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Virtual Next

Building knowledge about current PLM

support for complex products

Jeanette Nilsson

Daniel Adin

Volvo Group Trucks Technology

Volvo GTT/GTO and Volvo Group IT

OUR CUSTOMERS

BUSINESS AREAS

CEO and Group

Executive Board

TRUCK DIVISIONS

Group

Trucks

Technology

Group Functions

UD Trucks Renault

Trucks Mack Trucks

Group Trucks

Asia & JVs

Volvo

Construction

Equipment

Volvo Buses Volvo Penta

Govern-

mental

Sales

Volvo

Financial

Services

Group

Trucks

Operations

Group

Trucks

Purchasing

Volvo Trucks

Our Organization


Group Trucks Operations

Manufacturing of cabs and trucks

for the Volvo, Renault Trucks, Mack

and UD Trucks brands as well as

production of the Group’s engines

and transmissions.

Spare part supply to the Group’s

customers and logistics operations.

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Virtual Next - CAD, VPDM & Configuration + Manufacturing Engineering

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Group Trucks Technology

Research and product

development of complete

vehicles, powertrain,

components and service

offering.

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Volvo GTT/GTO and Volvo Group IT Virtual Next - CAD, VPDM & Configuration + Manufacturing Engineering

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Vendors


To have understood how current main suppliers can support

3D product documentation and manufacturing preparation

of selected areas of a Volvo truck and the associated effort

for the new way of working


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Project Vision


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Project Scope

Collaboration

Shared data Product

3D geometries &

product structure

Tools & Equipment 3D

geometries & process

structure

CAD

systems for

Tools &

Equip. (3D

creation)

CAD

systems for

Product

geom. (3D

creation)

CAD

systems for

Tools &

Equip. (3D

creation)

CAD

systems for

Product

geom. (3D

creation)

CAD

systems for

Product

geom. (3D

creation)

CAD

systems for

Tools &

Equip. (3D

creation)

Physical

Part MDM

(Sprint)

Physical

Part PDM

(Kola)


For high variety product (a Truck) and its commodities (Cab, Engine, Chassis, Complete Vehicle)

and their individual properties and demands

For all product revisions; historic, current, future

For cases:

A) High variant case (i.e. to manage “10^67”)

B) Target products/configurations case

Support workflow/process/ communication in global company with multi-site, multi-factory

including Master Process support.

Be able to solve/handle (in some way) today’s:

A) Generated geometries (e.g. frame, props-shaft, routing?)

B) Generated positions (e.g. rear-axles, fuel tanks, joints)

For all part types (designed parts, standard parts, flex parts)

With possibility to have extended variants for manufacturing (e.g. split variants)


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Scope Conditions


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Project approach

Project

start

Suppliers

Contact

Feb Mars April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mars April

2016 2017

Extend Project

team kick-off

Project

Closed

Use-

case

develop

ment

(48)

Scope

anchoring with

Vendors

Project

analysis,

conclusions

and End

report

Workshop with vendors

(5 weeks/vendor)

• Concept reviews

• Rank use-case fulfilment

• Compile joint report with

vendors


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Current situation and obstacles Physical Part variant structure vs. CAD Module variant structure

Illustration of the dual structures that exist at Group Trucks today.

Physical part structure and virtual structure are documented and

maintained in separate structures as described in Figure

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The CAD-module was introduced in 1996

as a way to simplify packaging work for

complete trucks.

The CAD-module can be seen as a

‘geometry package unit’ built up of any

number of (part and help) geometries..

Over time the use of the CAD-module has

extended from packaging studies to e.g.

simulation and manufacturing preparations

which also means that the demands, the

expectations, on the CAD-module has

changed.


• Product complexity

• Change management

• Virtual collaboration and creation environment

• Manufacturing process management

• Analysis, filter, validation

• Admin, usability

The major learnings are grouped into six logical

areas to support the project scope


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Major Learnings


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Shared Context

Virtual Next Scope

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Parts and geometries are

typically documented in a tree

structure or in a flat (matrix)

structure.

Group Trucks current

documentation method can be

seen as an flat structure

Tree-based documentation is

very common in the CAD/PLM

world


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Product complexity Tree based documentation of complete products

Example of documentation of car models using tree structures.


• Clear documentation structure

• Can easily be aligned with

manufacturing BOPs

• Simplifies aggregation of data (e.g.

weight or cost)

• Quickly becomes very complex

when it holds more than a few

configurations

• Performance is affected as the

structure grows

Benefits

Drawbacks


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Product complexity Tree based documentation of complete products

Example of the results when documenting full truck complexity in tree

structures.


The issue is not

managing all geometry

files/data as such, but

being able to control the

sheer amount of possible

combinations.


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Product complexity Volvo Truck business characteristics

Examples of truck configurations and its geometrical variance


A passenger car is a very complex system with many customer options, but from a geometrical perspective the truck is much more complex.


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Product complexity Volvo Truck business characteristics

Schematic picture high-lighting some characteristic differences.


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Manufacturing process complexity The structures and definitions

Illustration of a generic structure of a manufacturing process management complexity

EBOM = Engineering Bill Of Material

MBOM = Manufacturing Bill Of Material

BOP = Bill Of Process

BOR = Bill Of Resource


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Deeper analysis of selected key areas Processes and workflows - Today

Plan what to build and verify

Develop Define Evaluate

Development

Freeze

Assess the result

Waiting time at freeze

Analysis and simulation

Virtual configuration and preparation

Difficult to achieve

collaboration during the

development phase


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Deeper analysis of selected key areas Processes and workflows - Vendor proposal

Current

Proposed

Efficient flow and quality of deliverables

Risk quality or add time Product Process Resources

M E

Product Process Resources

M E

Development Assess the result


Development Assess the result



All vendors support positioning for less

complex areas like engine and CAB with their

OOTB system.

None of the vendors can support the full

Group Trucks complexity with their OOTB

systems

A common system for 3D geometry reduces

the need for data transfers and manual data

validation. Cross-functional iterations can start

earlier, and more iterations can be performed.

This will support a shortening of lead time and

improve product quality.


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Conclusions


Thank you!


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