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.


Estimate CIR routing

EngineerCost Analyst

CIR headerPart

Part

Part

Financial

Summary

Buyer receives an email that the estimate is in

progress.


Refined CIR routing

Engineer Cost Analyst

Buyer

Assembly Plant

CIR headerPart

Buyer

Part

PartBuyer

Assembly Plant

Financial

Summary


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


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:


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)


Finance Estimate task

Link to part record


volumes

Click Update to add suppliers

Possible Change Types:


This section may be used to expand on volume details.


Click Add Estimate to complete Estimate form.


Add Estimate Details


Estimate optional extension – Operation Details

This link will open a form to populate this information.


Task received for Purchasing Responses


Task received for plant responses.


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

Attach response to CIR header.


Requester may accept or request redefine


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


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


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.

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

Documents

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record trw automotive

popup list trw automotive

auctionrfq windchill

new system

press task complete

auctionrfq task link

cost reporting