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PLM 7.0 WebinarEric Stajda

April 2009

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PLM 7.0 Top Five Improvements

Before going into the demos, a short discussion about five improvements with PLM 7.0 Improvements are numerous, this is an

initial list based on key questions or problems that I have faced when working with customers during implementations and are now elegantly covered with PLM 7.0

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PLM 7.0 – Best In Class Interface

Every project I have been on has had some discussion around usability and the SAP GUI

For Engineering, the SAP GUI is not an intuitive to how they work Transaction based Information is spread out in

different compartments No dashboard feel

PLM 7.0 now delivers a user interface which ranks at the top with best of breed applications All information that an Engineer

or others need for decision making is centralized with key information related

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PLM 7.0 – No Transaction Codes

Transaction codes are not at the forefront “What is MM03? CV03N?”

For the expert user, transaction codes are great

PLM 7.0 offers easier navigation

Data that is related is connected and displayed in a meaningful manner Ex: You do not need to jump

between MM03 and CV03N

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PLM 7.0 – Visualization

Visualization is everywhere in PLM 7.0

The correct picture is shown with the related business object automatically

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PLM 7.0 – Cross Object Search

Cross object search functionality

One place to search the complete system

Same look and feel for all major PLM objects

Search based on a Full text search

Flexible and extendable

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PLM 7.0 – PCV: Embedded Analytics

Product Centric View (PCV) provides context sensitive analytics and supplementary information

Context is defined by the main application

Previews for charts and lists:

Real Time Data BI Reports Enterprise Search

Queries

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Demo: PLM 7.0