Transcript Necessary but not sufficient

Thomas W. Schmidt, Head of Operational Excellence and IS, ABB Power Products Division
Necessary but not sufficient
PLM in context of Innovation Excellence
A global leader in power and automation technologies
Power and productivity for a better worldTM
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135,000 employees in about 100
countries
$38 billion in revenue (2011)
Formed in 1988 merger of Swiss and
Swedish engineering companies
Predecessors founded in 1883 and
1891
Publicly owned company with head
office in Switzerland
How ABB is organized
Five global divisions
Power
Products
Power
Systems
Discrete
Automation
and Motion
Low Voltage
Products
Process
Automation
$10.3 billion
35,000
employees
$7.7 billion
19,500
employees
$8.4 billion
27,500
employees
$5.0 billion
21,000
employees
$7.8 billion
28,500
employees
(2011 revenues, consolidated)
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ABB’s portfolio covers:
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Electricals, automation, controls
and instrumentation for power
generation and industrial
processes
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Power transmission
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Distribution solutions
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Low-voltage products
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Motors and drives
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Intelligent building systems
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Robots and robot systems
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Services to improve customers
productivity and reliability
high
Consequences and challenges of a global presence
The Local – Global Dilemma
Demand for global business
approach/integration
International
Organizations
Transnational
Organizations
Opportunities due to localization
and specific added value
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Opportunities
High variety of standards (IEC, ANSI, GB, GOST, etc.)
due to
High variety of customer specifics
leveraged
synergies
 Control & protection philosophy
 Wiring schemas
Multinational
 Grid topology
Organizations
Low
(Old ABB)
Low
High
Demand for market/country specific business approach
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Pre-requisite: Technology Platforms
Example: Surge Arresters
Arrester Class
LOVOS
AZ
POLIM
PEXLIM
PEXLINK
Housings
Internal Design
Loop
design
Common technology
ZnO discs
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Pre-requisite: Portfolio Management / Focus Factory
Example: MV Air Insulated Switchgear, Unigear
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Factories
Parts
Platform development
Functionality implementation
Phase in of global platform
Product substitution
Products
Designed by
One team of 27 engineers in 7 different countries …
…sold in more than 35 different markets
2001
18 80‘000 47
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10 45‘000 22
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Pre-requisite: Common Processes & Applications
Example: CommonPLM – Create, Collaborate & Control
Manual update wastes time
Collaboration not possible
One set of data
Updates of global design are visible
Collaborative engineering possible
TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER
TC 1
TC 1
PLM
LTC
LTC
TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER
TC x
TC x
Local
adaptation visible
Global change
management
Yesterday
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Today
Pre-requisite: Operational Excellence in All Functions
Sales
Excellence
Leverage entire product portfolio in all markets & channels
Demand profitability by customer/channel/product line
Operational
Excellence
Common manufacturing processes per product line
R&D
Excellence
Speed
State of the art operational processes
Quality
Technology Leadership and Time to Market
Sustainable product life cycle processes
Integrity
Supply Chain
Excellence
Leverage Emerging Countries & Global Purchasing Power
State of the art material management processes
Management
Excellence
Finance Efficiency, Transparency and Compliance
Leadership, Talented People, Health & Safety
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Simplicity
Respect
Determination