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Designing With C&C
With C&C, the designer defines the part configuration or requirements.
A "Code Number" contains information about the part. This number
might identify material, size, shape, function, process or other
information.
The database of existing parts is then scanned to find items with
identical or similar codes. He/she tries to find an existing part that will
work or a part that can be modified to work. If neither approach is
successful, the designer looks for current tooling that will work with a
new part.
This avoids detail design for many parts and avoids many tooling costs.
Existing parts have a cost history that helps product costing. Where a
new part is required, designers learn from examining current drawings,
tooling and cost history. They then incorporate this knowledge in the
new design. Group Technology thus institutionalizes organizational
learning.
Coding &Classification
in Manufacturing
Coding systems for manufacturing
usually have both product and process
information. The analyst works with both.
If there is a great deal of inconsistency in
existing processes, the analyst can revert
to the more fundamental characteristics
such as size, shape and material.
Parts with similar physical characteristics
should usually have similar processes.
The coding system allows an analyst to
standardize process routings and then
group the parts into families.
The example below shows a small part of
a database for castings. Each digit
position represents a particular part
characteristic. For examples the third
position indicates the casting's finished
weight.
Each character in the code carries
information about the product
characteristic assigned to that digit
position. For example, a "1" the third
character position might indicate a
finished weight between 1.0 and 5.0
pounds.
Through sorting, retrieval and specialized
algorithms, the analyst groups similar
parts as shown.
Implementing Coding &
Classification
Coding and Classification presents some
major challenges that are not usually
evident to an inexperienced practitioner.
This is especially true of large databases.
But, then, large projects, have
correspondingly large returns.
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A successful project requires experience
and judgment in coding system design,
initial coding and in family development. It
is not a task for the novice.
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