Windchill Product Analytics and Customer Insights at Lenovo
Explore how Lenovo, a global personal technology company, leverages Windchill Product Analytics to gain insights into their vast product portfolio, suppliers, and business environment. Discover their data acquisition strategy and the value they derive from the tool for their product management and analysis needs.
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Customer Presentation and Workgroup Information Kelly St. Andre Director, Product Management November 2012
Windchill Product Analytics Focus On Customer Business Environment Your Company s Business Environment Describe your company and role. Identify your number of parts, BOMs, and products* Product Analytics How many unique suppliers does your company have? What are your key business drivers for the system? Who uses WPA in your organization? What value do they receive from the tool? *Run the WPA script that has been provided 3
Windchill Product Analytics Focus On Customer Business Environment Lenovo is a personal technology company and the world s second-largest PC vendor. We have more than 26,000 employees in more than 60 countries serving customers in more than 160 countries. A global Fortune 500 company, we have headquarters in Beijing, China and Morrisville, North Carolina, U.S.; major research centers in Yokohama, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Morrisville; and we have manufacturing around the world from Greensboro, North Carolina and Monterrey, Mexico to India, China and Brazil. Our product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Laura implementing WPA, customization, analysis/loading of existing 1752s, 1752Builder education Alvin Environmental Requirements SME Project Mgr, Global Env Affairs, Safety& Standards #Products: ThinkPad Notebooks , ThinkPad Edge Notebooks, ThinkPad Tablets, ThinkCentre Desktops, Thinkstation Workstations, ThinkServer, ThinkVision Monitors, IdeaTab Tablets, IdeaPad Notebooks, IdeaCentre Desktops, Lenovo Essential Notebooks, Lenovo Essential Desktops, Lenovo Consumer Monitors. Each with numerous series and model variations. #Parts: approx 2K in WPA UAT. Collected 19K over last 6 yrs. Many are EOL and will not be included #BOMS: 2 Windchill instances(TPG, IPG). Pulling TPG manually and manipulate approx 150 so far and loaded as virtual BOMs #Unique Suppliers: approx 250 loaded so far but same supplier may have name variations on 1752 files WPA Users: still in UAT. Using a phased approach (manual, semi-automated, automated & integrated with Windchill BOMs 4
Windchill Product Analytics Focus On Data Acquisition Your Company s Data Acquisition Strategy Describe your company s data acquisition strategy. Do you perceive value using third party providers? Product Analytics What other data providers have you evaluated but not selected? Which providers have proven successful for your company? How and where do you store most of your environmental data? 5
Windchill Product Analytics Focus On Data Acquisition data acquisition strategy: third party providers: others evaluated: Successful providers: How/where store most env data? Lotus Notes dbs, filenet/sharepoint 6
Windchill Product Analytics Focus On Environmental Trends Your Company s Engagement in Environmental Trends Describe your most pressing environmental concerns. Product Analytics Do you use the data in WPA to solve these concerns? What regulations, barriers, or trends are you following? What specifications, modules, or first of a kind solutions are important to your company? i.e. Rare Earth Minerals, Trade Compliance, Recycling 7
Windchill Product Analytics Focus On Environmental Trends env concerns: use data in WPA to solve these concerns? regulations, barriers, or trends following? specifications, modules, or first of a kind solutions are important to your company? i.e. Rare Earth Minerals, Trade Compliance, Recycling 8
Working Groups Day 1 Groups have 40 minutes to brainstorm the challenges and opportunities and report back. Attendees will have the chance to participate in two of the three workgroups during this session. WorkGroups Day 1 2:30-4:30pm Materials Management Supplier Dashboard Certificate Compliance 10
Working Groups Day 2 Groups have 45 minutes to brainstorm the challenges and opportunities and report back. WorkGroups Day 2 2:45-3:45pm Data Collection Packaging 11
