Implantation of a Distributed CAPP System (Computer Aided Process Planning) at Cummins Brasil

The link between product engineering and shop-floor is process planning engineering. The manufacturing process plan gives support to a series of departments, from PPC to quality, tooling, selling and shp floor, being of central importance to enterprise's competitiveness. This paper shows a computer aided process planning (CAPP) system development at Cummins, which significantly increased process planning productivity, besides giving gains on quality, tracking and reliability of informations.