Objective
The aim of the FunSTEP project is the achievement of an integrated STEP-based environment for manufacturer-customer integration, and the support of information flow management in the factory. This will be applied initially to the furniture industry.
Most furniture manufacturers, services companies and shops encounter difficulties in providing their customers with graphic and non-graphic product information which is independent from the computer-based graphic system used by themselves or by the customer.
FunSTEP will develop STEP models regarding product development, customer order processing, process planning, and project management where furniture products are involved. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) furniture related developments and other formats such as AMK for non-graphic data normalisation and exchange between manufacturers and customers will be contemplated.
The work will result in:
- a Product Data STEP model and a Customer's Design Data STEP Model;
- a platform that helps to integrate computer aided tools in a neutral environment;
- methods and tools for software integration assurance.
Market CAD/CAM and PPS tools will be adapted and integrated using a STEP based integration platform resulting from other EU RTD projects.
A final demonstrator will be implemented by the end of the project in an industrial site, and the dissemination of project results will be done through workshops and demonstrations for target end-users, related industry and research organisations and universities on an international level.
The consortium includes:
- end-users (furniture manufacturers), who provide specifications and aim to install the envisaged functionality onto their systems;
- technology providers, involved in the design, development and implementation of state-of-the-art tools, and are committed to the exploitation of the main results; as well as
- research institutions.
The FunSTEP results will be exploited mainly as a basis for further marketable software, but also as acquired know-how for technology transfer projects, industrial staff training tools, and even market software integration tools. It is intended to propose the final models as an ISO-STEP furniture Application Protocol. An international FunSTEP Interest Group is being established, and it is gaining awareness with software providers and end-users.
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45478 Mülheim An Der Ruhr
Germany