Theme

• Reduce product costs
• Reduce product development lead time
• Localization of design and customization
• Establish distributed development and production system throughout East Asia
• Researches in basic and integrated technologies for information infrastructure

Realization Image

Necessary basic technology will be developed while keeping a specific product in mind to assist in the product development flow. Under this project, the drive is towards an "integrated electronics design/production system" which covers multiple nations, enterprises, and industries, or a prototype for a "Factory ASIA Network" which covers the entire East Asia region, so to speak.

Information about related design, manufacturing, maintenance, physical distribution, etc., are defined in accordance with the international standards adopted by CALS or their equivalents. This is provided that a proposed standard will be created in this project for proposals on the basis of the existing standards when appropriate standards are not available. This will present a model of the design and production process for product manufacturing based on standardized information expressions.

R&D Issues

• Concurrent management tools
• Resource Center
• Electronic Catalog
• Concurrent circuit design/printed-board design
• Standard label attached to product

Development Results

• Concurrent management tool prototype
• Resource Center prototype
• Electronic Catalog prototype
• Concurrent electronics engineering system prototype
• Electronics/electronic parts standard label prototype

Excerpt from "The Project Proposals" by Japanese MATIC Examination Committee, June 2, 1995.

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Last update: May 10, 1996