Open Technical Forum Reaping the benefits

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Open Technical Forum Reaping the benefits

• Presentations
• Key issues
• Business
• Standardisation
• Technical
• Promotional
• Lessons for SC4

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Presentations

• Koji Kawamura Bottom up support for AP227
  usage
• Ricardo Gonçalves/ The FunSTEP experience
  Luciano Lauro
• Martin Jones Deployment of AP214 to SMEs
• Chuck Stark STAMP
• Matthew West STEP into the real world
• Paul van Exel Smart forms and SAP
  harmonisation
• Eurostep PDM Schema at Volvo Penta

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Key business issues

• Problem of poor industrial perception of SC4
  standards
• Pragmatic approach required
• Planning for success - and adapt
• Real benefits at each stage
• Building towards acceptance of need for standards
  
• Sell capability not standards
• Industry champions essential
• Supply chain can provide significant benefits

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Standardisation issues

• Simple standards can be used to lead into more
  complex STEP information models
• Implementations tend to need simple views
• Data model can deliver benefits

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Technical issues

• Data quality is major cause of failure

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Promotional issues

• Keep it simple and understandable to users and
  management - using appropriate language at each
  level
• Tie to real business problems
• Credible pilots and demonstrators
• Target top management in appropriate publications

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Actions

• Cultivate champions
• Leverage available information
• Gather business benefit examples
• Reference data in the public domain
• Think big - act small