Manufacturing process management

Manufacturing process management (MPM) is a collection of technologies and methods used to define how products are to be manufactured. MPM differs from ERP/MRP which is used to plan the ordering of materials and other resources, set manufacturing schedules, and compile cost data.[1] A cornerstone of MPM is the central repository for the integration of all these tools and activities aids in the exploration of alternative production line scenarios; making assembly lines more efficient with the aim of reduced lead time to product launch, shorter product times and reduced work in progress (WIP) inventories as well as allowing rapid response to product or product changes.

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1 Topics and technology 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading

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Production process planning o Manufacturing concept planning o Factory layout planning and analysis work flow simulation. walk-path assembly planning plant design optimization o Mixed model line balancing. o Workloads on multiple stations. o Process simulation tools e.g. die press lines, manufacturing lines o Ergonomic simulation and assessment of production assembly tasks o Resource planning Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) o Numerical control CNC o Direct Numerical Control (DNC) o Tooling/equipment/fixtures development o Tooling and Robot work-cell setup and offline programming (OLP) Generation of shop floor work instructions Time and cost estimates o ABC - Manufacturing activity-based costing o Production, costs, and pricing Quality Computer-aided quality assurance (CAQ)

FMEA Failure mode and effects analysis SPC Statistical process control Computer aided inspection with coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) Tolerance stack-up analysis using PMI models. Success Measurements o Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Communication with other systems o Enterprise resource planning (ERP) o Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) o Product Data Management (PDM) o SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) real time process monitoring and control o Human-machine interface (HMI) (or man-machine interface (MMI)) o Distributed control system (DCS)
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Computer-aided quality assurance

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Computer-aided quality assurance (CAQ) is the engineering application of computers and computer controlled machines for the definition and inspection of the quality of products. This includes:

Measuring equipment management Goods inward inspection Vendor rating Attribute chart Statistical process control (SPC) Documentation

Additional themes:

Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) Dimensional tolerance stack-up analysis using product and manufacturing information (PMI) on CAD models

Computer aided inspection with coordinate-measuring machines (CMM) Comparison of data obtained by mean of 3D scanning technologies of physical parts against CAD models

Product and manufacturing information

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Product Manufacturing Information) Product and manufacturing information, also abbreviated PMI, conveys non-geometric attributes in 3D computer-aided design (CAD) and Collaborative Product Development systems necessary for manufacturing product components or subsystems. PMI may include geometric dimensions and tolerances, 3D annotation (text) and dimensions, surface finish, and material specifications.[1] CAD application literature may also refer to PMI synonymously with Geometric Dimensions and Tolerances (GD&T) or Functional Tolerancing and Annotation (FT&A).[2] Industry standards for defining PMI include ASME Y14.41-2003 Digital Product Data Definition Practices and ISO 1101:2004 Geometrical Product Specifications (GPS) -Geometrical tolerancing -- Tolerances of form, orientation, location and run-out.[3] In an effort to unify the visualization of PMI across the different existing solutions, Adobe Systems has released a version of the Myriad CAD font that allows to display PMI from almost any CAD application. Similarly, Siemens PLM Software offers downloadable font sets for multiple languages such as for Asian character sets. The ISO STEP-NC standard also handles a wide range of PMI information. The PMI annotation is created on the 3D CAD model, associated to edges and faces, and can be exported into neutral formats such as Siemens JT. This information can then be used by a number of down-stream processes. Although PMI can be used to generate annotation on a traditional 2D drawing the data can be visualized within the 3D model by other departments, either in the CAD/CAM system or in a 3D Product visualization tool, such as Siemens Teamcenter Lifecycle Visualization[1], thus reducing the need for drawings. Some 3D model formats enable computer-aided manufacturing software to access PMI directly for CNC programming. The PMI also may be used by tolerance analysis and Coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) software applications if the modeling application permits. PMI items are often organized under PMI Views. A PMI View is a view including camera/view position and also the particular state of the assembly (visibility, rendering mode, sometime even position of each element of the assembly). CAD applications have different notions of PMI

Views (for instance "Capture Views" and "Annotation Views" are specific to Dassault Systems Catia, etc). For anyone to be able to display any kind of PMI View, Adobe Systems has unified their format and added their description to the PDF format (version 1.7).