Manage product data and structures with CENIT
Product Structure & Data Management
– Enabling Consistent Product Data Processes
Structure creates safety: Your data as a success pillar
Product data are the backbone of every successful product development. From CAD models and versions to the basic materials data, the more complex the product, the more important is the structured management of that information.
CENIT supports you in creating product data management processes in a holistic, cross-system manner – for greater transparency, efficiency, and confidence in decision-making.
Product management
The foundation for every development of digital products is a reliable management of technical data. CAD Models, drawings, metadata and modification statuses must be always followed, updated and available for all systems, from beginning until the end, from design to manufacturing.
CENIT integrates your CAx systems perfectly in the PLM and SAP environments, with continuous control over access, versions and launching status.
- Secure management and sharing of CAD data
- Integration with PDM/PLM and ERP systems
- Prevention of redundancies and environmental inconsistencies
- Automated processes for data validation and change management
- Stable database foundation for downstream processes
Version Management
Products offered in multiple versions – depending on region, customer, or market – require well-structured version management. CENIT supports you in implementing a consistent version model that reliably reflects product logic, technical dependencies, and sales information.
- Structured management of complex product versions
- Prevention of invalid or inefficient combinations
- Reduced maintenance effort through reusage
- Central version logic for quoting, development, and manufacturing processes
- Simplified integration into SAP environments
Configuration Management
While version management describes the possible forms of a product, configuration management ensures that the right product status is identified, approved, and documented. Baseline definition, status management, and documented evidence form the foundation for development quality and compliance.
CENIT provides methodological and system-level support – for example, with seamless representation in SAP PLM.
- Definition and tracking of product-specific configurations
- Prevention of mix-ups in production and service
- Revision safety and support for change management
- Baselines for audit readiness and standards-compliant documentation
- Basis for audit and regulatory compliance
Specification management
Product properties, standard requirements, testing values and technical requirements are all recorded in specifications. For this reason, they must be systematically maintained, structured, and made usable across all systems.
With CENIT, you establish central databases for specifications, standardized attribute models, and role-based verification processes.
- Unified management of product technical requirements
- Integration into quoting, development, and manufacturing processes
- Consistent communication across departments and systems
- Reduced reconciliation errors and verification effort
- Reliable basis for verification documentation and regulatory compliance
This is especially relevant in the context of the Digital Product Passport (DPP), which will become mandatory for defined product groups in the EU starting in 2027. To meet these requirements, companies must maintain all product and sustainability data consistently, accurately, and digitally. We show you how our specification management solutions can support you in achieving this.
Database management
Without clean databases, no digital process works. CENIT helps you manage centrally and quality driven materials, articles, customers and suppliers, with governance and logical data fully oriented towards your business.
- Improved data quality and reduced maintenance effort
- Efficient, purpose-driven creation and maintenance of items
- Clear accountability processes and automated approval workflows
- Enterprise-wide harmonization of master data
Bill of Materials Management
The bill of materials is the central link between engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and service. CENIT supports you in the automated transformation of engineering BOMs (E-BOM) into production-relevant structures (S-BOM) – fully aligned with your SAP and PLM systems. Transparency, changeability, and version management remain at the core of the process.
- Translation of development data into production-ready BOM information
- Fewer manual adjustments and reduced maintenance effort
- Clear separation and traceability between E-BOM and S-BOM
- System-driven synchronization of BOMs for derivatives and changes
- Smooth integration into SAP BOM logic, including change management and workflows
CENIT – Your Partner for Compact Data Processes
We support you in mastering your product data digitally – with consulting, implementation, and sustainable support. Whether CAD, SAP, versions, or bills of materials: together we create stable data processes that scale with your business and generate real value.
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