System and methods for managing process and attribute changes to a product in a manufacturing environment

A computer implemented method for managing changes to a product in a manufacturing environment, said method implemented using a manufacturing process management (MPM) computer device in communication with at least one memory device, said method comprising:

• storing, in a database, in the at least one memory device, a common manufacturing process plan for a first engineering design and a second engineering design of a product to be assembled, wherein the first engineering design and the second engineering design are associated with a plurality of attributes, wherein the common manufacturing process plan only includes the procedures and parts that did not change between the first engineering design and the second engineering design, and wherein the common manufacturing process plan includes a plurality of processes associated with the plurality of attributes;
• storing, in the database, a second manufacturing process plan including only the procedures and parts that changed between the first engineering design and the second engineering design and are associated with the second engineering design, wherein the second manufacturing process plan includes one or more processes associated with the plurality of attributes;
• receiving, by the MPM computer device, a change to one of the plurality of attributes;
• determining, by the MPM computer device, one or more processes of the plurality of processes associated with the changed attribute;
• determining, by the MPM computer device, an update to the one or more processes based on the received change;
• and
• generating, by the MPM computer device, at least one of an updated common manufacturing process plan and an updated second manufacturing process plan including the determined update to the one or more processes.

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

• store, in a database, in the at least one memory device, a common manufacturing process plan for a first engineering design and a second engineering design of a product to be assembled, wherein the first engineering design and the second engineering design are associated with a plurality of attributes, wherein the common manufacturing process plan only includes the procedures and parts that did not change between the first engineering design and the second engineering design, and wherein the common manufacturing process plan includes a plurality of processes associated with the plurality of attributes;
• store, in the database, a second manufacturing process plan including only the procedures and parts that changed between the first engineering design and the second engineering design and are associated with the second engineering design, wherein the second manufacturing process plan includes one or more processes associated with the plurality of attributes;
• receive, by the MPM computer device, a change to one of the plurality of attributes;
• determine, by the MPM computer device, one or more processes of the plurality of processes associated with the changed attribute;
• determine, by the MPM computer device, an update to the one or more processes based on the received change;
• and
• generate, by the MPM computer device, at least one of an updated common manufacturing process plan and an updated second manufacturing process plan including the determined update to the one or more processes.