problem-solving
Install Problem Solving and Quality Issue
Management using TEM
Add the Problem Solving and Quality Issue Management applications to your existing Teamcenter environment.
Prerequisites
(Optional) Retail Footwear and Apparel patch is installed if you want to integrate it with Problem Solving.
For more information about the installing the patch, see Retail Footwear and Apparel ─ Deployment in the Teamcenter documentation.
Procedure
Stop all Teamcenter services except FSC services before beginning installation.
Launch Teamcenter Environment Manager (TEM) for the corporate server to which Server Extensions features are to be added.
In the Maintenance panel, select Configuration Manager.
In the Configuration Maintenance panel, select Perform maintenance on an existing configuration.
In the Old Configuration panel, select the corporate server configuration.
In the Feature Maintenance panel, select Add/Remove Features.
Expand Extensions → Enterprise Knowledge Foundation and select the following:
Change Management
Issue Management
Select the Extensions > Supplier Relationship Management > Vendor Management feature.
Expand Extensions > Teamcenter Quality platform and select the following:
Quality Base
Quality Issue Management and Problem Solving base
- Select the required features:
Expand the Base Install > Active Workspace > Server Extensions, and select the following features:
Active Workspace
Active Content Structure
Change Management
Model-Based Systems Engineering > Digital Thread Navigation
Reporting
(Optional) Vendor Management
(Optional) Retail Footwear and Apparel
(Optional) Softlines, Hardlines and Footwear
Expand Base Install > Active Workspace > Server Extensions > Teamcenter Quality data model, and select the following features:
Feature name
Description
Quality Action Management data model
Adds support for quality actions. This feature is mandatory for all Teamcenter Quality solutions.
Quality Manager data model
Adds Quality Manager to the web client.
Quality Issue Management and Problem Solving data model
Adds support for Problem Solving and Quality Issue Management to the web client.
Quality Issue Management and Problem Solving search
Adds the ability to search for Problem Solving objects in the web client.
Quality Management for Life Sciences Industry
Adds the ability to create Problem Solving processes and Non-Conformance issues for the Life Sciences industry in the web client.
Supplier Quality Management
Adds the ability to manage the Quality data of the vendors assigned to issues and Problem Solving processes in the web client. To use Supplier Quality Management, you must select all features of Quality Issue Management, Problem Solving, Vendor Management, and APQP.
Tip To search for a feature by name, type the name or a partial name in the search box, and then click the search icon.
Expand Base Install > Active Workspace > Client > Teamcenter Quality, and select the following features:
Feature name
Description
Quality Action Management Client
Adds support for quality actions to the web client.
Quality Manager
Adds support for Problem Solving and Quality Issue Management to the web client.
Quality Issue Management and Problem Solving
Adds support for Problem Solving and Quality Issue Management to the web client.
Quality Management for Life Sciences Industry
Adds the ability to create Problem Solving processes and Non-Conformance issues for the Life Sciences industry in the web client.
Supplier Quality Management
Adds the ability to manage the Quality data of the vendors assigned to issues and Problem Solving processes in the web client. To use Supplier Quality Management, you must select all features of Quality Issue Management, Problem Solving, Vendor Management, and APQP.
Expand Base Install > Active Workspace > Client and select the following features:
Feature name
Description
Reporting
Adds support to view and generate reports in a Problem Solving process.
Model-Based Systems Engineering > Digital Thread Navigation
Adds support to view the relationships between objects in a Problem Solving process.
(Optional) Schedule Manager
Adds support to integrate Schedule Manager with Problem Solving.
(Optional) Vendor Management
Adds support to add project, schedule, supplier, and customer information to the plan of a Problem Solving process or an issue.
(Optional) Retail Footwear and Apparel
Adds support to integrate Retail Footwear and Apparel with Problem Solving.
- Continue the installation as described in Install patches on a Teamcenter server.
Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.problem_solving_and_quality_issue_deployment_administration/xid1757191 · retrieved 2026-07-11