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For our customers, the eQube^®-DaaS Platform based solutions have and continue to responsibly retire legacy systems, integrate legacy applications and COTS solutions across networks, deliver Low / No-code end-user centric 'For-Purpose' Apps with data federation, and deliver analytics / business intelligence capabilities that provide reports, KPIs and dashboards leading to actionable insights.

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eQube^®-DaaS Platform enables ULA to seamlessly orchestrate workflows across PLM and ERP

Integration | Data Synchronization | Data Orchestration

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Success story of BAE System Submarine | eQube

Successful synchronization for planning, procurement & accounting between Tc & SAP using eQube^®-DaaS Platform

Integration | Code-less | Data Synchronization

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Success story of Spirit Aerosystems | eQube

eQube^®-DaaS Platform successfully synchronizes SPIRIT Aerosystems Tc instance with prime partner

Data Transfer | Code-less | Data Synchronization

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eQube^®-DaaS Platform enables ULA to seamlessly orchestrate workflows across PLM and ERP

Highlights

Rapid solution deployment

No last-mile customization for COTs connector

Seamless orchestration of business processes

Business Opportunities

Avoid point-to-point integrations and synchronize PLM (Teamcenter) data with ERP (SAP)
Create and update materials, MBOM, Inspection records and classification on certain authoring events originating from PLM to SAP
Ability to orchestrate SAP workflows to manage various business processes involving systems and SMEs

Features

eQube^® process initiated by TC workflow
Creating/updating classification structures in SAP
Creating and managing change records for MM and MBOM
eQube^® SAP Connector was used to fetch SAP data
eQube^® SAP Connector leverages BAPIs, IDOCs, or OData services

eQube^® Benefits

Seamless integration of various workflows spread across PLM and ERP to orchestrate a business process
Managing multi-system transaction boundary
Code-less last-mile connectivity to systems using COTS eQube^® connectors
Rapid eQube^® solution deployment (within 3 months) without disrupting or deploying any component on end-systems

eQube^® Products used

eQube^®-TM and eQube^®-MI
eQube^® Connectors: Teamcenter, SAP ECC6, and Web Service Connector
Model driven integration approach

eQube^®-DaaS Platform successfully synchronizes SPIRIT Aerosystems Tc instance with prime partner

Highlights

Integration across two organizations

Low Code/No Code integration

Automated data transfer

Business Opportunities

Keeping the SPIRIT Teamcenter In synch with the Prime's Teamcenter
- Commercial Part, Raw Material, Components and Assembly Parts, Assembly BOM, Technical documents, Engineering change, CAD Models and data sets need to be kept in Synch
Synchronize SPIRIT Teamcenter data with SAP
- Document Information Records ('DIR' - Parts List, Drawing Picture sheets, CAD Files, Customer specifications), Classification on Document
- Material Masters (Commercial, Raw Material and Components)
- Material BOMs (Components and Assembly BOM)
- Effectivity on BOM/Variant Configuration/Object dependency
- Engineering Change Masters
- Production Order link to Document Notes

Features

Data Transfer process automatically initiated once Prime's hand off package is available in a shared file location
Creating/updating various structures in Teamcenter and SAP
Creating Effectivity on BOM/Variant Configuration/Object dependency
eQube^® SAP Connector was used to fetch SAP data
- eQube^® SAP Connector leverages BAPIs, IDOCs, or OData services

eQube^® Benefits

Seamless integration of various workflows spread across Teamcenter and SAP to orchestrate a business process from receiving the hand-off package from the Prime to updating the data in SPIRIT Teamcenter and SAP
Code-less last-mile connectivity to systems using COTS eQube^® connectors

eQube^® Products Used

eQube^®-MI and eQube^®-TM
eQube^® Connectors: Teamcenter, SAP ECC6, and Files
Model driven integration approach

Success story of NGC - Integration | eQube

eQ delivers a seamless integration solution for NGC using eQube^®-DaaS Platform's 'No Code' connectors

Integration | Code-less | Data synchronization

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eQube^®-DaaS Platform successfully optimizes Manufacturing BOM across Tc and SAP for Northrop Grumman

For-Purpose App | Data Federation | Smart Cache

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eQube^®-DaaS Platform's PDP solution implementation sky rockets Northrop Grumman's productivity

For-Purpose App | Data Federation | Smart Cache

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eQ delivers a seamless integration solution for NGC using eQube^®-DaaS Platform's 'No Code' connectors

