Synchronize Mechanical, Electronic, Software and Electrical Interconnect Lifecycles

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Today’s products are increasingly designed with built-in intelligence, which means that software-driven electronics are becoming an important part of a multi-domain product development environment. The addition of electronics and embedded software to an already complex product development process creates new challenges for your company’s schedule, cost, and quality targets. In fact, research indicates that 55 percent of repair costs are derived from software-driven electronics issues.

The development processes and lifecycles in each design domain are different yet interdependent:

• Mechanical components place multiple constraints on the design of electronics and electrical interconnect
• Electronic subsystems require collaboration and optimization among multiple disciplines, from design and sourcing though manufacture, which must include early consideration of environmental compliance issues that affect the product’s end-of-life
• Software modules have a fairly short lifecycle in which engineering changes are quickly incorporated, enabling regular product updates which require embedded software to be tracked and managed as a “part”
• Communication among multiple software modules and electronic subsystems requires flexible electrical interconnect designs that can be used across multiple product configurations and platforms.

All of these different types of data, as well as their change processes, must be managed and shared — and not just within your own company, but with your suppliers participating from all over the world. This takes the demand for product lifecycle management (PLM) to a whole new level.

Teamcenter Brings Together Mechatronics Product and Process Knowledge

Teamcenter’s mechatronics process management solution provides you with a rich environment for the associative development of mechanical, electronic, software and electrical interconnect technologies in a single source of product and process knowledge. Teamcenter establishes a common data model across your engineering domains within a common PLM framework. Your individual development teams can retain their mechanical, electronic, software and electrical interconnect focus, while working together in-context to meet your overall development goals.

With Teamcenter, your company can deliver more innovative, higher quality products to market faster, with fewer resources and lower warranty costs.