Shared data induced production process improvement

Abstract

A method for developing or improving a process for producing a product from a material comprising steps of acquiring process data from at least two different sources for the production process and its relevant parameters by using a Data Collecting computer; using the acquired process data related to the production process to perform a Process Mapping step by using a Process Mapping computer; assigning the acquired process data related to the relevant parameters of the production process to its corresponding process parts by performing a Data Mapping step by using a Data Mapping computer; analyzing the therefore mapped process data with a specific software performed on an Analyzing computer thereby identifying and validating one or more existing characteristics related to the quality or performance of the production process; and using the identified and validated characteristics to develop the production process or improve its performance.

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