Open AccessComputer‐Aided Parts Estimation
Author(s) -
Cunningham Adam,
Smart Robert
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
ai magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Book series
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 2371-9621
pISSN - 0738-4602
ISBN - 0-929280-46-6
DOI - 10.1609/aimag.v14i3.1052
Subject(s) - automotive industry , computer science , software deployment , process (computing) , engineering , operations research , industrial engineering , manufacturing engineering , operations management , software engineering , aerospace engineering , operating system
In 1991 Ford began deployment of the Computer Aided Parts Estimating System (CAPE), a highly advanced knowledge-based system designed to generate, evaluate and cost automotive part manufacturing plans. CAPE is engineered on an innovative, extensible, declarative process planning and estimation knowledge representation language, which underpins the CAPE kernel architecture. Many manufacturing processes have been modelled to date, but eventually every significant process in motor vehicle construction will be included. Significant cost reductions are among the many benefits CAPE brings to Ford.