Design and manufacturing management system, method, and program

• US 20060155407A1
• Filed: 04/13/2005
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Azuma, Kiyonori
• Granted Patent: US 7,606,628 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/105
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]

Abstract

A drawing edit management unit of a design management server manages an E-BOM created from a CAD design drawing by storing the E-BOM in a E-BOM database, and notifies a manufacturing management server of design completion. A design change display processing unit causes design change permitted ranges and forbidden ranges to be displayed, upon design change, in accordance with design change verification information of a design change verification database. A parts order management unit of the manufacturing management server requests confirmation when receiving the design completion notice, and manages a M-BOM, to which preparation information including order instructions and manufacturing instructions of a part is added and which has been created from the E-BOM after confirmation, by storing the M-BOM in a M-BOM database. A design change verification processing unit manages design change verification information created from the preparation information of the M-BOM by storing the design change verification information in a design verification database.

Claims

1. A design and manufacturing management system composed of a design management unit and a manufacturing management unit, wherein,

in the design management unit,

a design processing unit for managing a design drawing, which has been created by means of computer aid, by storing the design drawing in a design drawing database,

a drawing edit management unit for managing an E-BOM created from the design drawing by storing the E-BOM in an E-BOM database, and for notifying the manufacturing management unit of design completion, and

a design change display processing unit for causing design change permitted range and forbidden range to be displayed, upon design change of the product, in accordance with design change verification information in a design change verification database

are provided;

and

in the manufacturing management unit,

a part order management unit for requesting confirmation when receiving the design completion notice from the drawing edit management unit, and managing a M-BOM, to which preparation information including an order instruction and a manufacturing instruction of a part is added and which has been created in accordance with the E-BOM after a confirmation response is input, by storing the M-BOM in a M-BOM database, and

a design change verification processing unit for managing the design change verification information which has been created in accordance with the preparation information of the M-BOM by storing the design change verification information in the design verification database are provided.

2. The design and manufacturing management system according to claim 1, wherein the drawing edit management unit notifies the part order management unit of design completion each time designing of a part of the product is completed.

3. The design and manufacturing management system according to claim 1, wherein the design change verification processing unit determines design change permitted range and forbidden range in accordance with the progress state of the manufacturing instruction and the order instruction of the part in the preparation information, and updates the design change verification information.

4. The design and manufacturing management system according to claim 1, wherein the design change verification processing unit sets forbiddance of design change of the part on which the order instruction has been performed.

5. The design and manufacturing management system according to claim 1, wherein the design change verification processing unit sets forbiddance of design change of the part on which the manufacturing instruction has been performed.

6. The design and manufacturing management system according to claim 5, wherein the M-BOM sets a plurality of processes necessary for part processing, and the design change verification processing unit sets forbiddance of design change of the processed unit of the part on which the manufacturing instruction has been performed.

7. A design and manufacturing management method comprising:

a design processing step of managing a design drawing, which has been created by means of computer aid, by storing the design drawing in a design drawing database;

a drawing edit management step of managing an E-BOM created from the design drawing by storing the E-BOM in an E-BOM database, and for notifying design completion;

a part order management step of requesting confirmation when receiving the design completion notice in the drawing edit management step, and managing a M-BOM, to which preparation information including an order instruction and a manufacturing instruction of a part is added and which has been created in accordance with the E-BOM after a confirmation response is input, by storing the M-BOM in a M-BOM database;

a design change verification processing step of managing design change verification information which has been created in accordance with the preparation information of the M-BOM by storing the design change verification information in the design verification database; and

a design change display processing step of causing design change permitted range and forbidden range to be displayed, upon design change of the product, in accordance with the design change verification information in a design change verification database.

8. The design and manufacturing management method according to claim 7, wherein, in the drawing edit management step, the part order management unit is notified of design completion each time designing of a part of the product is completed.

9. The design and manufacturing management method according to claim 7, wherein, in the design change verification processing step, design change permitted range and forbidden range are determined in accordance with the progress state of the manufacturing instruction and the order instruction of the part in the preparation information, and the design change verification information is updated.

10. The design and manufacturing management method according to claim 7, wherein, in the design change verification processing step, forbiddance of design change of the part on which the order instruction has been performed is set.

11. The design and manufacturing management method according to claim 7, wherein, in the design change verification processing step, forbiddance of design change of the part on which the manufacturing instruction has been performed is set.

12. The design and manufacturing management method according to claim 11, wherein the M-BOM sets a plurality of processes necessary for part processing, and, in the design change verification processing step, forbiddance of design change of the processed unit of the part on which the manufacturing instruction has been performed is set.

13. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program for causing a computer of a design management system to execute

a design processing step of managing a design drawing, which has been created by means of computer aid, by storing the design drawing in a design drawing database;

a drawing edit management step of managing an E-BOM created from the design drawing by storing the E-BOM in an E-BOM database, and for notifying a manufacturing management system of design completion; and

a design change display processing step of causing design change permitted range and forbidden range to be displayed, upon design change of the product, in accordance with the design change verification information which has been created in the manufacturing management system and is in a design change verification database.

14. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein,

in the drawing edit management step, the manufacturing management system is notified of design completion each time designing of a part of the product is completed.

15. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program for causing a computer of a manufacturing management system to execute

a part order management step of requesting confirmation when receiving a design completion notice from a design management system, and managing a M-BOM, to which preparation information including an order instruction and a manufacturing instruction of a part is added and which has been created in accordance with an E-BOM in an E-BOM database after a confirmation response is input, by storing the M-BOM in a M-BOM database;

and

a design change verification processing step of managing design change verification information which has been created in accordance with the preparation information of the M-BOM by storing the design change verification information in a design verification database.

16. The storage medium according to claim 15, wherein,

in the part order management step, confirmation is requested when the design completion notice of the part is received from the design management system, and a M-BOM, to which preparation information including an order instruction and a manufacturing instruction of a part is added and which has been created in accordance with the E-BOM in the E-BOM database after a confirmation response is input, is managed by storing the M-BOM in the M-BOM database.

17. The storage medium according to claim 15, wherein, in the design change verification processing step, design change permitted range and forbidden range are determined in accordance with the progress state of the manufacturing instruction and the order instruction of the part in the preparation information, and the design change verification information is updated.

18. The storage medium according to claim 15, wherein, in the design change verification processing step, forbiddance of design change of the part on which the order instruction has been performed is set.

19. The storage medium according to claim 15, wherein, in the design change verification processing step, forbiddance of design change of the part on which the manufacturing instruction has been performed is set.

20. The storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the M-BOM sets a plurality of processes necessary for part processing, and, in the design change verification processing step, forbiddance of design change of the processed unit of the part on which the manufacturing instruction has been performed is set.