| Abstract: | Existing computer-aided process planning (CAPP) systems for garment manufacturing emphasize all-purpose ones, lack of specialism and availability. So, few developed is popular in the garment industries. This study is intended for developing a CAPP system, which aims at the actual condition of process planning in the small and medium size apparel enterprises (SMAs). It enables the technologists of process planning to be quicker in generating suitable plans that are similar to existing styles or new. It also automatically provides labor cost by considering the shop-floor conditions. Process planning is achieved by adopting the Hybrid Interactive-variant process planning method. The proposed system has been realized in Borland Delphi 7 and Oracle 8. For validation of the system, the software has been implemented successfully in a firm named Jingchen in China. |
