Patent ID: 6691127
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G05B,G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for saving and retrieving process capability and guidance information related to supporting product design and manufacturing activities, comprising the steps of:receiving, from an information entry computer, process capability and guidance information, storing said process capability and guidance information in a first database, receiving, from a user computer associated with a system user, at least two attributes describing one of the group consisting of a product and a design process, wherein said attributes correspond to attributes included in said process capability and guidance information, retrieving, from said first database, at least one of the group consisting of a set of guidance information and process capability information relating to the attributes, displaying, on the user computer, at least a portion of said at least one of the group consisting of said retrieved set of guidance information and process capability information, segmenting said first field of said database record into a plurality of first sub-fields, each first sub-field corresponding to a particular part or process attribute, segmenting said second field of said database record into a second sub-field and a third sub-field, storing process capability information corresponding to a predetermined process capability model in said second sub-field, and storing guidance information corresponding to particular combinations of part or process attributes in said third sub-field.