Method and system for managing parts requirements processes
First Claim
1. A system for managing parts requirements processes in an engineering environment, comprising:
- an enterprise system including;
a workstation;
a server;
a network connection for allowing said workstation and said server to communicate; and
a storage device coupled to said workstation;
wherein said enterprise system is executing a bill of material assist application for managing said parts requirements processes.
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Abstract
The bill of material assist tool overcomes or alleviates the shortcomings of the prior art by providing a method and system for managing parts requirements processes, including generating detailed bills of material with key information necessary for component selection and generation and which indicates multiple sources for those components. The system includes a host system including a workstation; a server; a network connection for allowing the workstation and server to communicate; and a storage device coupled to the workstation. The system also includes a data storage device housing databases of parts information, procurement information, computer-aided drafting information, approved vendors lists, and bill of material files. One or more of these databases may be supplemented with or substituted by commercially provided databases and/or applications. The commercially provided databases and/or applications are provided via a network connection with enterprise 101 such as an Internet, extranet, or virtual private network. The bill of material assist tool allows users to collect and view parts data from a multitude of sources and make faster purchasing and design decisions for electronic card designs.
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1. A system for managing parts requirements processes in an engineering environment, comprising:
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an enterprise system including;
a workstation;
a server;
a network connection for allowing said workstation and said server to communicate; and
a storage device coupled to said workstation;
wherein said enterprise system is executing a bill of material assist application for managing said parts requirements processes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for managing parts requirements processes in an engineering environment via a bill of material assist application, comprising:
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importing component parts data listed on a bill of material to said bill of material assist application;
mapping said component parts data to associated data fields provided by said bill of material assist application;
aggregating information from a plurality of sources and correlating said information to said components parts data; and
providing results of said correlating said information in a summary form to a user of said bill of material assist application. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for managing parts requirements processes in an engineering environment via a bill of material assist application, the storage medium including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method comprising:
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importing component parts data listed on a bill of material to said bill of material assist application;
mapping said component parts data to associated data fields provided by said bill of material assist application;
aggregating information from a plurality of sources and correlating said information to said components parts data; and
providing results of said correlating said information in a summary form to a user of said bill of material assist application. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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