MCIE III PLUS DATAMANAGER
Manufacturing and Work Management Information and Database System
The MCIE III PLUS DATAMANAGER Manufacturing Information
Management System with Work Management is new with the MCIE II PLUS Work
Management workstation. This new system is the result of years of manufacturing
experience. The MCIE III PLUS DATAMANAGER information system consists
of five major software modules, including:
 Interactive,
On-Screen Data Input Management System
Interactive,
On-Screen Data Editing System
Integrated,
On-Screen Help System
Database
Management System with Multilevel Data Blocks
Integrated
Manufacturing Information System
These five software systems are integrated and
act in concert to give you the maximum in flexibility, data management
and information for your MCIE manufacturing engineering system.
1. Interactive, On-Screen Data Input Management System
The software consists of a data preprocessor, a data
auditing and internal check system and an on-screen editor to allow ease
of input and proper internal identification of manufacturing information
entered into the software.
Manufacturing information about each part, subassembly,
assembly and end product in entered via the Data Input Management system
and can be manipulated through special data management algorithms to include
a special part model of the manufacturing information and generate new
parts using variant models which only require exception modification.
This new, integrated Information Management System gives the engineering
workstation an unprecedented degree of flexibility and information to
the engineer for analysis of his manufacturing alternatives. MCIE III
PLUS DATAMANAGER is in windows and is integrated with the rest of the
MCIE work management software so that the engineer can do every task from
new data entry to mass maintenance in the same integrated environment
without access to outside information systems.
The Data Input system has the same look and feel of
previous editors, but now has many additional capabilities. For example,
the new editors include an Add, Change, Delete feature which can be used
without leaving the input system. A powerful search and replace system
allows data to be changed almost instantly and prepared for further processing.
In addition, the engineer can now review, any records via a browse feature,
which is controlled through arrow keys. In windows, the system can modify
input in the editing mode without going to a text editor, however, for
speed editing, the experienced user can still interject a text editor
with the other built-in editors if desired. As mentioned earlier, the
new editor has many of the same features of the leading word processors,
now applied to data modification — making our new editors the easiest
to use in the business of computerized work management. Because of other
new software features, the input system now includes O elements, which
provide data for a new work management information layer in UnivEl. This
new Macro-element system gives the engineer the ability to generate gross
work descriptions with simple English descriptions and manipulate large
amounts of work method information, quickly by just changing those variables
that need changing without reentering all the information back in as in
previous versions. The MCIE III PLUS will generate all the manufacturing
information that the work management system normally generates based on
the top down plan. The O-Element input is similar to that for a comment
type input, but the UnivEl system uses these O-Elements to generate all
the manufacturing work management generated by a fully engineered UnivEl
standard. The UnivEl report is marked with a special "MAC"ro
sign to let the engineer engineer know that the time shown is calculated
at a Macro Level. Comments and other UnivEl elements are denoted by "UNV",
so as to distinguish them from Macro elements. In addition, this new information
layer allows the user to generate any degree of standards engineering
within this Macro layer, thus giving the engineer unprecedented flexibility
in producing what-if scenarios, quick turnaround cost estimates, indirect
control without lengthy work measurement and much more.
The new input system also has a new exclamation point
operator (!) in UnivEl, which eliminates the need for truncation of manufacturing
instructions or comments. Now, the engineer can input unlimited instructions
or comments within an individual sequence number and maintain proper sequencing
of work methods.
2. Interactive, On-Screen Data Editing System
Data manipulation is all done on-screen and no external
editors are required as in previous software. All modifications to data
are completed within the data editing system.
The data editor contains special programs to allow easy
modification of an input file while still allowing the user to see data
as it was originally entered. Changes are placed on-screen as they are
entered, but in a red color to show the changed data and the previous
data for quick comparison.
