CONVENTIONAL COMPUTER-AIDED PROCESS PLANNING SYSTEMS SELDOM PRODUCE MORE THAN A LIMITED WORKSTATION ROUTING SHEET AND BILL OF MATERIALS. UNFORTUNATELY, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE TOTAL PLANNING TASK REMAINS INCOMPLETE. AS A RESULT, MUCH TIME-CONSUMING DETAIL WORK MUST STILL BE PERFORMED BY SOME OTHER MEANS. THESE SYSTEMS ARE UNABLE TO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON THE OVERALL MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING CYCLE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT PROVIDE A COMPLETE SYSTEM. THEY CANNOT PROVIDE A COMPLETE SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE FEATURE-BASED PART MODEL WITH WHICH TO REASON, CANNOT SHARE PART DATA AND IMPORTANT HIGH-LEVEL DECISIONS, AND FAIL TO EFFECTIVELY DIVIDE THE LABOR BETWEEN THE HUMAN PLANNER AND THE COMPUTER. THE RAPID ACQUISITION OF MANUFACTURE PARTS (RAMP) PROGRAM IS A U.S. NAVY LOGISTICS EFFORT TO DECREASE THE COST AND PROCUREMENT LEADTIMES INHERENT IN MANUFACTURING SMALL Q
| Number of Pages : | 19 |
| Published : | 06/01/1990 |
