windchill pcs overview product cost system overview for cost analysts 03sep2008

Windchill PCS Overview

Product Cost System

Overview for Cost Analysts03Sep2008

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Windchill RPPA replacement system

• Windchill version of the RPPA system is called PCS for Product Cost System

• The new RPPA document is a CIR for Cost Information Request.

• The former Windchill TRACR workflow (TRW Recovery and Cost Reporting) still exists after the RPPA process is completed, so TRACR is still displayed on some Windchill pages.

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Estimate CIR routing

EngineerCost Analyst

CIR headerPart

Part

Part

Financial

Summary

Buyer receives an email that the estimate is in

progress.

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Refined CIR routing

Engineer Cost Analyst

Buyer

Assembly Plant

CIR headerPart

Buyer

Part

PartBuyer

Assembly Plant

Financial

Summary

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When a ‘Refined’ CIR is submitted, the designated buyer will receive an ‘Auction/RFQ Windchill task and email notification.

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Auction/RFQ task – link to part detail and task options

Return to senderPerform Auction

Send to Cost analystChoose another buyer

Link to part page

Options:

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To re-assign – First update part detail and click in Commodity box to select new buyer…then return to task, choose Re-assign option and press ‘Task Complete’.

If you do not choose a new buyer before pressing Task Complete, the task will re-assign to you!

Commodity determines which buyer receives the request.(click in box for pop-up list)

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Finance Estimate task

Link to part record

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volumes

Click Update to add suppliers

Possible Change Types:

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This section may be used to expand on volume details.

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Click Add Estimate to complete Estimate form.

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Add Estimate Details

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Estimate optional extension – Operation Details

This link will open a form to populate this information.

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Task received for Purchasing Responses

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Task received for plant responses.

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Financial Summary task – received when all responses for all parts are completed.

Attach response to CIR header.

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Requester may accept or request redefine

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PCS Review – Process Flow – ‘Refined’ CIR

Initiate new program Cost Info requests

Sales/Engineer

Review Cost InformationRequest

Choose Suppliers

ReviewQuote

Response

Commodity Buyer

Email RFQ package

Review CIRPrepareQuote

Review/SubmitQuote

Quote Analysis

SelectBest

Quote

Commodity Buyer

Supplier

UpdateCost/ProfitTracking

Finance

Review CIRequest

Route to Plant Engineers to collect data

TRW Assembly Plant CIR Coordinator

Add labor/tooling costs

Outside Windchill

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Additional links on the right of the header page display history, printable versions, plus optional tooling recovery status.

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Roll out date will be announced as soon as buyer training is complete. (targeting late September.)

• Once the new system is launched, the old Seatbelt RPPA system will no longer accept new requests.

• To report technical problems with PCS, call ext. 3000 or email the NASC. Be sure to mention Windchill PCS and include the error message or a screen shot of the problem.

• For questions about how and when to use PCS, please contact your cost analyst.