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Manufacturing Advisory Service 2.0
   
A CyberCut Project from the Integrated Manufacturing Lab.
 

When developing a consumer product, 70%* of the costs of materials, human labor, and equipment is actually set during conceptual design. The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) is a tool for finding a good fabrication method for a part while still at the conceptual level of design.

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CyberCut is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

 

* Giachetti, R.E., Jurrens, K.K., Manufacturing Evaluation of Designs: A Knowledge-Based Approach,” Proceedings of the Third Joint Confernece on Information Sciences (JCIS), Research Triangle Park, NC March 1-5 1997, vol 1, p194-197.