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Shaping the PLM Platform of the future

“Obsolescence of Information Systems: Hardware and PLM Applications”

Jean-Bernard Hentz, Airbus - CAD/CAM/PDM R&T and IT Backbones

Airbus

Max Fouache, IBM A&D Global Industry, Member IBM Industry Academy

([email protected])


Agenda of the presentation

� PLM Obsolescence

� Methodology Approach

� Airbus experience

� IT components

� Information and Data preservation


IBM at a glance

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$104.5BRevenue $17.6BIncome

Operations in over 170 countries

ServicesKey Business Segments

Software HardwareResearch Financing

A highly inclusive workforce

430,000 employees

50% with less than 5 years of service

40% working remotely






� IT components



Obsolescence : Some DefinitionsWikipedia :

Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service or practice is no longer wanted even though it may

still be in good working order. Obsolescence frequently occurs because a replacement has become available that is

superior in one or more aspects. (Wikipedia)

Software Obsolescence*:

� 1. Functional Obsolescence: Hardware, requirements, or other software changes to the system obsolete the functionality of the software (includes hardware obsolescence precipitated software obsolescence; and software that obsoletes software).

� 2. Technological Obsolescence: The sales and/or support for COTS software terminates:

– The original supplier no longer sells the software as new (end-of-sale)

– The inability to expand or renew licensing agreements (legally unprocurable)

– Software maintenance terminates - the original supplier and/or third parties no longer support the software (end-of-support)

� 3. Logistical Obsolescence: Digital media obsolescence, formatting, or degradation limits or terminates access to software.

*Source : Software Obsolescence – Complicating the Part and Technology Obsolescence Management Problem

Peter Sandborn, CALCE, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland


Wikipedia :

Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service or practice is no longer wanted even though it may

still be in good working order. Obsolescence frequently occurs because a replacement has become available that is superior

in one or more aspects. (Wikipedia)

Software Obsolescence*:

� 1. Functional Obsolescence: Hardware, requirements, or other software changes to the system obsolete the functionality of the software (includes hardware obsolescence precipitated software obsolescence; and software that obsoletes software).

� 2. Technological Obsolescence: The sales and/or support for COTS software terminates:

– The original supplier no longer sells the software as new (end-of-sale)

– The inability to expand or renew licensing agreements (legally unprocurable)

– Software maintenance terminates - the original supplier and/or third parties no longer support the software (end-of-support)

� 3. Logistical Obsolescence: Digital media obsolescence, formatting, or degradation limits or terminates access to software.

*Source : Software Obsolescence – Complicating the Part and Technology Obsolescence Management Problem

Peter Sandborn, CALCE, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland

Obsolescence : Some Definitions

“The only big companies that succeed will be those that obsolete their

own products before someone else does”

Bill Gates Founder, Microsoft Corp.


1sth Dec 1903

Wright Flyer

12th Sept 1935

Gloster Galdiator

1st Oct 1969

Concorde

25th Oct 1991

A340

28th Oct 1972

A300

27th April 2005

A380

Founded

1924

27th July 1949

Comet

March 1994

3rd Apr 1982

A320

SEGATE HD

1980

UNIX 1969

20101905 1910 1915 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005

75 years

22nd Dec 1916

Sopwith Camel

IBM RAMAC

1956

Founded

1970

1982

VAX

1977

5 ¼ Floppy Disk

1976

IBM 3340 Winchester HD

1973

2001

V5 1998

V4 1993Founded

1981

Windows

1985

Windows 7

2009

V6 2008

British and Colonial

Aeroplane Company Ltd

1910

Founded

1960

IBM Electronic Search Systems

Card Scanner

1952

* Note: Dates for A/C are 1st flights

Aligning Product and IS / IT Lifecycles ?

Tabulating

1914

2011 2012 2013 2014

2014

A350


§IT Domain

Business Domain

H/W (5yrs)

O/S (5yrs)

M/W (5yrs +)

APPS (5yrs)

Methods (5-10yrs)

People (5-10yrs) Process (5-20yrs)

Data (75yrs +)

Certification (75yrs +)

Through Life Support (75yrs +)

Customer Req.

