Title :
Structured product coding system (SPCS) for product cost evaluation in a CAE/CAD/CAM Product (C3P) environment
Author :
Wu, Chi-Haur ; Mok, Swee M. ; Xie, Yujun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
Virtual design and manufacturing has become a key technology in reducing both design errors and manufacturing cost. In order to have a realistic evaluation, the cost of assembling, disassembling, and manufacturing a product has to be realized. A product´s design and its manufacturability will give an overall manufacturing efficiency and production cost. To eliminate future production failure and control the cost, management has to be able to foresee and evaluate the whole process from design to production, easily and wisely. In recognizing the importance of this capability, a CAE/CAD/CAM Product (C3P) management tool based on a structured product coding system (SPCS) is developed for the process of virtual design and manufacturing.
Keywords :
CAD/CAM; assembly planning; computer aided engineering; computer aided production planning; costing; product design; product development; virtual manufacturing; CAD/CAM; assembling cost; computer-aided design; computer-aided engineering; computer-aided manufacturing; disassembling cost; manufacturing cost reduction; product cost evaluation; product design; product development; production cost; production failure; products manufacturability; structured product coding system; virtual design; virtual manufacturing; Assembly; CADCAM; Computer aided engineering; Computer aided manufacturing; Costs; Design automation; Manufacturing processes; Process design; Product design; Production;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2003. Proceedings. ICRA '03. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7736-2
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1242203
