Method of producing a complement of parts required for assembly of a product

A method of producing a set of parts, which, when assembled, form a product, the method comprising:

• programming a CNC machine to selectively execute a first routine, a second routine, and a third routine, wherein the first routine comprises:
• generating a cut path to form the set of parts from a first panel of material;
• generating a map depicting a layout of the set of parts to form the set of parts from the first panel of material, wherein each part of the set of parts on the map has an indicia identifying the respective part of the set of parts;
• generating a set of labels, wherein each label of the set of labels has a machine readable indicia identifying one part of the set of parts and an operator readable indicia for an operator to identify the one part of the set of parts relative to the map;
• and
• forming the set of parts from the first panel of material;
• wherein the second routine comprises:
• regenerating the map and regenerating the labels;
• and
• wherein the third routine comprises:
• forming one or more parts of the set of parts from a second panel of material;
• loading the first panel of material on a worktable of the CNC machine, wherein the cut path is generated prior to loading the first panel of material;
• operating the CNC machine to execute the first routine;
• attaching each label of the generated set of labels to its corresponding formed part by matching the identifying indicia on the map with the operator readable indicia on each label of the set of labels;
• removing the set of parts, once labeled, from the worktable;
• discerning any parts missing from the formed set of parts;
• operating the CNC machine to execute the second routine;
• identifying the labels corresponding to the missing parts utilizing at least one of the map generated during the first routine or the map regenerated during the second routine;
• machine scanning the machine readable indicia on the labels identified as corresponding to the missing parts;
• loading the second panel of material on the worktable;
• operating the CNC machine to execute the third routine to produce a set of replacement parts from the second panel of material, wherein the set of replacement parts consists of only the parts missing from the set of parts formed from the first panel of material;
• and
• combining the set of replacement parts with the set of parts formed from the first panel of material.

A method of producing a set of parts, which, when assembled, form a product, the method comprising:

• programming a CNC machine to selectively execute a first routine, a second routine, and a third routine, wherein the first routine comprises:
• generating a cut path to form the set of parts from a first panel of material;
• generating a map depicting a layout of the set of parts to form the set of parts from the first panel of material, wherein each part of the set of parts on the map has an indicia identifying the respective part of the set of parts;
• generating a set of labels, wherein each label of the set of labels has a machine readable indicia identifying one part of the set of parts and an operator readable indicia for an operator to identify the one part of the set of parts relative to the map;
• and
• forming the set of parts from the first panel of material;
• wherein the second routine comprises:
• regenerating the map and regenerating the labels;
• and
• wherein the third routine comprises:
• forming one or more parts of the set of parts from a second panel;
• loading the first panel of material on a worktable of the CNC machine, wherein the cut path is generated prior to loading the first panel of material;
• operating the CNC machine to execute the first routine;
• attaching each label of the generated set of labels to its corresponding formed part by matching the identifying indicia on the map with the operator readable indicia on each label of the set of labels;
• removing the set of parts, once labeled, from the worktable;
• discerning any parts of the set of parts that are defective or missing;
• operating the CNC machine to execute the second routine in circumstances in which a missing part is discerned;
• identifying any regenerated labels corresponding to any missing parts utilizing at least one of the map generated during the first routine or the map regenerated during the second routine;
• machine scanning the machine readable indicia on the labels of any defective parts and the regenerated labels of any missing parts;
• loading the second panel of material on the worktable;
• operating the CNC machine to execute the third routine to produce a set of replacement parts consisting of only parts to replace the missing parts and parts to replace the defective parts from the set of parts formed during the first routine;
• and
• combining the replacement parts with the set of parts formed from the first panel of material that were not discerned as defective.