Automated manufacturing costing system and method
First Claim
1. An automated manufacturing cost estimating system with indirect cost allocation comprising:
- means for identifying a material in an initial state for manufacturing a product in a final state;
means for defining a plurality of operations for converting said material from its initial state into the final state of the product, said plurality of operations being interconnected to define a plurality of paths;
means for calculating a direct labor cost value for each said operation based on direct labor hours and calculating an indirect cost value specifically allocated for each said operation based on consumption of overhead cost elements by the operation; and
means for summing costs calculated for each operation and each path to determine the total cost of manufacture of a part.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An automated manufacturing cost estimating method and system with indirect cost allocation which identifies a material in an initial state for manufacturing a product in a final state; defines an operation for converting the material from its initial state into the final state of the product; calculates the direct labor cost for each operation based on direct labor hours and calculates the indirect cost specifically allocated for each operation based on consumption of overhead cost elements by the operation; and sums the cost calculated for each operation to determine the total cost of manufacture of a part. Also disclosed is a cost analyzing method and system which utilizes the cost estimating method and system by identifying a plurality of different materials in an initial state for manufacturing a product in a final state and defining a number of manufacturing operations for converting each of the different materials from its initial state into the final state of the product; generating a plurality of paths through the interconnected operations between the different materials in the initial state and the product in the final state; determining a predetermined cost parameter associated with each operation; and accumulating the determined cost parameters along each path.
315 Citations
34 Claims
-
1. An automated manufacturing cost estimating system with indirect cost allocation comprising:
-
means for identifying a material in an initial state for manufacturing a product in a final state; means for defining a plurality of operations for converting said material from its initial state into the final state of the product, said plurality of operations being interconnected to define a plurality of paths; means for calculating a direct labor cost value for each said operation based on direct labor hours and calculating an indirect cost value specifically allocated for each said operation based on consumption of overhead cost elements by the operation; and means for summing costs calculated for each operation and each path to determine the total cost of manufacture of a part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
-
-
9. An automated manufacturing cost estimating method with indirect cost allocation comprising:
-
identifying a material in an initial state for manufacturing a product in a final state; defining a plurality of operations for converting said material from its initial state into the final state of the product, said plurality of operations being interconnected to define a plurality of paths; calculating a direct labor cost value for each said operation based on direct labor hours and calculating an indirect cost value specifically allocated for each said operation based on consumption of overhead elements by the operation; and summing the costs allocated for each operation and each path to determine the total cost of manufacture of a part. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. An automated manufacturing cost analysis system comprising:
-
means for identifying a plurality of different materials in an initial state for manufacturing a product in a final state; means for defining a number of interconnected manufacturing operations for converting each of said different materials from its said initial state into the final state of the products; means for generating a plurality of paths through said interconnected manufacturing operations between said different materials in the initial state and said product in the final state; means for determining a predetermined cost parameter associated with each operation; and means for accumulating the determined cost parameters along each said path. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
-
-
26. An automated manufacturing cost analysis method comprising:
-
identifying a plurality of different materials in an initial state for manufacturing a product in a final state; defining a number of interconnected manufacturing operations for converting each of said different materials from its said initial state into the final state of the product; generating a plurality of paths through said interconnected manufacturing operations between said different materials in the initial state and said product in the final state; determining a predetermined cost parameter associated with each operation; and accumulating the determined cost parameters along each said path. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
-
Specification