Description of CE Technology for the Manufacturing Optimization (MO) system

This is the Description of the Concurrent Engineering CE Technology For the Manufacturing Optimization MO System document. The purpose of the Manufacturing Optimization MO system is to enable each manufacturing specialist to participate in the productprocess development activity concurrently. The system will consist of a set of tools to model the manufacturing processes and centralize the various process tradeoffs. The subject of this report is involved in user hardening of existing concurrent engineering technology by applying existing DICE Tools to other technology areas, in this case design for manufacturing and assembly DFMA. The DICE tools and methods are evolving so evaluation of the existing DICE tools must be performed, and the tools that support the DFMA environment will be considered for incorporation into the MO system. This report identifies the methods, assumptions, and procedures taken to evaluate the DICE tools ROSE, CMS, PCB, CM, and RM being considered for incorporation into the MO system, as well as, the results, conclusions, and recommendations produced by the evaluation.