Regulation

Business Strategy

Change Mgmt

Innovation

Change Mgmt

IT Strategy

IT Governance

Paradigm of Lifecycles

The “wobbly blocks” will never be in complete balance, but having a clear focus and

roadmaps for what is holding the business blocks up will stabilise the system


The IT Challenges

� Increase in Number & CostThere are competing considerations for Legacy Applications that can result in stalemate – and ultimately a legacy portfolio steadily increasing in size over time

� Application Portfolio as an Eco SystemThe application portfolio needs to be sustainable We cannot keep implementing new applications without retiring old ones

� Certification data required to be retained and costs of environment Re-CertificationIs varied, in many forms, in many different locations and related in many ways

� Intellectual capital and skills need to be retainedIn order to manage legacy systems and interpret retrieved data

� Proprietary formats and hardwareUnlikely to be supportable for the time periods envisaged

No. Legacy Applications

Cost & Risk

Maintain Legacy Applications

Time

Business Value of Legacy

Applications

Co

st /

No

. A

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� IT components



Approach

1. Identify what is business, regulatory and legal critical

– Risk identification and mitigation

2. Identify the business value

– Optimisation of Business Value vs Cost

– Risk management

3. Develop roadmaps for capabilities and associated applications lifecycles

– Optimising application lifecycle and retirement of legacy application allowing focus on development to increases needed capability

4. Practice capability planning as part of business as usual

– Monitoring, planning, governance and audit to reduce risk associated with change factors

Inventory / Impact analysis / Measure

– Optimisation of spend between operational and development






� IT components


PHC - GHP Obsolescence

PoC of Virtualisation

Context overview: Virtualization of CATIA

• Airbus Group, like other A&D OEMs and suppliers, have a strategy to migrate over time as much as possible data from the current A/C programs authoring tools to the latest chosen standard : example CATIA V4 to CATIA V5 R21

• There is a need for engineering resource agility across programs forces parallel access to two different authoring platform (different tool , version or customizations).

• In some specific case, there might be a need to keep application access in its native version and within its original context (OS , custo ..) to find original data such footnotes, annotations etc

• Regular Microsoft Windows support policies (such as end of support Windows XP in 4/2014) force Airbus to migrate regularly their workstations to remain supported.

• Tablets and more generally , mobility access to 3D data is a potential new usage

This POC objective is therefore to demonstrate / evaluate capabilities of a Virtualized CAD Environment in the Airbus Group context

Main architecture challenges:- Application / infrastructure as a service until

2020 at least

- Windows and Unix

- Security

- Graphic servers separated from applications

one

x86 Server, Linux 6.4

2 Sockets – 16C

256 Gb RAM2 Nvidia Grid K2

10 Gb Eth, No Fiber Channel

Virtualization POC, based on Power server and Linux

ExceedOnDemand as well as Windows graphical rendering technology

POWER Server2 Sockets – 16 C

512 Gb RAMAIX 7 – Power VM

10 Gb Eth, No FC 3DCOM

VPM

Windchill

…

- PC( XP, W7 or W8)

PDM TiersRemote Access Tiers CAD Authoring: CATIA V5 R21, R18, CATIA V4,Cadds5, SeeXP

LAN

WPARWPAR WPAR

Rendering Server

Pla

tform

Po

rtal

PA

C -

LS

F

x86 Server, Linux 6.4

2 Sockets – 16C256 Gb RAM

2 Nvidia Grid K210 Gb Eth,

No Fiber Channel

In scope

Not in scope

- PC( XP, W7 or W8)

1

3

IBM supplied

CIMPA supplied

2 - Tablet W8)

WAN

LANLAN

Proposed tests to address during the POC

• Functional capability and compatibility related to Airbus Group customizations

Verify that users find the same functional environment like the one on their own workstation including

the customization (quickchecker , etc)

• Usability : remote visu , data loading, rendering , latency impact

Verify that impact is limited on end user (latency effect versus the model size, time to load simple and

large models etc)

• Flexibility : 1 user to run multiple sessions from multiple programs

Verify capability to parallelize design sessions

• Performance / scalability

– Campus mode

– WAN mode (while remaining within AIRBUS SPAN network)

• Enhanced functionality : access through other mobile devices (tablets , etc)

Verify usability , performance with tablet on WIFI

• Serviceability : Monitoring and load balancing capabilities

• Adaptative bandwidth management (ExceedOnDemand)

Measure used bandwidth per user when number of users increase (wan access)

• Test other legacy application candidate for obsolescence management

Scenarios description

15 October 2014

PHC - GHP Obsolescence - PoC of Virtualisation – 26/06/2014

17

Software Client Network Scenario Duration

CATIA V4 / AIX

Exceed on Demand

LAN Visualize an existing assemblyManipulate visualization (rotation, translation, zoom)Create a model

10”

CATIA V5 / AIX

Exceed on Demand

LAN Visualize an existing assemblyManipulate visualization (rotation, translation, zoom)Generate dynamic sections

10”

CATIA V4 / AIXCATIA V5 /AIX

Exceed on Demand

LAN Show that CV4 and CV5 can be run in // 5”

CATIA V5 / Windows

Citrix WAN Visualize an existing assembly (1 Gb of data)Manipulate visualization (rotation, translation, zoom)Generate dynamic sectionsCreate a new assemblyCreate an elementUpdate an elementCreate a drawing

20”

