… The authors have taken pains in explaining in detail the concepts and the nuances of Cost
Estimation and the steps involved in Process Planning. A number of illustrations make the …

… that process planning accounts for up to 58% of the total cost of manufacturing a part. In fact,
an automated process planning, a master database and cost estimation … Process planning is …

… to the pure operation cost. We present two modelling and cost estimation techniques based
on Petri nets. Both are based on a new Petri net model: the PP-net (Process Planning net) …

… Process planning is a complex activity divided into several hierarchical levels. First level …
process planning. One of the main tasks of the conceptual process planning is the estimation …

… of the companies, process planning forms an important phase to bring efficiency and
savings while operating facilities. Meticulous cost estimation of manufactured components and …

… process planning, ie taking into account processing alternatives. In order to determine
overall costs for feasible process plans we take into account in our Petri net model costs caused …

… 4.2 Application to conceptual process planning The data we will deal with in conceptual
process planning can be classified in three main categories. First will be data related to the …

… developed process planning optimization method to support manufacturing cost estimation
… for a designed model and a process plan can be generated intelligently and automatically. A …

… existing process planning model does not account for such uncertainty, and an optimal plan
… time, assure optimality of a chosen process plan, and accurately estimate the material costs. …

… Among optimal process plan criteria we note the manufacturing cost, the … In this section
the approach to the cost estimation in three design stages was provided by treating certain cost …