Patent ID: 8060237
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for manufacturing a product, the method comprising: receiving an identification of the product to be manufactured; responsive to receiving the identification of the product to be manufactured, identifying a process object from a plurality of process objects associated with the product, wherein the process object comprises instructions, for a logical unit of work to be performed in manufacturing the product, and parameters; applying a filter to product objects, using a processor unit, to identify values for the product that correspond to the parameters, wherein each of the product objects is a product definition that is associated with the values for the parameters applicable to the product definition, and wherein the values include an identification of a three dimensional model of the product; replacing the parameters in the process object with the values to form a completed instance of the process object for the product; and presenting a set of manufacture instructions to manufacture the product comprising the instructions and values in the completed instance of the process object by displaying the set of manufacture instructions on a display device and simultaneously displaying the three dimensional model of the product on the display device.