Windchill PCS Overview

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Windchill PCS Overview

• Product Cost System
• Overview for Purchasing
• 03Sep2008

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Windchill RPPA replacement system

• Windchill version of the RPPA system is called
  PCS for Product Cost System
• The new RPPA document is a CIR for Cost
  Information Request.
• The former Windchill TRACR workflow (TRW
  Recovery and Cost Reporting) still exists after
  the RPPA process is completed, so TRACR is still
  displayed on some Windchill pages.

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Estimate CIR routing
Buyer receives an email that the estimate is in
progress.
Part
CIR header
Engineer
Part
Cost Analyst
Part
Financial Summary
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Refined CIR routing
Buyer
Part
Assembly Plant
CIR header
Buyer
Engineer
Cost Analyst
Part
Buyer
Part
Assembly Plant
Financial Summary
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Buyer defaults by commodity from CRS
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When a Refined CIR is submitted, the designated
buyer will receive an Auction/RFQ Windchill task
and email notification.
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Auction/RFQ task link to part detail and task
options
Link to part page
Options
Return to sender
Perform Auction
Send to Cost analyst
Choose another buyer
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To re-assign First update part detail and click
in Commodity box to select new buyerthen return
to task, choose Re-assign option and press Task
Complete.
Commodity determines which buyer receives the
request. (click in box for pop-up list)
If you do not choose a new buyer before pressing
Task Complete, the task will re-assign to you!
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Click Update to add suppliers
volumes
Possible Change Types
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This section may be used to expand on volume
details.
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Add Supplier link on Update part page
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Selecting suppliers and creating new suppliers.
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Select one or more (make sure Supplier contact is
correct) and press OK.
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Press Create RFQ to add RFQ details
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To send RFQ click on the RFQ Number link.
Click on one RFQ number link to display RFQ and
send email to supplier.
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This page will be attached to supplier email
(along with all part page attachments.)
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• To send email to suppliers
• Click Send Page to Supplier to show email
  window.
• To send the same email to all suppliers check
  Send to all suppliers.
• Add any attachments not on part page
• Press Send Email button.
• (note The emails are always sent To the buyer,
  The suppliers are blind copied, so they will not
  be able to see the other recipients.

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Submit RFQ Windchill tasks
When you send the email only the supplier on the
RFQ row will be automatically Submitted. Even
if you chose Email to all suppliers you must
still click this link from the part page to
indicate which suppliers have been RFQd.
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Windchill Purchasing possible tasks
Auction/RFQ is a request for Purchasing input to
a request. Submit RFQ indicates that suppliers
have been emailed RFQs. Supplier Response
Received indicates that a supplier has responded
to an RFQ. Quote Analysis records the Buyers
recommendation if multiple suppliers. Review
optionally records managers approval.
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Supplier Response Received task
If only one RFQ was sent, attach response to Part
page before pressing Task Complete to return
response to Cost Analyst. If more than one RFQ
was sent, the buyer will receive an additional
Quote Analysis task after all Supplier
Response Received tasks are complete.
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Quote Analysis task and optional manager Review.
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PCS Review Process Flow Refined CIR
TRW Assembly Plant CIR Coordinator
Sales/Engineer
Review CI Request
Route to Plant Engineers to collect data
Add labor/tooling costs
Initiate new program Cost Info requests
Commodity Buyer
Review Cost Information Request
Choose Suppliers
Email RFQ package
Review/Submit Quote
Review CIR
Prepare Quote
Supplier
Finance
Update Cost/Profit Tracking
Review Quote Response
Quote Analysis
Select Best Quote
Commodity Buyer
Outside Windchill
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Additional links on the right of the header page
display history, printable versions, plus
optional tooling recovery status.
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Roll out date will be announced as soon as buyer
training is complete. (targeting late September.)

• Once the new system is launched, the old Seatbelt
  RPPA system will no longer accept new requests.
• To report technical problems with PCS, call ext.
  3000 or email the NASC. Be sure to mention
  Windchill PCS and include the error message or a
  screen shot of the problem.
• For questions about how and when to use PCS,
  please contact your cost analyst.