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INNOVAFUN is supported by the European Commission under the Europe INNOVA initiative

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Applying open standards to INNOVAteFUrNiture business processes

Case study: Implementation offunStep standard. Impact on

innovation in furniture companies


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13/09/2007 2www.europe-innova.org

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InnovafunProduct Data Technology

Some of the reasons are:

the quantity and the quality of product information necessary to sell a product are increasing

the product life is increasing due to reuse and recycle the life of the product data sometimes last longer than the product itself (as in the medical

and nuclear field)

the information society has an increasing role in any business

products have become more complex due to the development of the materials technology andnew processes

automation is spreading in any phase of the product development, from the design to therecycling

A new branch of technology is rapidly developing:

the Product Data Technology


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InnovafunIndustry concerns and demands

Most industrial data is generated and stored on computers and otherelectronical devices. This is causing that: many companies are obliged to maintain the hardware and software that has generated that data because it

cannot be interpreted by modern systems.

The information society is developing very fast and a system becomes obsoleteafter a few months: different computer systems;

different softwares; different program languages; different representation of the data; different structure of the data.

Industry is requiring that their information, besidesbeing perpetual, becomes also independent of

software systems

Systems need to be INTEROPERABLE!!!


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InnovafunInteroperability

Interoperability (Def) is the ability of two or more systems or

components to exchange information and to use theinformation that has been exchanged

IEEE Standard Computer Dictionary

Carnegie Mellon, Software Technology Roadmap, 2004

Enterprise systems and applications need to be

interoperable to achieve seamless operational and businessinteraction, and create networked organizations

European Group for Research on Interoperability, 2002


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InnovafunMotivations1 for Interoperability

e-Commerce is not working.

Market developments have slowed.

The investment communities have retrenched.

There is an abundance of technical solutions and standards.

But implementations

are far from pervasive

are more often than not isolated efforts and lack interoperability.

There is a need

to go back to the technical basics of what enables business practices in a given

context

to re-evaluate interoperability problems

to re-assess the models and value propositions of e-commerce businesses

to build industry confidence and buy-in.

1 - Man Sze Li (2003), member of the Second Chamber of the eEurope Steering Group,advisor for the European Commission and the Member States on the implementation of theeEurope 2005 Action Plan


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InnovafunHolistic Approach to Interoperability

Business layer: business

environment and business

processes

Knowledge layer: organisational

roles, skills and competencies ofemployees and knowledge assets

Applications, data and

communication components

Semantics: support mutual

understanding on all layers

Application

Data

Business

Knowledge

ApplicationSemantics

Business

Knowledge

Semantics

Enterprise A Enterprise B

Data

Communication

To achieve meaningful interoperability

between enterprises, Interoperabilitymust be achieved on all layers:


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InnovafunThe SMEs Challenge

SME present a major economic driving force.

However each SME cannot compete with large enterprises on equalbasis. Alone SMEs find it difficult to exploit market opportunities that exceed their

production capacity or ability of some sort.

In an global networked business environment, organizations need to be able todynamically adapt in order to take advantage of market opportunities.

In particular, SMEs need to be able to establish collaborativeactivities Principaly with others, i.e., externaly Willing to be able to compete with big enterprises.

Challenge is on presenting SMEs frameworks that will solve interoperability and integration issues

while facing the major concerns of SMEs when taking emerging technologies


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InnovafunSMEs Motivation on Interoperability

Reduction of processes error rate and costs

Optimize processes from internal integration

Better customer service and support

Homogenize business methods and services

Total control of own product and business data

Explore new markets through global integration

Widen collaboration for exploring opportunities

Implement once, conduct business with all!


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ISO 10303 (STEP)

Product Data Standards


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InnovafunWhat is STEP ISO 10303?