CATIA V5 - Exceed on Demand

15 October 2014


18

CATIA V5 – CITRIX (1/2)

15 October 2014


19

CATIA V5 – CITRIX (2/2)

15 October 2014


20

Demonstration technical scenario

Indirect rendering (UNIX Use cases)

User connects first to Exceed on

demand server then selects Catia

virtualized server

21

ExceedOnDemand

Catia V5 AIX

� Direct rendering (Windows Use cases)

User selects & connects directly to the virtualized desktop and launchCatia

Catia V5 Windows






� IT components



1. Universal access to graphics data and apps from any device including tablets and smartphones

2. Support demanding designers/engineers and less demanding viewers and editors

3. Fluid experience over low bandwidth, high-latency networks – within limits

4. Support latest and broadest array of graphics APIs

5. Desktops, apps, and data secured in the datacenter with granular access policies

6. Simplified, centralized management of consolidated engineering IT resources and reduced support costs

3D Virtual Desktop Infrastructure : Essential Solution Characteristics


Generic VDI architecture based on choice of multi hardware / OS architecture

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PLM

Client Tiers

Any device , Mobile, Tabletor PC w/ XP,

W7 or W8

PDM TiersRemote Access Tiers CAD Authoring Tiers

LAN

WPARWPAR WPAR

Trusted zone

WAN

LANLAN

Rendering Server

CAD CAD CAD


Enforcing a more solid Securitry and IP protection mechanism

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PLM

Client Tiers

Any device , Mobile, Tabletor PC w/ XP,

W7 or W8

PDM TiersRemote Access Tiers CAD Authoring Tiers

LAN

WPARWPAR WPAR

Trusted zone

WAN

LANLAN

Rendering Server

CAD CAD CAD

Enforce Identity management (proofing)

Authentification Management

Authorization Management



Flow protection

Fraud Detection

Integrated investigative reporting system

IBM Security

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The goal of the OpenPOWER Foundation is to create an open ecosystem,

using the POWER Architecture to share expertise, investment, and

server-class intellectual property to serve the evolving needs of customers.

OpenPower – a game changer to drive industry innovation

– Opening the architecture to give the industry the ability to innovate across the full Hardware

and Software stack

Simplify system design with alternative architecture

Includes SOC design, Bus Specifications, Reference Designs, FW OS and Open Source Hypervisor

Little Endian Linux to ease the migration of software to

POWER

– Driving an expansion of enterprise class Hardware and Software stack for the data center

– Building a complete ecosystem to provide customers with the flexibility to build servers best

suited to the Power architecture


IBM Solutions for Engineering Cloud(s)

1. IBM suite of “Engineering Cloud” solutions include

– Remote CAD/CAM / VDI

– Core PLM applications

– Technical computing (HPC)

– Storage and Data Movement

– Security

2. Working with key PLM vendors

– Siemens PLM

– Dassault Systemes

– PTC

– Oracle

– SAP

– IBM Rational

– Cadence

– etc.

Private, Public, Hybrid

Portal Supplier /

Partner

Collaboration

Hub

TC Cloud

Mgmt

Defect

Management

Systems &

Software

Engineering

ISV / Partner Apps

IBM Applications

ISV/Partner

Interactive / Batch

Jobs

Simulation

Management

Application Cloud

Technical Computing CloudEDA, CFD, EM

analysis, etc.

Product Data

Management

2D

Rmt

Remote

Client

Browser

Desktop Cloud

3D

Rmt

ECAD

CAE Viz

Requirements

MCAD

Platform

Computing

“C:\”

Storage Cloud

Global

file sys

Flash

Flash

Comprehensive

Security






� IT components



� Protect Engineering Knowledge

� Insure Design to Manufacture to Maintain

� Support Regulatory Compliance

� Manage Corporate Risks

Long Term PLM Data Preservation in support of Obsolescence Management(75+ Years)

Data

Preservation

Logical

Preservation

Bit

Preservation


PLM LTDP - Solution Overview

PLM/PDM System

“OAIS” Archive System(DIAS PLM) OAIS Audit

Audit Process“STEP +” Archive Preparation System

Third party

certificate

Ex

tern

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pa

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(fo

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ga

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it)

4-1.2

MANAGEMENT

Ingest

Data Management

SIP

AIPDIP

queries

result sets

Access

PRODUCER

CONSUMER

Descriptive

Info

AIP

orders

Descriptive Info

Archival Storage

Administration

Preservation Planning


Conclusion

� Facts:

– In certain industries such as A&D, Nuclear, Ship Building the Product life cycle time scale and the IT/IS lifecycle time scale are of different magnitude

– To benefit from PLM of the future, PLM of the past has to be managed, migration is not the only answer

� Solutions exist to mitigate risks and reduce costs of PLM Obsolescence

� Use and compliance to Standards are key

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