New add-on adds product data management to Microsoft Dynamics NAV

With the add-on module, companies can manage technical documents from areas such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and electronics company-wide based on consistent rules. Drawings and documents relevant to production, purchasing or service are provided automatically, depending on the situation, during the process. Also the drawing revision after product changes will be carried out independently by the software. The most important functions of cc|product data management include:

• the integrated drawing management,
• the revision management
• the consistent change management and the
• connection to more than 20 common CAD/PLM/PDM systems.

Via drawing management, any number of drawings and drawing revisions can be managed. These can be flexibly assigned to items or parts lists and, consequently, allow for a higher transparency with a view to the subsequent data usage. Via status management, engineers are able to specifically include or exclude drawings or documents in or from the process.

Revision management ensures the consistency of data in the case of changes. An important point is the usage check which determines the application area of the individual drawings. Based on this information, it will then be decided if the entire product structure, the assembly or only the individual part is to be revised.

Through change management, cross-departmental processes can be controlled specifically. The change requests will be directly transferred to the design department. Detailed information about the type of change and the components affected are available. On this basis, the designer can then check the process and decide about product changes. Each product change is included into the company organization via a change order. In addition, a flexible task list defines the jobs of the departments involved. As a result, designers can recognize the current status of the changes at any time.