Product manufacturing with a manufacturing product and process structure

A method for managing a product, the method comprising a computer system specially programmed for:

• identifying an engineering product structure for the product, wherein the engineering product structure comprises parts for the product listed in an order;
• forming, using a fastener data scheme and a manufacturing requirement, a fastener-based group comprising selected fasteners and associated parts from among the parts as listed in the engineering product structure;
• performing a part explosion trajectory for the parts for the product indicating the fastener-based group;
• forming a build sequence within a manufacturing structure via revising the order of the parts as listed in the engineering product structure based upon a sequence number assigned, respectively, to each of the parts in the fastener-based group;
• and
• creating, using the engineering product structure, a clearance path, a collision path, and the build sequence within the manufacturing structure, a manufacturing product and process structure, wherein the manufacturing product and process structure comprises:
• the parts, and manufacturing information for connecting the parts to each other to form the product.

A computer program product specially programed to manufacture a product, wherein the computer program product comprises:

• a computer-readable storage media;
• first program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, configured for execution by a computer system to cause the computer system to identify an engineering product structure for the product, wherein the engineering product structure comprises parts for the product listed in an order;
• and
• second program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, configured for execution by the computer system to cause the computer system to:
• form, based upon a fastener data scheme and a manufacturing requirement, a fastener-based group that comprises selected fasteners and associated parts from among the parts as listed in the engineering product structure;
• perform a part explosion trajectory for the parts for the product that indicates the fastener-based group;
• revise the order of the parts as listed in the engineering product structure based upon a sequence number assigned, respectively, to each of the parts in the fastener-based group to form a build sequence within a manufacturing structure;
• and
• create, based upon the engineering product structure, a clearance path, a collision path, and the build sequence within the manufacturing structure, a manufacturing product and process structure for parts connected in the product, wherein the manufacturing product and process structure comprises:
• the parts, and manufacturing information to connect the parts to each other to form the product.