Variant Management

Variant Management Product Strategy

Lopa Subramanian


Agenda

Product Variability

Components of Variability

Aras Approach

UI

Use cases



V

V

V

V

V

Rules

Configurator

Usage (Part)

Usage (Geometry)

Variants

Variant String

Core Configurator Engine for defining and resolving Variability

Rules define permitted configurations

Core service to express Effectivity

Usage applies Variability to Items & Relations

Usage resolved for specific Variations

Basis for sales & product configurator

Variants & OptionsRelease 11 SP10 – H2 2016

Product Variability




Wheel

Tire

Body Color

Tire Valve

Variant Families, Variants & Rules Structures: BOMs, CAD, Requirements …



Wheel

Tire

Body Color

Tire Valve

Variant Families, Variants & Rules Structures: BOMs, CAD, Requirements …

Effectivity

Configuration Management

Variant Families, Variants & Rules


Rules

Global Scope

Platform Scope

Product Line Scope

Product Model

Scope

Schema of Hierarchical Scope

E

E

Effectivity

Variant DictionaryE

E

E

E

Variants

Variant Family

Apply Variants to Objects & Relations


Usage

Solution Scope

Interface

(Subset of Solution Scope’s

Variant Families)

Usage Table

VF1 VF2 VF3 VF4 Part

Wheel

Global Scope

Platform Scope

Product Line Scope

Subsystem Scope Product Model Scope

Variant Dictionary

Generic Structure


Car

Body System

Electrical System

TransmissionSystem

Drivetrain System

Wheel & Tires System

Usage (Part)

Usage (Geometry)

Variant String

Rules

Configurator

Variants

V

V

V

UI

Product Configurator

Sales Configurator


Use Cases: In Various Stages & Disciplines

Ideation

Development

Production / Steady State

Sales / Service


System

Mechanical

Electrical

Software

Variant Management

Technology

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