Data editing can be done in a free form, word-processing
style using cut and paste and search and replace features of the MCIE
III PLUS, making data editing a snap. The MCIE III PLUS Input Editors
are interactive and easier than ever to use. The engineer can move from
one record to another with a simple keystroke or mouse-click, and all
data fields are automatically placed in their proper record types and
with proper field descriptions, on-screen in a single color. Data changes
or edits are shown in a contrasting color, directly beneath the data being
modified, in place within the record for easy identification. Data modifications
can be made at any time during the data input session or afterwards. All
modifications can be made in full screen or in windows, allowing the engineer
to reference other database information, work studies, Minisets or any
other manufacturing information while he is editing or inputting new data.
3. Integrated Help System
In addition, our new UniHelp help system has hundreds
of on-line, pop-up, help screens which completely describe every field
in all of the main input editors. These help screens define the context,
usage and function of every field in the software.
4. Database Management System with Multilevel Data Blocks
The new, improved database manager uses on-screen, interactive
menus and prompts to give the engineer easy access to mass data modifications
and mass data maintenance. This new database contains all the information
retrieval capabilities of our mainframe version together with user-friendly
features which make the system about ten times as fast as our previous
data management software versions. Of course, this system is also in windows
and can be used full or partial screen to allow maximum ease of reference
to manufacturing data, part or workstation graphics or work management
information during the data management activities. We have also added
a complete Mass-Maintenance Data input editor with easy to follow instructions
and prompts to guide the user through the database requirements.
5. Integrated Manufacturing Information System
This new information system supplies the engineer with
the information he needs to evaluate present work management methods or
other manufacturing information about the shop floor, labor or costs associated
with the manufacture of a part or product. The system uses the engineer's
work management and manufacturing information to generate working bills
of material, engineering and shop floor routings, materials and tools,
where-used, process information and part graphics showing the part before
and after each operation, workstation geometry and operational work methods
for each part of the manufacturing process. In addition, the information
system can generate new manufacturing data through the use of variant
engineering. The Information is menu driven and has prompts to make engineering
at the local workstation simpler, faster and more error free. An artificial
intelligence type parser has been added so that the engineer can use simple
English phrases to complete data searches and obtain information quickly.
This new parser has interactive, on-screen prompts to make information
searches easier than ever. All reports are brought to the screen, and
each has its own print facility.
The Control Database portion of the Manufacturing Information
system includes documentation necessary to control the shop floor manufacturing
of the various parts:
Drawing Master
Drawing Bill
Tool Master
Tool Bill
Materials Bill
Before/After
Part Operation Graphics
Work Methods
Kit
Workplace Layout
Process sheet
The Planning Database portion of the manufacturing information
system maintains the information which describes how and what is required
to build the product.
Data Files Maintained
Part Number
Master
Product Structure
Routing
Operation Description
Work Center Master
Work Station
Flow of Work
Process Plan
Methods Kit
Fabrication Procedures
Assembly Procedures
Features
Maintains Planning
Data for the following Part Types: Credit, Manufactured, Purchased, Synthetic
Module (Planning Part, Planning Bill), Build Through
Supports, same
as, except capability
Provides Component
Scrap Factors
Master File Lists
for the Part Number Master, Drawing Master, Work Center Master, Tool Master
Bill of Material
Retrievals- Single Level, Multiple Level, Indented and Summarized by Order
Option Structure
Provides Drawing
Number and Group Number for each part and Drawing.
Supports Multiple
Tools per Operation
Supports Routing
Notes, Alternate Operations, Multiple Description Lines, Partial Tag and
Final Tags in the Routing Files
Master
Bill and Routing Retrieval
Database
Audit and Audit Lists
Finders Include:
Cost Center Where-Used Retrieval and Maintenance
MethodSET Where-Used Retrieval and Maintenance
MiniSET Where-Used Retrieval and Maintenance
Formula Where-Used Retrieval and Maintenance
Work Center Where-Used Retrievals
Retrieves by Plant No. or Division
Facility Number
Tool Where-Used Retrieval
Group Number
Primary Operation Number
Setup or Run type Standard
On-Screen Displays are available for any Report including for example:
Part Number
Master
Single
Level Bill of Material
Single Level
Part Number, Where-Used
Master Bill and
Routing
Drawing, Where-Used
Tool Where-Used
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