Objectives:

-Build a knowledge-based repository for efficient archival and richer representation of manufacturing expertise

-Use of manufacturability knowledge repository for standards-based design-for-manufacturability (DFM) analysis of printed circuit assemblies / boards (PCA/B)

Contributions & Benefits :

-Testbed for evaluating the efficacy of knowledge-based systems and high fidelity standards-based design models for DFX analyses

-Use of STEP AP210 for representation of integrated design information across the enterprise

-Knowledge-based repositories as a mechanism of archiving and sharing corporate expertise and enabling cost-effective collaborative analysis

-Automated DFM checking (reduce hrs. to mins.) and increased coverage and consistency