Title: Collaborative manufacturing process planning for distributed integration in tooling industry

Authors: X.G. Ming, J.Q. Yan, X.H. Wang, W.F. Lu, Q.J. Peng

Addresses: School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, PR China. ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, PR China. ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, PR China. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore 119260, Singapore ' Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Abstract: Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) system plays an important role in helping manufacturing companies move towards enterprise-wide automation in achieving competitive advantages. Manufacturing process planning plays a significant role by providing concurrent integration capabilities, from design to planning, scheduling and manufacturing. A concurrent manufacturing process planning architecture has been developed to support the integration of process planning with design, manufacturing, Capacity Planning and Scheduling (CPS) for tooling production. A prototype system based on this system architecture has been developed and tested in a tooling job shop, with satisfactory results.

Keywords: collaborative process planning; manufacturing process planning; computer-aided Design; CAD; computer-aided manufacturing; CAM; capacity planning; scheduling; CPS; distributed integration; tooling job shops; CIM; computer-integrated manufacturing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2008.017483

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 2008 Vol.14 No.1/2, pp.17 - 34

Published online: 12 Mar 2008 *

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