[ISO 10303 is an International Standard for the computer-interpretable representation of product informationand for the exchange of product data. The objective is to provide a neutral mechanism capable of describingproducts throughout their life cycle. This mechanism is suitable not only for neutral file exchange, but also asa basis for implementing and sharing product databases, and as a basis for archiving.]*

*from ISO 10303-1

International StandardInternational Standard

computer-interpretable representation

product information

exchange of product data. neutral mechanism

products throughout their life cycle

basis for implementing and sharing product databasesbasis for archiving

ISO 10303, also known as STEP (Standard for the Exchange ofProduct data) is a multi-part open-standard for the computer-interpretable representation of product information and for theexchange of product data under the manufacturing domain.


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InnovafunApplication Protocol (AP)

STEP Application protocols (APs) are information models that capture the

semantics of an industrial requirement and provide standardized structureswithin which data values can be understood by a computer implementation.

An AP defines neutral file formats (ISO 10303 Part 21 and Part 28) which cansupport all the product data required by the application. The neutral file formatscan be used for exchange between CAD, CAE and PDM (Product Data

Management) systems, and for the long term archiving of product data.

Also defines a reference data model that allows to describe context specificindustrial information along the full PLC:

conceptual view of that information (ARM Application Reference Model)

implementable specification (AIM Application Interpreted Model)

Data model is described both textually and graphically using the EXPRESS (ISO10303 Part 11) modeling language.


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InnovafunSTEP Strengths - STEP Weaknesses

Contains more than forty APs focused on ProductData Modeling

Large body of standardized, rigourously defined (byindustry people) technical concepts

Based on public data models, open architecture andsharable data, allowing companies to effectivelyexchange and share product information

Supports design reuse and provide access to dataacross all stages of PLM

Can integrate all Product Data providing a singlestandard Product Data Storage.

STEP modeling language (EXPRESS - ISO 10303-11)is very powerful.

Recent studies proved that the use STEP couldgenerate savings of about $1 bilion per year in the USautomotive, aerospace, and ship building industries(PDES, Inc)

Traditionally exchanged using ISO 10303-21(Part 21) Part 21 is an ASCII character based syntax, which

lacks extensibility and is hard for humans toread.

However recently XML structure (Part 28) wasalso introduced

STEP modeling language (EXPRESS) is complex andunfamiliar to most application developers

Lack of low-cost support Characteristic essential for reduced budget

organizations


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a Standard-based Initiative for SMEs


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InnovafunPast, present and future of funStep

http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=42340&ICS1=25&ICS2=40&ICS3=40

Last December AP236 achieved the final Status 60.60 International Standard!


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InnovafunISO 10303-236 Application protocol:

Furniture catalog and interior design


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InnovafunISO 10303-236: Conformance Classes

Product Decomposition:The management of each part of any product.

Product Composition:The management of a set of pieces of furniture that makes aComposition, as a pre-defined offer in their catalogues.

Documentation assignment:Allows the assignment of all kind of documentation, both digital andnon-digital to any product/part defined in the catalogue.

Properties and Independent properties definition:It is possible to define all kind of properties such as material,dimensions, prices, ...

Relationship between all kind of technical information as well withthe non-technical one:

As for example the commercial information or the period of time inwhich this information is valid.

Multilanguage:The feature of the internalization of the product data information in suchway that the product data information could be retrieved in the selectedlanguage.

CATALOG INFORMATION

The ISO 10303-236 standard defines a formalized structure for data catalog information:

[CC1]


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Geometry

Capability of managing CAD files andrepresentations including the aspectualcharacteristics without information lose.

[CC2]

Parameterized Data InformationAll the information related to the geometry could

be defined in base of variable properties ofassociated parts.

[CC3]

Interior Design Projects

Comprises the capability of placing the CADmodelled pieces of furniture in a room space.

[CC4]

SHAPE PRODUCT DATA REPRESENTATION

ISO 10303-236 : Conformance Classes


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Data Model overview for data

catalog exchange

Practical example


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One Enterprise could have one or

more catalogues.

