Patent ID: 6202043
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A digital computer system having a computer readable storage medium comprising a process system analysis module for analyzing a process system, said process analysis system module comprising:a component model unit responsive to user entered component model data for storing said component model data and generating on the computer screen a visual representation of a component model of the process system including said functional model components, manufacturing operations that produce each manufacturing component, and functions that form each operation,each function comprising an element or tool that performs an action and an element or tool that receives the action,a process analysis unit including a link analysis routine which is responsive to user entry to store and display logic links between functions of each operation and between functions of each operation and functions of other operations and to store and display link data representing one of at least three types for each link,a trimming unit comprising a stored set of rules, analyzing component model data and link data against said rules for generating recommendations for the elimination or transfer of some of said functions and designation of the relative importance to the modification of the process system of each recommendation, and whereinsaid process system analysis module displays said representation of said some of said functions and representations of said designation.