-

of-sync

Considerable

effort required to

develop holistic:• Visibility

• Control

• Product/System

Configuration

RM

Sim-

ulation

MS Office

Most widely used

engineering

practitioner tools

in the world

Word Doc • Requirements

management

• Sharing &

collaboration

• Data container

• Configuration item

• “Track changes” =

Change management

Excel

Spreadsheet• Data container

• Configuration item

• Data analysis

PowerPoint• Reporting tool

Excel

Spreadsheet• Data

Exchange

Mod-

eling

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Product Lifecycle ManagementChallenges at Sandia

Assembly


Mission

System

Sub-system

Validation

Verification

Integration & Test

Integration & Test

Specification

Architecture

Requirements

Requirements


Concept Development


Retire-ment


Analysis & Design

Planning


Unit Test Build &

Compo-nent

Office Sim-

ulationMod-

eling

Office

Office

Office

Office

Sim-

ulationMod-

eling

RM

MCAD

PDM

ECAD

EDA

Sim-

ulationMod-

eling

Dev

ALM

ERP

MRP

SCMMPP

MES

Test

V&V

Test

V&V

ERP

MRP

SCMMPP

MES

QMSThis is

what the

challenge

looks like

across

the

lifecycle.

EPM

PPM

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Aras Engineering Management System (AEMS)

▪ Highly-customized PLM solution

▪ Supporting multiple engineering processes for multiple programs across multiple

missions

▪ Built on Aras Innovator platform

▪ Why Innovator?

▪ More flexible, customizable

▪ More open

▪ Lower cost (licensing and TCO)

▪ Current Innovator out-of-the-box configuration

▪ Platform

▪ Product Engineering

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Current AEMS Capabilities

Assembly


Mission

System

Sub-system

Validation

Verification

Integration & Test

Integration & Test

Specification

Architecture

Requirements

Requirements


Concept Development


Retire-ment


Compo-nent

Analysis & Design

Planning


“As-Built-for-Qual”

Supporting

Capabilities

Reporting

Workflow

Management

Data Management

Security

Federation

Unit Test Build &


As-Designed

Document

Management

BOM

Management

Manufacturing

Development

Quality

Management

Change

Management

Configuration

Management

ERP MRP SCM

Process

Planning

Execution

Inventory

Oracle

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Vision

AEMS is the digital engineering backbone that unifies

teams, disciplines, processes, and tools across the entire

product delivery lifecycle.

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Digital Engineering

▪ A definition

▪ Adapted from the US Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) digital engineering initiative

▪ The transformation of the way we design, develop, deliver, operate, and sustain systems

▪ An integrated digital approach

▪ Using authoritative sources of system data and models as a continuum across disciplines

▪ To support lifecycle activities from concept through disposal

▪ Inclusive of Digital Twin and Digital Thread

▪ Inclusive of the entire product definition

▪ All product information assets from concept to disposal

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▪ What’s wrong with a single source of truth?

▪ “One tool to rule them all” has been tried time-and-again and success stories are few and far between

▪ An authoritative source of truth (ASOT) system maintains metadata about all product data across the

lifecycle, including:

▪ Location, change status, and configuration, from concept to disposal

▪ Other metadata needed to provide ASOT system functions

▪ At any point in the lifecycle, product data may reside in:

▪ The ASOT system

▪ a practitioner system

▪ an enterprise system (e.g., ERP, MRP, SCM)

▪ a product data management (PDM) system

NOT the SINGLE Source of Truth

The Authoritative Source of Truth

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Assembly


Mission

System

Sub-system

Validation

Verification

Integration & Test

Integration & Test

Specification

Architecture

Requirements

Requirements


Concept Development


Retire-ment


Unit Test Build &


Future AEMS Capabilities

“As-Architected”

“As-Required”

“As-Released”

As-Planned

“As-Specified”


As-Designed “As-Built-for-Qual”

“As-Built-for-SSTest”

“As-Built-for-SysTest”

“As-Built-for-SysVer”

“As-Built-for-SysVal”

As-Built

As-Delivered

As-Maintained

“?”

“?”

“?”

Analysis & Design

Planning

Compo-nent

Reporting,

Metrics,

Dashboards

Document

Management

BOM

Management

Manufacturing

Development

Quality

Management

Change

Management

Configuration

Management

Variability

Management

Software

Management

Workflow

Management

Data

Management

Enhanced

Security

Federation,

Data Linking,

Data Exchange

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AEMS Vision: A Digital Engineering Backbone

AEMS Digital Engineering BackboneAn Authoritative Source of Truth About the System Across the Lifecycle

Practitioner Tools Product

Data

Management

Systems

Enterprise Systems

PDMMCAD

Modeling &

SimulationQM, Test,

Qual, V&V

Reqs

Mgt

Dev

ALM

EPM

PPM

ECAD/EDA

ERP

MRPMPP

MES

SCM

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Open Questions

▪ Federation is on the critical path to success

▪ Will Innovator Federation capabilities keep up?

▪ Will Innovator continue growing and maturing at present rate?

▪ Conclusion

Regardless of which technology/product we choose today,

we must prepare to replace the underlying platform of the digital engineering backbone

when/if current technology/product fall behind our roadmap and needs

▪ How?

▪ Reliance on proven standards, pushing them forward where they do not or will not meet the need

▪ AEMS solution architecture is critical

▪ Can the AEMS team scale to meet growing (and changing) demand?

▪ Yes, but… Must streamline and scale our processes (analysis, dev, onboarding, support, …): SAFe


Thank YouStephen Denman

[email protected]

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