Uniform electrical documentation made simple and clear

What do you expect from your suppliers as a plant operator? Eplan is happy to help you in defining clear specifications and standards for your supplier guidelines. This will help make your project documentation a dependable data source for the maintenance and servicing of your machines and plant systems.

Your workflow

Confusing documentation from your suppliers? It doesn’t have to be this way!

Perhaps this sounds familiar? Various suppliers work on the design, delivery and commissioning of machines and systems for our production lines. Overall we’re satisfied with this set up – if only the approvals wouldn’t be so chaotic.

Every supplier delivers its documentation in a different data format, while some only supply printed materials. With thousands of pages of schematics, we can’t even keep track of whether the contents are complete and error-free – it only becomes apparent when something isn’t working properly and we cannot trace it back to the cause.

Recommended specifications for project documentation

  • Define the version of Eplan
  • Define norms and standards
  • Define the functional representation for the schematics
  • Provide template projects
  • Define structuring systems and terminology
  • Provide approval lists for materials

Advantages of uniform supplier guidelines

  • Uniform data for describing and documenting your automation systems
  • Simple verification and quality assurance for the documentation
  • Fast procurement of spare parts thanks to clear material guidelines
  • Standardised working foundation for your service technicians
  • Clear communication and optimal collaboration with suppliers

Four tips for your supplier guidelines in electrical design

That's how our customers in plant operation benefit from working with Eplan

Eplan generates and transfers all required information for purchasing as well as production, and automatically generates reports including bills of materials, cable schedules and parts lists.

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How Eplan helps you define your supplier guidelines

With our services we help you in defining clear guidelines for your suppliers.

Would you like to find out more about Eplan’s software and services? We’re happy to help!