Leveraging part characteristics for cost modeling and quality/manufacturing planning
Challenge
- Increasing emphasis on accelerating manufacturing plans
- Desires for more detailed manufacturing instructions
- Needs for cost estimates in early stages of product life cycle
Solution
- Leverage 3D models to enable enhanced process planning
- Identify characteristics to enable more detailed planning/analysis
- Create cost estimates based on a part’s features and characteristics
Benefits
- Provides improved process plans more rapidly
- Reduces early stage scrap and rework
- “Right pricing” benefits customers and suppliers alike
Expertise
- Experienced with numerous tools for process planning
- Worked with 3D TDP to enable foundation for manufacturing
- Experienced with the various methods for cost modeling