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... Input from several disciplines -- systems engineering, engineering design, materials science, manufacturing science, and life-cycle assessment -- is needed for success. Finally, changes to the way customer requirements are specified, especially within defense acquisition processes, are also needed to fully bridge design and manufacturing.
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... for many of the required product development activities. For other activities, software tools may be emerging (yellow)
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... In the near term, developing translators between existing engineering design environments and simulation tools can solve problems with minimum effort. In the mid term, a common data architecture can improve interoperability among engineering design environments and simulation tools.
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... Integrated tools and databases for materials design, materials selection, process simulation, and process optimization are key to virtual manufacturing. Data gathered from manufacturing and materials processing using a variety of sensors can validate and improve design, modeling, simulation, and process control.
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... Within a single company, coordination between design, materials supply, production scheduling, and process control, for example, can be difficult; outsourcing of tightly coupled design and manufacturing activities adds complexity to an already complex communication process. For example, software tools in use across many organizational boundaries may not communicate without substantial effort.
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... capability in contributing disciplines, such as materials science and engineering. The availability of an educated domestic workforce is crucial to the quality of life, to the national defense, and to the economic security and competitiveness of the nation, and a key part of this workforce is in the manufacturing sector.
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... Instituting common model access, common model databases, and common document controls will ensure that information generated under government funding is available to multiple program managers. Incentives for program managers to develop integrated design and manufacturing tools can make simulation-based acquisition become a reality for DoD programs.
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Key Terms

  • simulation tools
  • software tools
  • engineering design
  • virtual manufacturing
  • product realization

  • defense acquisition
  • design process
  • bridge design
  • manufacturing tools
  • distributed locations

  • boundary conditions
  • process control
  • design environments
  • acquisition processes
  • organizational structures

  • required product
  • production scheduling
  • acquisition process
  • develop tools
  • material properties

  • collaborative environments
  • design alternatives
  • bridging design
  • common model
  • economic models

  • model access
  • single company
  • tools grow
  • performance simulations
  • various manufacturing


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