Customer was using a combination of mainframe and server-based CM systems. This was adopted to manage product configuration during the development, production and aftermarket segments. These proprietary CM systems were costly to maintain in terms of hardware, software and IT support. Few issues that they faced : The CM systems were extremely costly to maintain A lot of effort was required to keep the various CM databases (bills of material) in sync resulting in decrease in productivity Increased time-to-market in terms of product development The Solution Proposed Teamcenter software was suggested as the PLM digital enterprise backbone for the new system. Reasons for these were : Tight integration between NX and Teamcenter Teamcenter could be readily integrated with SAP system Enables product configuration data to seamlessly update supply and manufacturing applications Optimize the processes and reduce the production time The Panso Solution The key objective for the client was to have a tight integration between CAD and CM across its various global sites in a most cost-effective manner. For this very purpose, Panso developed TC-SAP Gateway solution for the seamless integration of the SAP Business Suite with Teamcenter. This provided an intelligent solution for company-wide consistent data and optimized processes that fulfills even the most sophisticated requirements. The solution integrated additional enterprise applications and extended Teamcenter-SAP ERP landscape even further! Key Highlights of the solutions: Immediate access to graphical and textual product data. Teamcenter manages entire information regarding the configuration changes Increases productivity by automating the entire process between engineering and supply base Notifications sent automatically to systems that creates the electronic assembly instructions for the mechanics. Enables validation by engineering department to a change in an assembly and the information flows immediately to SAP