APART

ASD S2000M authoring system
IETD APART authoring system

The challenge

The creation and modification of spare parts documentation according to the international standard for material management, ASD S2000M, poses various challenges, especially when exchanging information with international partners and national codification bureaus (NCB).

These challenges range from the complexities of adhering to specific standards, maintaining data accuracy and ensuring smooth integration across systems to dealing with language barriers and regulatory compliance.

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Our solution

APART is the leading authoring system in the German defence industry for the efficient creation, checking and modification of spare parts lists (initial provisioning) in accordance with ASD S2000M revisions 2.1, 3.0, 4.0 and 6.0, including German implementation regulations.

APART is suitable for both data authors (industry) and data recipients (armed forces). It enables multilingual projects with complex customer structures (services, model versions).

APART automatically checks the data quality according to project-specific, definable quality rules. The system enables the exchange of cataloguing data with codification authorities such as the German Armed Forces Logistics Command.

IETD APART authoring system

Features and benefits

Features

  • Efficient data creation: All catalogue (CSN), parts (PNR) and supply item (NSN) data are displayed in separate tables with linked synchronisation. The editor can define and execute macros for fast, automated data entry / changes.
  • Optimised master data management: NSN data are managed in service centre codes, PNR data are managed in part-data uniformity classes (TDE) and CSN data are managed in initial provisioning projects (IPP)
  • Controlled changes for master IPP: Changes are managed temporarily and can be flexibly selected and deselected for data outputs. Changes are only transferred to the database after approval
  • Creation of spare parts lists (IPL), including highlighting of changes, integration of illustrations and flexible display options
  • Creation of IPD data modules, including free configurable output for S1000D issues 1.7–4.1, data module preview, versioning of data modules compared to previous issues and direct data exchange with the S1000D editing system QUILS (tech name, issue, CSNREF etc.)
  • Quality checks: Automatic check for S2000M conformity during filling and output, plausibility checks for dependent data objects and freely definable, project-specific quality rules
  • Import / export interfaces: XSLX, CSV and XML file formats, output of individual data (service-specific data, DFP and DFL translation tables and cataloguing data), and output of complete IPP (item data with part data)
  • Cataloguing: Import of supply item data from NMCRL Offline, creation and management of cataloguing requests (CODREQ 1-7) with LogKdoBw and import and management of ILIBAK cataloguing messages from LogKdoBw

Benefits

  • Create spare parts lists cost-effectively in accordance with recognised standards
  • Increase your data quality with automated plausibility checks
  • Benefit from the experience of a wide customer base and the intensive use of APART within ESG
  • Realise individual software adaptations as an APART customer option

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