Patent ID: 7082342
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: B29C,G05B

Abstract:
1. A management system for monitoring and controlling operations of different phases of mold design and production, the system comprising a server, and one or more of each of client computers, design computers, machining computers, testing computers and customer service computers connected to the server through a network, wherein: the server comprises: a design requirements receiving module for receiving mold design requirements submitted by customers through said client computers; a design requirements evaluating module for receiving evaluation results of mold design requirements made by designers from said design computers, and for receiving responses to the evaluation results made by the customers from said client computers; a design project creating module for creating a mold design project and a corresponding mold design schedule when a response to evaluation results of mold design requirements indicates that a customer has accepted the evaluation results; and a design drawing receiving module for receiving design drawings of the mold design project completed by the designers from said design computers; wherein: said client computers are used for submitting mold design requirements to the server through the network; said desian computers are used for retrieving the mold design requirements from the server through the network, generating evaluation results of the mold design requirements, and transmitting the evaluation results to the server through the network; said machining computers respectively record mold machining information when various parts of the mold are being machined, and record mold assembling information when the various parts are assembled into the mold; said testing computers respectively record mold testing information when the mold is being tested to determine whether the mold is satisfactory according to the mold design requirements; and said customer service computers respectively record mold delivery information when the mold is delivered to the customer, and reconcile relevant accounts after payment by the customer is confirmed.