Highlights

Rapid solution development

30% Increase in productivity

1 hour Significant reduction in training time

Business Opportunities

Material Master Data synchronization between PLM & ERP (two way)
- Parts created in PLM are transferred to ERP - triggered by release workflow
- Additional attributes populated in ERP are brought back in PLM for reference
MBOM transfer from PLM to ERP
- Complex data extraction & transformation needed to create Change Masters (Effectivity) and MBOM data in SAP
- Revisions of BOM in PLM are calculated to translate into add/modify/delete in SAP
BOP transfer from PLM to ERP
- Includes SWI (Supplier Work Instructions)
- Operations, TWIs, Workcenters, Tools and Effectivity data
BOP transfer from PLM to MES
- Includes TWIs, Workcenters, Tools along with Effectivity data, attached documents/artefacts

Features

Failure messages returned from destination system are made available in PLM audit logs to end users
Modular design allows reuse of sub-processes reducing development and maintenance efforts
Validations included as part of transformation logic which ensures data quality

eQube^® Products Used

eQube^®-MI
eQube^® Connectors: Teamcenter, Databases
Publish to Webservice - to communicate with SAP/PI
Common eQube^®-MI processes used across interfaces for error handling, workflow sign-offs etc

eQube^® Benefits

Seamless integration with Teamcenter and SAP workflows leveraging the Northrop Grumman processes
Features such as Wait-Publish Auto Retry used to ensure data integrity & minimum human intervention
"Upgrade tolerant" - Code-less last-mile connectivity to systems using COTS eQube connectors

eQube^®-DaaS Platform successfully optimizes Manufacturing BOM across Tc and SAP for Northrop Grumman

Highlights

Enhanced quality & productivity

Improved user adoption

Real-time data reconciliation

Business Opportunities

Eliminate navigating between systems and author/edit across two source systems (Teamcenter and SAP) in an intuitive and productive manor.
Introduce timely enhancements to each system and its user interface without source system customizations.
Synchronization of Material Master Data between Teamcenter and SAP (two way)
Improved user adoption due to usability and productivity
Enhanced productivity enabling execution of program schedule

Features

EasyMOBM consolidated and orchestrated task based activities in a single click operations within a single screen in most cases
No modifications to Teamcenter, SAP, or Customer Customization layers were required
Orchestrations driven by business processes within and across both systems Real time reconciliation on live data from Teamcenter and SAP reduced error and infrastructure costs
Increased productivity with improved quality

eQube^® Benefits

EasyMBOM was developed as a 'for-purpose' app
Single intuitive user interface with federated data from Teamcenter and SAP
User adoption increased
Real time reconciliation of Teamcenter and SAP data

eQube^® Products used

eQube^®-MI and eQube^®-API Gateway
eQube^® Web App Toolkit for Visualization layer
Data virtualization layer for data mashups
Smart Cache technologies user for performance

EasyMBOM within a single federated window allows the Manufacturing Engineering community to Easily apply/author the necessary MRP attributes to any level of the MBOM structure. Data created within EasyMBOM is instantly sent to SAP enabling many other functions that cannot be accomplished within Teamcenter's Manufacturing Process Planner such as split off and synthetic part numbers.

NGAS OPS Manufacturing Lead and SME

eQube^®-DaaS Platform's PDP solution implementation sky rockets Northrop Grumman's productivity

Highlights

Improved product definition

30% Increased user adoption

Smart, intuitive interface

Business Opportunities

Improve user productivity in developing Product Definition Packages (PDP)
Provide an intuitive user business process interface to improve use adoption
Deploy authoring/editing interface that improves accuracy, reduces training
Infrastructure to introduce timely enhancements to the system and user interface

Features

The EasyPDP ‘For-Purpose’ App, for most use cases. consolidated and orchestrated task-based activities in single click operations within a single screen
No modifications to Teamcenter or Teamcenter Customer customization layers were required
Orchestrations driven by business processes
Reduction of over 90% of user interactions (picks and clicks/windows)
Increased user productivity with improved quality

eQube^® Benefits

User adoption increased
Consistent EasyPDP interface for both Teamcenter Unified and Teamcenter
Enterprise benefiting user training, adoption and productivity

eQube^® Products Used

eQube^®-MI and eQube^®-API Gateway
eQube^® Web App Toolkit for building the EasyPDP app
eQ Smart Cache technologies used for performance

I want to thank eQube and especially the EasyPDP Development Team for their dedicated support to develop, deliver, and deploy a much needed application for our user community. We have all worked through some unbelievable circumstances to get to this major milestone. On Monday the EasyPDP application will be available for use to over 200+ PDP authors, which is an incredible accomplishment in a very short period of time. The persistent dedication from the entire team was at times pushed to the limits; but each one of us was not going to let any of our teammates down…a true testament to "teamwork".

