Use of networks in describing the design to manufacturing process

✍ Scribed by O. Gonikhin; A.J. Medland

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 506 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0951-5240
• DOI: 10.1016/0951-5240(90)90130-7

✦ Synopsis

The design to manufacturing process has traditionally suffered from a failure to incorporate information relevant to manufacturing procedures at the design stage. Problems arising from design or during the subsequent manufacturing process tend to receive separate consideration, with a consequent lack of feedback. This paper details a design procedure based on an executer-centred structure operating on an explicit and separate design process model in which decision-making is incorporated within an ongoing design and problem-solving process. The technique uses Petri nets and constraint modelling to provide a basis for initial design decisions as well as solutions to downstream problems, which may be found by rerunning the procedure incorporating new information relevant to the problem.