Technical Papers

A collection of technical papers related to CM4D software and quality data management are presented below.

Product Specification Management (PSM): Enabling Manufacturing Quality

PSM information creates the virtual products that consist of all the necessary information about the physical products that are being manufactured. As described below, this virtual information can be used in place of being in possession of the physical product itself.
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Multiplying MES value with PLM

Manufacturing Executions Systems (MES) have existed for decades to provide both planning and
control of the manufacturing process and visibility of the actual states of material, labor and equipment on the factory floor. The value of MES, however, can be greatly amplified if integrated into the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) framework. PLM, with its product-centric perspective, provides an integrated framework for the different functions of create, build, support and dispose that have historically remained isolated and de-coupled.
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CM4D and Statistical Process Control

This is a white paper which highlights ways in which manufacturing opterations might benefit from CM4D’s Statistical Process Control (SPC) abilities.
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Integrating Craftsmanship metric data from the Automotive supply chain into the OEM to improve the New Product Introduction Process

This is a research paper delivered by the International Automotive Research Centre (IARC) of the Warwick Manufacturing Group (University of Warwick). The paper was delivered at the Seventh International Research Conference on Quality Innovation and Knowledge Management in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 2005.

It describes the IARC’s Craftsmanship Project and its efforts to work with industry to develop and improve solutions for ensuring OEM access to relevant quality data from the supply chain throughout the New Product Introduction (NPI) process.
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