Detailed Design Phase
In the design phase, the engineers turn specifications and concepts into reality together with the master data specialists.
The concept phase for the forklift development took place and some master data were created inside the Engineering Control Center and Document Management. But the ECTR does not replace the SAP Fiori launchpad apps for creating master data. A product master contains data for the logistic chain, whereas the ECTR is focused on plant independent basic data.
Watch the following video, which shows possible steps of an engineering design phase.
In the detailed design phase, all major engineering disciplines start the design work. The major engineering disciplines are as follows:
Product master:
In the design phase, you create the master data that was not possible in the concept phase or could not be defined sufficiently in the ECTR. Since you are creating the master data for a new forklift, you first use the product master to create the initial material data. This data can then be linked to documents that you created in the concept phase.
Material BOM:
You then create a component list in the form of an engineering group BOM. In a later step, this engineering BOM is converted into a production-relevant plant BOM.
The development manager of each area coordinates the process at module level. He approves the validation of the module and decides when it can be started.