Hybrid part installation process combining mass part installation techniques with discrete part number assembly activities

A data processing system for managing assembly of parts in a multiple stage manufacturing environment, the data processing system comprising:

• a bus;
• a storage device connected to the bus, wherein the storage device contains computer usable code;
• at least one managed device connected to the bus;
• a communications unit connected to the bus;
• and
• a processing unit connected to the bus, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable code to receive, from a stage in the multiple stage manufacturing environment, a kit comprising a plurality of parts corresponding to an order for a product, wherein the plurality of parts were validated in the stage using data collected about the plurality of parts in the stage;
• determine, at a subsequent stage in the multiple stage manufacturing environment, if the product qualifies for mass installation;
• select a set of parts in the kit corresponding to the product for mass installation in response to a determination that the product qualifies for mass installation;
• re-verify the set of parts using the data collected in the stage in the multiple stage manufacturing environment to determine if the set of parts selected for mass installation is valid;
• and install the set of parts en masse in response to a determination that the set of parts is valid for mass installation.

A computer program product for managing assembly of parts in a multiple stage manufacturing environment, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer usable program code tangibly embodied thereon, the computer usable program code comprising:
• computer usable program code for receiving, from a stage in the multiple stage manufacturing environment, a kit comprising a plurality of parts corresponding to an order for a product, wherein the plurality of parts were validated in the stage using data collected about the plurality of parts in the stage;
• computer usable program code for determining, at a subsequent stage in the multiple stage manufacturing environment, if the product qualifies for mass installation;
• computer usable program code for selecting a set of parts in the kit corresponding to the product for mass installation in response to a determination that the product qualifies for mass installation;
• computer usable program code for re-verifying the set of parts using the data collected in the stage in the multiple stage manufacturing environment to determine if the set of parts selected for mass installation is valid;
• and
• computer usable program code for installing the set of parts en masse in response to a determination that the set of parts is valid.