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The more UNSPSC coding is used, the more useful it becomes, and those in charge of UNSPSC classification had multiple challenges ahead of them in order to create a “user friendly” product. The current version was revised in 2001, and has over 18,000 listings. In the US, it competes with the eClass classification system.

UNSPSC is meant for classification (i.e. taxonomy), rather than identification. It aims to categorize products rather than describe them in detail. In mechanical engineering, this means the UNSPSC system is often used in conjunction with more specific standards. For example, the “bearings” category will have a sub-class, “ball bearing” (or “bearing, ball.”)The noun modifier identifies a particular type, but not much else. To fully identify the product, standard attributes, with specific values, must be applied. These allow products listed as “bearing, ball” to be accurately identified for engineering BOMs, product orders etc, using an identifier such as the GS1 GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) system. The UNSPSC coding “language” therefore acts as an interface with company catalogs, industry standard dictionaries etc.

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Photo realistic rendering uses 3D modeling to build a photorealistic representation of the final prototype. It may be static or animated, incorporating special effects such as shadowing and motion blurring. In this way, 3D rendered engineering animation can be of cinematic quality.

Software such as Autodesk 3D max render can be used in a number of ways. It gives the engineer a detailed realistic model to work with, which can be modified and resized in any number of ways. 3D rendered simulations can also be used to pitch ideas to marketing executives, showing them how the concept will look and perform before the has been created. If a design is a single component of a larger system, or a standalone product designated for a particular environment, photorealistic rendering can be used to show how it will appear when installed.

Today, companies offering CAD, CAM and CAE services can integrate 3D max rendering applications into existing system software. 2D TO 3D conversion allows engineers to create photorealistic graphics and animated images of existing models, without having to export them from one CAD environment to another.

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Your plan should include adequate resources for filing and retrieval of all engineering BOMs. This can be done easily with specialist BOM management software. Depending on the system installed, you can make and record BOM changes, create assembly reports, and BOM scrubs archived data.

You can also use BOM software as a component cross-reference tool to check which components have been used in previous projects. This can cut costs enormously, avoiding the need to build parts from scratch.

A mere 8% of the budget for a new product is spent during the design phase. However, that design has already determined 80% of all future spending, 60% of it at the creative concept phase. An ill-thought creative concept idea can be perilous to profits once you get to the manufacturing stage – not through the design itself, which may be brilliant, but through the costs incurred during the product lifecycle. However cutting-edge a new bag-less vacuum cleaner or hybrid auto is, it’s no use if you have to price it out of reach of the consumer market in order to break even.

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The earlier product development costs are incurred, the harder they are to remove later. The engineering BOM should not just reflect system design, but manufacturing methods as well. For this reason, the term manufacturing BOM is often used.

The key to cost-effective system development is Concurrent Engineering – the practice of correlating hardware design with end-point manufacture. Evidently, using existing manufacturing processes is the most cost-effective way forward, but where a new mechanical design warrants a new manufacturing process (or modification of an old one), the two should be developed concurrently.

Concurrent engineering also means the active participation of everyone concerned with the project, from engineers to OEMs to vendors, from an early stage. To cost reduction consultants, co-locating the mechanical engineering and manufacturing sites ensures low production costs and a high level of teamwork. While costs can often be cut by outsourcing various elements abroad, the company must ensure it is getting the same level of quality and service it would in-house or from local providers. Whether the project is localized or not, good project data and master data management are essential.

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