THE ROLE OF STEP-NC IN IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF SUPPLY CHAIN
ABSTRACT: The success of
supply chain implementation in producing manufactured product heavily relies on
the development of CAD system, CAM system, and CNC machine tool. However,
current CAD system, CAM system, and CNC machine tool have some weaknesses in
supporting supply chain implementation. This paper presents an overview of
STEP-NC and its role in supply chain of manufactured product. STEP-NC is a new
interface standard for CAD-CAM-CNC chain, which is developed by International
Standards Organization (ISO) to extend STEP model data to define data for NC
machine tools. By using STEP-NC, the link of all information in supply chain of
manufactured product will be more flexible, faster, easier, safer, and more
reliable.
Author: Jaya Suteja
Journal Code: jptindustrigg050012
