Patent ID: 7136713

Claim:
A method of forming a structured product coding system comprising: coding a plurality of individual product components using at least corresponding coded component identifiers; coding a plurality of component manipulators using at least corresponding coded component manipulator identifiers; coding a plurality of part-mating operations for at least one of assembly and disassembly as corresponds to at least some of the plurality of individual product components and the plurality of component manipulators; forming, in a manufacturing analysis platform, a structured product coding system for a given product by: identifying the components to be used to fabricate the given product; identifying part-mating operations to be used for manufacturing the given product; identifying an initial discrete parsed combination of at least two of the components and their part-mating operation to be effected as corresponds to initiation of fabrication of the given product and further identifying at least one of the component manipulators to be used to make the initial discrete parsed combination and using the coded component identifiers, the coded part-mating operation identifier and the coded component manipulator identifiers to represent the identified initial discrete parsed combination as a particular corresponding structured product coding system entry; identifying a subsequent discrete parsed combination of at least the initial discrete parsed combination and at least one of the components and one of the coded part-mating operations to be effected as further corresponds to continuation of the fabrication of the given product and further identifying at least one of the component manipulators to be used to make the subsequent discrete parsed combination and using the coded component identifiers and the coded component manipulator identifiers and the coded part-mating operation identifier to represent the identified subsequent discrete parsed combination as another corresponding structured product coding system entry.