One Catalogue could have one ormore lines or sub-lines or sub-sub-..-lines.

The purpose of a Catalogue is toorganize the products of the enterprisedue their own methodology and way ofworking.

using this Backbone structure togive set of Specifications to theproducts

Summer-Time

Wardrobes

Bed Header

Beds

Wardrobes202

Ward. 234

NeverEndingsW.

Complements

Pool Beds

Other

YDC 254 YDC 547

YDC 707 YDC 488

YDC 285 YDC 355

YDC 132 YDC 148

YDC 741 YDC 726

YDC 510 YDC 732

YDC 374 YDC 295


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Each Specification Category

could have one or more differentvalues.

These values could be exclusiveinside the SpecificationCategory.

It is possible to create rules for amore complex or specificobjects


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Wood

Without

Walnut

Walnut

Square

Product YDC 254

Wardrobe of Height 202. The applicable colors are Walnut, Cherry and Decape.

The Wardrobe it is entirely build of wood.

Could have a Walnut handle or a metallic one.

The Wardrobe has a interior drawer chest with sixdrawers.

The size is 202x175x80; the weight is 47Kg

We have 2 different pictures of the product in the

catalogue (refs: YDC254_1, YDC254_2) and aschematic draw from our designers (ref:YDC254_1)

Product YDC 547 Wardrobe of Height 202.

Made of Wood

The finishings are of walnut

Inside there is a medium square mirror

We have some technical related documentation and alsoa paper for their correct assembly.


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Doors

Structure

Interior Draw

Handles

YDC717.dwg

Block 2

Block 1

Block 3Block 4

Block 7

Block 6

Block 8

Block 9

Block 5

YDC254.dwg

Block 2

Block 1

Block 3

Block 4

Product Composition YDC-C 100 The finishing of all the furniture is walnut and everything

is made of wood.

It is composed of two bedside tables (ref YDC352), onebed (ref YDC374) one sifonier (ref YDC717) and onemirror (ref YDC211).

The composition has a special price of 15% of discount

Product YDC 254 We distinguish 4 different parts as they are different

concepts inside of it. We have a 3D model of it.

We have a direct link between the parts we haverecognized in the cad model and in my catalogue.

Product YDC 717. High variability It is a childrens sifonier.

All the drawers are painted with different colors!


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01/01/2007

31/12/2007

44 cm

120 cm

33 cm

115 cm

105 cm

45 cm

For a Product we can define all theproperties that are relevant for our

bussines: Dimensions Prices

.

But also we can determine the contextfor which these properties are

applicable.

Finally we can set the range of validityfor the products in the cataloguebased on dates, lots of products orrange of identification references.


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YDC 254

Madera

Con

Material

Color Base

Tirador

Cajon interior

Espejo

Num. cajones 6

OP254_1.jpg

Nogal Cerezo Decape

Nogal Metalico

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YDC 254

Wood

With

MaterialBase Colour

Handles

Interior Draw

Mirror

Drawer number 6

OP254_1.jpg

Walnut Cherry Decape

Walnut Metallic

OP254_1.gifOP254_2.jpg

Once you have defined all the catalogue in your

mother language, you can define a foreignlanguage you want to have your catalogue in andtranslate only the important entities and conceptsrelevant for your company or client.

In this example we focus in the specified product,however everything inside a catalogue could betranslated.


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Real implementations


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InnovafunMain data to exchange

Definition for the main data catalogue information: A product in its different versions and its specifications The structure of the product (the product itself or the

decomposition of the product in its components)

The effectivity of the catalogue itself or its products Additional documents (hardcopies or digital files) as pictures or

technical drawings

A classification of the products


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InnovafunReal Use Case in Spain

Fabricante N

Data Catalog Product

Ask for aninteriordecoproject

El Corte Ingls

Interface


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InnovafunAny requirement

we listenand ifneeded wedevelope


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