PATRICK K. SMITH | Engineering Systems Architect

Northrop Grumman Corporation | Aeronautics Systems

Northrop Grumman leverages MBSE enabling the Digital Thread powered by eQube^®

Digital Thread | For-Purpose App | Data Orchestration

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Northrop Grumman implements a Self Serve 'For-Purpose' App using eQube^®-DaaS Platform

Self-Serve | Data Federation | Data Orchestration

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Success story of A Packaged Foods Company | eQube

'eQ Integrator' App reduces need for specialist resources

Integration | Migration | For-Purpose App Data Analysis

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Northrop Grumman leverages MBSE enabling the Digital Thread powered by eQube^®

Highlights

Short training cycle

Compelling KPI dashboards

MBSE orchestration between multiple applications

Business Opportunities

Ability to automatically establish MBSE digital thread while authors work in various systems of record (SORs)
Eliminate Manual and error prone processes to track and validate MBSE digital thread
Reduce cross-training engineering workforce to build digital thread due to infrastructure and data / process ownership
User friendly visualization and navigation of MBSE digital thread

Features

Agnostic to the disparate MBSE systems
Auto creates objects across MBSE tools
In the background, creates links and relationships assuring a “digital thread” across MBSE tools
Orchestrates business processes across multiple MBSE tools
Provides insights into the health of the ‘digital thread’ during the entire MBSE lifecycle (Mechanical, Electrical, Firmware)
Leverages MBSE systems providing closed loop verification with actionable insight
Integrated A/BI for KPI, Metrics, and Model Maturity

eQube^® Benefits

Established the MBSE digital thread in the background across various applications while authors continued to work in various SORs (P6, DOORS-NG, CAMEO, JIRA, BitBucket, ArtiFactory, and Teamcenter UA)
Delivered a ‘For-Purpose’ App for MBSE to visualize, navigate and maintain the MBSE digital thread
Embedded KPI portal for: Design maturity, Earned Value, Quality, and Validation

eQube^® Products Used

eQube^®-TM, eQube^®-API Gateway, eQube^®-MI and eQube^®-BI
eQube^® Web App Toolkit for building the 'For-Purpose' App
Orchestration between multiple MBSE applications

Northrop Grumman implements a Self Serve 'For-Purpose' App using eQube^®-DaaS Platform

Highlights

Unified intuitive interface

Quick user onboarding

Built-in real-time advanced analytics

Business Opportunities

Simplify Employee onboarding process with reduced cycle time
Eliminate error prone manual process resulted in access and permission gaps
Improve user adoption of the infrastructure systems and productivity tools
Automation of account generation and maintenance

Features

Self serve for users and managers to request/approve system accounts with permissions for Teamcenter and eQube^®
No modifications to Teamcenter or Customer Customization layers were required
Improved productivity:
- UAR App consolidated and orchestrated task based activities in a single click operation on one screen
- Ability to copy access permissions from existing users
- Single location to create and assign permissions for authors, consumers, approvers, and combinations of the above across programs/projects
- Self-serve capability removed dependency on SMEs and Admins ability to create templates for grouping roles for simplified request creation

eQube^® Benefits

Orchestrates account approval process
Supports Supplier access
Automated account creation and notification
Automated Group and Role assignments
Advanced reporting and analytics for real time analysis

eQube^® Products Used

eQube^®-MI and eQube^®-API Gateway
eQube^® Web App Toolkit for Visualization layer GUI
eQ's smart Cache technologies for improved performance
Authentication: SSO with active directory using Kerberos allowing any windows user access to UAR

The UAR tool has made it much easier and faster for Programs to add, modify, and remove Teamcenter user access in the Organizations it supports. UAR also reduced the manual touch time for both the approval process and the Teamcenter Admins. Once access approval is obtained the typical time to account creation/modification has been reduced form days/hours to minutes/seconds.

