System and methods for managing changes to a product in a manufacturing environment including a minor model relational design

A computer implemented method for displaying differences between versions of a product, said method implemented using a manufacturing process management (MPM) computer device in communication with a memory, said method comprising:

• storing, in the memory, a first version of a product and a second version of the product, wherein the second version extends the first version by a plug at a first location, wherein the first version includes a first plurality of parts at a first plurality of locations and a second plurality of parts at a second plurality of locations, and wherein the second version includes the first plurality of parts, the second plurality of parts, and a third plurality of parts associated with the plug, wherein the first location is between the first plurality of locations and the second plurality of locations;
• calculating, by the MPM computer device, a first numbering system, wherein each of the first plurality of locations and the second plurality of locations includes a location number based on the first numbering system;
• calculating, by the MPM computer device, a second numbering system for a third plurality of locations associated with the third plurality of parts;
• determining, by the MPM computer device, a first grid overlay for the first version of the product based on the first numbering system;
• determining, by the MPM computer device, a second grid overlay for the second version of the product based on the first numbering system and the second numbering system;
• and
• transmitting, from the MPM computer device to a client computer device associated with a user, instructions to display, to the user via a display device, the second version of the product including the second grid overlay.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by manufacturing process management computer device having at least one processor coupled to at least one memory device, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to:

• store, in the at least one memory device, a first version of a product and a second version of the product, wherein the second version extends the first version by a plug at a first location, wherein the first version includes a first plurality of parts at a first plurality of locations and a second plurality of parts at a second plurality of locations, and wherein the second version includes the first plurality of parts, the second plurality of parts, and a third plurality of parts associated with the plug, wherein the first location is between the first plurality of locations and the second plurality of locations;
• calculate, by the processor, a first numbering system, wherein each of the first plurality of locations and the second plurality of locations includes a location number based on the first numbering system;
• calculate, by the processor, a second numbering system for a third plurality of locations associated with the third plurality of parts;
• determine, by the processor, a first grid overlay for the first version of the product based on the first numbering system;
• determine, by the processor, a second grid overlay for the second version of the product based on the first numbering system and the second numbering system;
• and
• transmit, from processor to a client computer device associated with a user, instructions to display, to the user via a display device, the second version of the product including the second grid overlay.