Study Manager for planning and layout applications > Use Teamcenter tools to manage a study
Use Teamcenter Manufacturing Access while planning a process
When you perform process planning using Teamcenter Manufacturing Process Planner, you create, search, and load studies.
Administrator
Your administrator completes the following data setup steps:
See the Teamcenter Easy Plan Deployment documentation.
Install and configure Teamcenter and Teamcenter Manufacturing Access.
Convert studies created before using Teamcenter Manufacturing Access with a workflow.
Process planner
The process planner completes the following steps in Manufacturing Process Planner:
Log on to the Teamcenter rich client and open the Manufacturing Process Planner application. See the Teamcenter Manufacturing Process Planner documentation.
Search for a collaboration context using the Study Manager, and look at its studies. Note The Study Manager is available to Manufacturing Process Planner users with Teamcenter Manufacturing Access configured. If after searching, you cannot find a study for the desired purpose, create a study using the Study Manager.
Load a study using the Study Manager.
Use Manufacturing Process Planner to begin planning a process. See the Teamcenter Manufacturing Process Planner documentation.
Approve the completed study by setting the status for briefcase export using the Study Manager.
Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.xid2214895/xid1417170 · retrieved 2026-07-11