Patent Document ID: 7571078
Application ID: 10851361
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of modeling a production process using an integrated product and process engineering (IPPE) system, the method comprising: creating, by an IPPE engine executed by a processor of the IPPE system, a generic model of a generic production process for a generic product design of a product; and creating, by the IPPE engine, a specific individual model of a specific individual production process for a specific product design of the product using the integrated product and process engineering system, wherein: the specific individual model is based on the generic model; the specific individual model includes a time dependent process parameter; the time dependent process parameter is stored by the IPPE engine in a data storage device of the IPPE system; and the time dependent process parameter is one of an input/output component consumption time dependent process parameter, an activity duration time dependent process parameter, a resource capacity consumption time dependent process parameter, and an activity scrap time dependent process parameter, wherein input/output component consumption time dependent process parameters are extensions of component variant data used by the integrated product and process engineering system; activity duration time dependent process parameters and resource capacity consumption time dependent process parameters are extensions of activity mode data used by the integrated product and process engineering system; and activity scrap time dependent process parameter are extensions of activity node data used by the integrated product and process engineering system.