Chongqing Jinna Power Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise dedicated to the production, design, and R&D of new-energy electric vehicle transmission systems and a full range of front and rear axle transmission assemblies for ATVs. Notably, its "New-Energy Special Vehicle Differential Assembly" has been recognized as a "National Torch Program Industrialization Demonstration Project" by China's Ministry of Science and Technology. The company boasts advanced assets such as an intelligent transmission assembly line, an online comprehensive performance testing station, and dozens of high-precision four-axis CNC machining centers. Adhering to the quality philosophy of "Innovation & Lean Operations, Exceptional Quality, Continuous Improvement, and Customer Satisfaction," the company leverages cutting-edge management practices and robust institutional frameworks to deliver premium products and services that have earned widespread acclaim from its clients.

Project Goals

To meet the customized needs of numerous domestic and international customers and accelerate product development cycle management, the implementation of the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system project is of significant importance to Jinna Company’s management and operations. Through the implementation of the SIPM/PLM project, the following objectives will be achieved:

(1) Leverage project management tools to standardize the company’s project management processes, ensuring controllable product development timelines and deliverables, as well as comprehensive management of all project documentation. This approach will enable engineers to have clearer and more rational work schedules, while providing managers with greater transparency in project monitoring—ultimately supporting better decision-making.

(2) Develop a clear and comprehensive product lineage by leveraging 2D interface design through drawings, enabling direct extraction of materials, BOMs, and drawings into the PLM system. This will establish an integrated process design platform, linking process routes, material quotas, process documentation, and foundational process data directly to product designs, thereby enhancing overall process design efficiency.

(3) Streamline enterprise information flow by enabling seamless data transmission with the ERP system (covering materials, BOMs, and process data), standardizing and solidifying the product change management process, and ensuring full traceability of all technical data—thus better aligning with quality management system standards.

(4) By establishing a knowledge base, we will accumulate organizational process assets and ensure the accuracy, completeness, standardization, and security of product data—shifting from reliance on individuals to dependence on documents and processes.

After jointly reviewing and streamlining Chongqing Jinna's overall design business processes, the two project teams unified and integrated modules such as project management, product management, component management, BOM management, process management, design software interface integration, change management, knowledge base management, standardization management, and coding management.

Panoramic View of R&D Business Management

Business Data Management

(1) Project Management

Project Categories

(2) Product Management: Centered around the product BOM, this approach enables the seamless management of materials, drawings, BOMs, and technical documents.

Product Categories

(3) Component Library Management: Newly created materials are automatically categorized into a component library according to coding rules, while also establishing a standardized enterprise parts selection library for easy direct access by designers.

Parts Library

(4) BOM Management: Centered around the Design BOM, this approach integrates data in a structured manner, ensuring effective control over all design information.

Design BOM

(5) Process Management:

Standard Process Library

Process Foundation Library

Process Route

(6) Design Software Interface Integration: By integrating through interfaces, we have streamlined the business data flow between design software and the PLM system, enabling seamless connectivity and synchronization of design data between the two systems.

Interface Model Library

(7) Change Management: All changes will be uniformly managed through the system, ensuring that electronic documents within the system are always up-to-date and valid in real time. The change process for each document is fully traceable, allowing historical versions to be reviewed as needed. Additionally, product change records remain clear and under strict control.

Change Management

Basic Data Management

By managing various foundational databases through the Sippl PLM system, we have enhanced the standardized management of the product design database. Additionally, the PLM platform enables independent part coding, while the coding rule system is systematically integrated and managed for orderly control. Furthermore, design and R&D knowledge bases, along with document templates, standard documents, process designs, and reports, are now all unified under a single, platform-based management framework.

(1) Code Management: By implementing SIPM/PLM, we have established a material and technical document coding management system that aligns with the company's operational needs. Automated coding through SIPM/PLM ensures a unique code for each item.

Code Management

(2) Knowledge Base: Leveraging the SIPM/PLM knowledge management module, we will establish a company-wide knowledge base for knowledge accumulation and enable real-time sharing through the data service module, ensuring efficient transfer of corporate knowledge.

Knowledge Base Management

(3) Standard Documents: Standardize design documents and integrate them into a centralized system for unified access by engineers, ensuring consistency and compliance across all files.

Standard Document Management

(4) Standardization of Document Templates: Establish standardized design document templates and integrate them into a centralized system for unified access by engineers, ensuring consistency and compliance across all documents.

Document Template Management

(5) Standardization of the Approval Process: The approval process is now embedded within the system, enabling effective control over each step, enhancing collaborative workflow capabilities, saving office time, boosting productivity, and ensuring standardized management.

Approval Process Management

Summary

The successful implementation of PLM this time has provided Chongqing Jinna with an efficient R&D management platform for project management and product development.

(1) Establish configuration lists based on system products and assign design tasks by module, laying a solid foundation for modular design. Product documents are linked to product information, with the BOM serving as the central connector to enable integrated management, thereby promoting standardization and normalization in product R&D data management.

(2) By leveraging design model-driven approaches to create the system's modular BOM, seamless integration between design software and PLM ensures consistency between drawings, material information, and BOM data.

(3) By standardizing and streamlining the change management process, we effectively control changes, enhance product quality, and ensure the engineering change process is solidified with visualized tracking, making engineering changes fully manageable and traceable.

(4) By integrating various business systems, we have truly streamlined the data flow for enterprise product R&D management, enhancing the efficiency of enterprise information utilization while minimizing data risks caused by manual entry and reducing labor costs associated with repetitive tasks.

(5) Knowledge base management enables enterprises to accumulate knowledge and facilitates real-time knowledge sharing, laying a solid foundation for the organization's knowledge传承.

(6) Successful experiences aren’t about simple replication. Thanks to SIPM’s expert service experience, data standardization no longer requires starting from scratch—now we can build directly on the shoulders of others, avoiding redundant efforts and enabling us to see farther, move more effectively, and go even further.