Product lifecycle management system
AssigneeSolar Turbines Incorporated
InventorsDaniel Michael Betry, Narendernath Miriyala
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Abstract
A method for providing documents and information of a product lifecycle management system to a user system is disclosed. The method includes locating a latest released drawing associated with the component part number in the product lifecycle management database. The method also includes aggregating a part displacement record for each version of the component into a part replacement report. The method further includes providing a graphical user interface to the user system that displays a download link to the latest released drawing and displays a link to the part replacement report with the download link and the link located within a single window.
Claims20
A method for providing access to information of a product lifecycle management system to a user system, the product lifecycle management system including a product lifecycle management database, the method comprising:
- determining a component part number of a component based on a user input received from the user system;
- locating a latest released drawing associated with the component part number in the product lifecycle management database;
- aggregating a part displacement record for each version of the component into a part replacement report;
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- providing a graphical user interface to the user system that displays a download link to the latest released drawing and displays a link to the part replacement report with the download link and the link located within a single window.
A method for providing access to information of a product lifecycle management system to a user system, the product lifecycle management system including a product lifecycle management database, the method comprising:
- determining a component part number of a component based on a user input received from the user system;
- determining a latest version of the component based on the component part number by querying the product lifecycle management database;
- determining an assembly that the latest version of the component is associated with;
- querying the product lifecycle management database to determine assembly components associated with the assembly;
- querying the product lifecycle management database for a part number, a part name, a part version, and a state for each of the assembly components including the latest version of the component;
- generating a first table to be displayed on the user system including the part number, the part name, the part version, and the state for each of the assembly components;
- determining a hierarchal assembly structure for the latest released version of the component;
- generating a second table to be displayed on the user system including the hierarchal assembly structure;
- providing a graphical user interface to the user system that displays a first link to the first table and a second link to the second table with the first link and the second link located within a single window.
A search system for a product lifecycle management system including a product lifecycle management database, the search system comprising:
- a part number module configured to provide a part number for a component based on a user input at a user system;
- a drawing module configured to locate a latest released drawing associated with the part number in the product lifecycle management database including searching for a drawing associated with the part number with a highest version number that is not marked as a work in progress;
- an assembly module configured to:
- determine a latest version of the component based on the component part number by querying the product lifecycle management database,
- determine a hierarchal assembly structure for the latest released version of the component, and
- generate a table to be displayed on the user system including the hierarchal assembly structure;
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- a display module configured to provide a graphical user interface to the user system that displays a download link to the latest released drawing and a link to the table with the download link and the link located within a single window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.