Mentor Consulting CHS Migration Services D A T A S H E E T Major Benefits & Features Today, more and more people are asking “How can we provide ever more complex interconnect functionality at a competitive cost and quality?" In response, OEMs and their suppliers are looking for new solutions that deliver dramatic productivity shifts. New tools, such as Mentor Graphics CHS, introduce needed new functionality, but maintenance of existing documentation after moving to new tools can be problematic. Mentor Consulting has developed a systematic process which efficiently migrates existing documentation to a new CHS flow. Is it Time to Take Electrical System Design to the Next Level? As competitive pressures continue to drive prices down and demands spiral for improved quality and increasing complexity, designing electrical systems and their associated harnesses has become an incredibly complex task. A faster interface or simpler tool is not enough. Required is an enterprise-wide solution which can specify, simulate and detail for manufacturing the wiring harness, all based on a solid backbone that handles the complex data flows across the environment and beyond. To meet this requirement, you need a complete tool flow that addresses the complexities both within and across multiple domains; responding to operational challenges that extend out to the extended supply chain. Mentor Graphics CHS tools, when deployed together, can create a unified flow that seamlessly matures design data within an enterprise-wide environment. These unique automation, verification and electrical design data management www.mentor.com/consulting Mentor Consulting has developed a reliable process to reduce effort and risk when migrating from existing design environments to the CHS flow • Proven interface reduces data integrity and scheduling risks • Preserves legacy data investment • Eliminates manual data re-entry errors • Simplifies legacy data preparation/cleanup • Accelerates start-to-finish of migration effort • Reduces labor cost and duration of consulting engagement • Migration can be an opportunity to introduce improved processes and new best practices • Knowledge transfer allows continued work to be internally managed • Consultants bring real world expertise and insight to the project functions can improve design process efficiency, enhance design quality and reduce end product costs significantly. The Challenge of Transition Maintaining legacy documentation from past projects may be business-critical, but moving to a new flow can put them at risk. Either the existing documentation must remain in the old system (of limited use), or the information must be painstakingly transferred to the new tools. This transfer process introduces new problems as skilled personnel are pulled off of production work to do tasks they have never done before and will only do once. Because the CHS flow can be used for completely specifying buildable harnesses, projects require more data than a stand-alone schematic. Your internal resources may have no expertise in changing systems, or in adding the required information to existing work. Mentor Consulting has addressed this challenge with a combination of consultants with rare skills, and proprietary

migration technology. CHS Migration Services bring these resources together in a carefully crafted process that has been used successfully by many large automotive and aerospace companies. The CHS Migration consultants are experienced with change management, adapting to customer-specific systems (like PLMs) as well as in-depth knowledge of CHS flows. They will work with you to recommend paths to move to improved practices for harness engineering, manufacturing and analysis. Set Up And Maintain Project Maintain Components Maintain Symbols Existing Systems Designs Create System Designs Systems...