Manufacturing method and software product for optimizing information flow
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsGary W. Giles, Randall E. Patten
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Abstract
A manufacturing method, software product, system for optimizing information flow within a manufacturing facility based upon the use of a network, a structured data exchange, and a browser allowing access to a plurality of servers, themselves containing software data, thereby presenting an uniform look and feel for the interface serving that information to each employee. Administrators grant employees access to data according to predefined constellations of roles within the manufacturing facility.
Claims15
A method, comprising assisting a worker in an aircraft manufacturing facility that includes automated machines and various legacy systems for machining parts, the method including:
- provide a computer interface at a computer system for allowing the worker to log in;
- automatically retrieve, by the computer system, an access role for the worker in response to the log-in;
- automatically determine, by the computer system, at least one task for the worker based on at least the access role, the at least one task relating to machining of a part within the aircraft manufacturing facility;
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- automatically interface, by the computer system, with at least one of the various legacy systems of the aircraft manufacturing facility and automatically order, subject to the access role, at least one of machine tooling for the machining of the part, product materials to be machined, and distributed numerical control (DNC) control data for the machining of the part, wherein the machine tooling includes a cutting tool for the part to be machined.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.