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Automated interfacing of design/engineering software with project management software

  • US 4,875,162 A
  • Filed: 10/28/1987
  • Issued: 10/17/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for the automatic interfacing of a conceptual design tool with a project management tool, said conceptual design tool providing for the early manufacturing involvement information needed to aid and improve the total design and manufacturing effort to produce a final product, said method comprising the steps of:

  • using said conceptual design tool, prompting a user to input a functional product structure;

    capturing product structure data input by the user in a database;

    using said conceptual design tool, prompting a user to input manufacturing details for each item in the functional product structure;

    capturing manufacturing detail data input by the user in said database;

    prompting a user for rules which determine which items of the product structure are critical;

    selecting items from database which fulfill criticality requirements;

    ordering selected critical items according to lead times from manufacturing detail data gathered by said conceptual design tool and captured in said database;

    formatting the ordered selected items in a file of said project management tool; and

    importing the formatted file into said project management tool.

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