NGAS Teamcenter Access Manager

'eQ Integrator' App reduces need for specialist resources

Highlights

Rapid development of 'eQ Integrator' App

Intuitive data enrichment workflows

Resource needs reduced by 50%

Business Opportunities

Integrating the Material and Product Specification system from acquired packaged foods brands
- Integrating the Material and Product specification systems took too long
  - Many overlapping ingredients get used in Source and Target systems with minor differences. Details are scattered across applications
Historically, Source systems data was entered/edited manually causing errors
Searching for the right data and documents was time consuming
Large number of resources needed

Features

eQ Integrator App enabled data enrichment and cleansing through user friendly UI
- Intermediate data cache was created to reconcile differences between source systems with Oracle Agile PLM and for data enrichment
Creates various types of specifications in Oracle Agile for Process and SAP - Ingredients, Formulations, Trade Specs, Packaging, Master Recipe etc.
At a glance comparison between existing and incoming specs - including extended attributes such as chemical and physical properties
In built verifications to enforce PLM processes (e.g. mandatory attributes, LOVs from PLM etc.)
Same eQ Integrator App can be re-used for new acquisitions by changing eQube^®-TM maps with minimal changes to the App

eQube^® Benefits

Material and Product Specification system Integration time reduced by 75%
- Target system 1: Oracle Agile PLM for Process - Ingredients, Formulations, Trade Specs, Packaging, Master Recipe etc.
- Target system 2: SAP ECC6 - Ingredients, Packaging, Master Recipe etc.
Internal resource needs reduced by 50%, lowering the overall costs
Data and documents are presented to cleansers without searching
Appropriate data elements automatically created in Oracle Agile and in SAP using transformation rules

eQube^® Products Used

eQube^®-BI, eQube^®-ADA, eQube^®-TM, and eQube^®-MI
eQube^® Connectors used: Oracle Agile PLM for Process, SAP ECC6, Databases, Excel, and files
eQ Integrator - "For-Purpose" App built using eQube^®-API gateway and eQube^® UI services
ADA (augmented data analytics) analysis sorts data based on semantic similarities into match/no-match buckets
Review, resolve, verify and commit approach
Most-used and high-impacting specs were prioritized for migration

A Packaging food company integration | eqube

JCB uses eQube^®-MI based 'For-Purpose' Apps to integrate data from multiple systems using real-time analytics.

Integration | Code-less | Data synchronization

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BHGE successfully migrates data from multiple systems using eQube^®-DaaS Platform

For-Purpose App | Data Federation | Smart Cache

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory deploys eQube^®-BI to track Product Data and its usage.

For-Purpose App | Data Federation | Smart Cache

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BHGE successfully migrates data from multiple systems using eQube^®-DaaS Platform

Highlights

No custom code for last-mile connectivity

100% Data accuracy achieved

Multiple systems consolidated into a single Tc instance

Business Opportunities

Migrate data from multiple systems viz. Teamcenter 9.x with SFC, Teamcenter 11.x, SAP5, EPDM, SharePoint, Solid works, Creo, Files and homegrown systems to Teamcenter 11.5.
Consolidate SolidWorks CAD models to a single multi CAD (SolidWorks, Creo, NX) Teamcenter 11.5 instance.
Migration approach should allow different business units to go-live at various points of time.
Manage changes to migration strategy and execution due to evolving TO-BE Tc data model.
Approx. 1 million objects and datasets originating from various end-systems were to be migrated.

Feature

Migration strategy: Bulk load + Delta

Bulk-load of source systems data is followed by continuous synchronization of source systems data to new Teamcenter.

eQube^® SAP Connector was used to fetch SAP data

eQube^® SAP Connector leverages BAPIs, IDOCs, or OData services.

Materials, Assemblies, Classification and DIR Info were replicated from SAP to Teamcenter.

eQube^® Products used

eQube^®-TM, eQube^®-MI and eQube^®-GMP.
eQube^® Connectors used: Teamcenter, SAP, Relational DB, Files, SharePoint, and NX CAD.
Model driven migration and synchronization approach.

eQube^® Benefits

Code-less last-mile connectivity to systems using COTS eQube connectors. Data profiling and cleansing ensured that 100% accurate data was migrated to the new Teamcenter instance.
Consolidated multi-CAD source systems into a single Teamcenter instance

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Digital Transformation of the organizations using eQube^®-DaaS Platform.

eQube^®-MI Fact Sheet

eQube^®-MI is a powerful Low-code/No-code integration platform that establishes a Digital Backbone of integrated applications.

eQube^®-TM Fact Sheet

eQube^®-TM has unprecedented capabilities that create knowledge base applications data models, complex maps & transformation rules.

eQube^®-BI Fact Sheet

eQube^®-BI is a revolutionary Business Intelligence solution that Democratizes BI.

eQube^®-DP Fact Sheet

eQube^®-DP is a data profiling solution that assesses data quality and provides data correction/repair capabilities.

eQube^®-GMP Fact Sheet

eQube^®-GMP allows to comprehensively plan, schedule, and execute data migration catering to multiple migration strategies.

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