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Logical approach of process planning

Process planning can be defined by a sequence of activities. Managing of a company calls for many economic decisions such as the economics of manufacturing, a certain product, capital investment and cash flow needs, type and number of machines needed, number of employees, due date of delivery, layout etc. A decision implementation has to be based on intuition , on partially estimated data or accurate data. Process planning has to provide the background for economic evaluation. For example, when a new product is introduced in the company, the finance department wants to know its manufacturing costs. Today, two methods are used to try to overcome this dilemma and to shorten the process generation time. One is to use a computer, i.e. CAPP [5]. Hovewer, although research and development efforts in the field of CAPP over the past two decades have resulted in numerous experimental CAPP systems, they have had no significant effect in manufacturing planning practice. Another method is to improve the process planner's intuition, knowledge and expertise.

logical approach; systematisation; process planning

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