| US 7,571,078 B2 | ||
| Time dependent process parameters for integrated process and product engineering | ||
| Martin Chen, Los Gatos, Calif. (US); Shailesh P. Mane, San Jose, Calif. (US); Gaurav Sharma, San Jose, Calif. (US); Qi Wang, Cupertino, Calif. (US); Dallan Clancy, Belmont, Calif. (US); Mario Günter Rothenburg, Eppelheim (Germany); and Uwe Kohler, Dielheim (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to SAP AG, Walldorf (Germany) | ||
| Filed on May 20, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/851,361. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0261888 A1, Nov. 24, 2005 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 703—2 | 24 Claims |
| 1. A method of modeling a production process using an integrated product and process engineering (IPPE) system, the method
comprising:
creating, by an IPPE engine executed by a processor of the IPPE system, a generic model of a generic production process for
a generic product design of a product; and
creating, by the IPPE engine, a specific individual model of a specific individual production process for a specific product
design of the product using the integrated product and process engineering system, wherein:
the specific individual model is based on the generic model;
the specific individual model includes a time dependent process parameter;
the time dependent process parameter is stored by the IPPE engine in a data storage device of the IPPE system; and
the time dependent process parameter is one of an input/output component consumption time dependent process parameter, an
activity duration time dependent process parameter, a resource capacity consumption time dependent process parameter, and
an activity scrap time dependent process parameter,
wherein input/output component consumption time dependent process parameters are extensions of component variant data used
by the integrated product and process engineering system;
activity duration time dependent process parameters and resource capacity consumption time dependent process parameters are
extensions of activity mode data used by the integrated product and process engineering system; and
activity scrap time dependent process parameter are extensions of activity node data used by the integrated product and process
engineering system.
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