PIM consulting for Rolls-Royce Power Systems

The Power Systems business unit of the British technology group Rolls-Royce is one of the world’s leading suppliers of innovative drive, power and service solutions. As a Pimcore partner, basecom advised the Friedrichshafen-based company, in cooperation with another agency, on the introduction of a PIM system and created a proof of concept. As part of the proof of concept, a data model was to be developed and the import of large amounts of data from an ERP system into Pimcore PIM was to be tested. Learning more about the options for creating print documents was also very important to the company.

For the completeness of the data model, it was of great importance to gain a detailed understanding of the mtu products and to understand which components of the machines should be recorded in which form in the data management and how they relate to each other. Only with this insight can a data model emerge that truly fully maps the business process and products.

In an initial workshop, the requirements for the data model were recorded. Subsequently, in close consultation with the Power Systems business unit, a sophisticated data model was developed to optimally map the desired business process.
After implementing the data model, including all object classes and structures for assets in Pimcore, the data import from the ERP system was set up.

A prototype import job was created using the Data Hub. With this, any amount of data could now be imported from the ERP system into Pimcore so that the completeness of the data model could be finally checked.

The imported data could now be channeled through the respective associated workflows. For this purpose, the display was adapted with custom views and custom layouts for different user groups.

In addition, an export of the data via GraphQL interface was set up, and various options for generating print documents were examined and evaluated.

With the proof of concept, basecom and Rolls-Royce Power Systems have laid an optimal foundation for the future expansion of a master data management platform. basecom looks forward to further cooperation.

Rolls-Royce offers best-in-class propulsion and power solutions as well as lifecycle service solutions under its mtu product and solution brand. With the help of digitalization and electrification, the company is developing cleaner and smarter propulsion and power generation solutions.

The company supplies and maintains comprehensive, high-performance and reliable systems based on both gas and diesel engines and electrified hybrid systems. These clean and technologically advanced solutions serve the company’s customers worldwide in the marine and infrastructure sectors. Rolls-Royce’s Power Systems division is headquartered in Friedrichshafen.