
Kannanware implements SAP Enterprise Product Development (EPD) as the “birthplace” of the product — enabling secure collaboration, requirements traceability, lightweight 3D visualisation, and connected product feedback so changes flow instantly to procurement and manufacturing, aligned to US product governance and engineering controls.
Build a digital thread from requirements to design to downstream execution. EPD ensures engineering change is governed, visible, and collaborative — with a feedback loop from products in the field.
Replace email-based reviews with secure workspaces, redlines, and governed approvals across teams and suppliers.
Engineering changes propagate reliably so procurement and manufacturing react instantly — reducing rework and scrap.
Lightweight 3D visuals make product context accessible to warehouse and sales teams on any device.
Connected product signals feed back into engineering to improve reliability and accelerate new versions.
End-to-end EPD enablement — collaboration, requirements, visualisation, change control, connected products, and integration for a true digital thread.
Secure sharing, redlines, review cycles, and controlled access for suppliers and partners.
Implement requirement hierarchies, traceability, impact analysis, and governance.
Publish lightweight 3D, configure role-based viewers, and enable tablet-ready access.
Design change objects, approvals, effectivity, and BOM impact with downstream notifications.
Integrate IoT signals and implement issue-to-change workflows for continuous improvement.
Connect EPD with PLM/ERP backbone for master data, documents, BOMs, and change propagation.
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Click any module to explore how we implement EPD collaboration, requirements, visualisation, change control, connected products, and integration.
A structured approach from diagnostic to collaboration pilot, scaling change control, and closing the field feedback loop.
Map current PLM processes, collaboration gaps, and change-control pain points.
Design collaboration workspaces, traceability, visualisation, and integration points.
Implement workflows and run a pilot with engineering + selected suppliers.
Expand to additional teams, implement change objects and lightweight 3D publishing.
Implement field feedback pipelines and continuous improvement cadence.
Click each layer to see how EPD creates a digital thread from design to downstream operations.
Secure collaboration on designs and documents
Collaboration, requirements, change control
Lightweight 3D for non-engineers
IoT feedback from field to engineering
Digital thread across engineering and operations
Faster Supplier Review Cycles
Lost Redlines (Governed Versioning)
Lightweight 3D Enablement
Change-Related Rework Reduced
An OEM used SAP EPD to accelerate collaboration with tier suppliers, govern engineering change, and publish lightweight 3D visuals for manufacturing and service teams.
Get a PLM & collaboration diagnostic and EPD roadmap for Americas. We’ll identify the highest-impact collaboration and change-control workflows and implement an adoption-ready platform for engineering and suppliers.