A process for manufacturing a bespoke product handling apparatus

摘要

A process 1 for manufacturing a bespoke product. From the general specification 3, reference apparatus specifications 7 and component lists are created spanning a limited range of the apparatus attributes. In order to manufacture a bespoke product, various rules are defined to first of all obtain a suitable reference apparatus specification 20 from a memory and thereafter modify 27, 29 the component list of that apparatus specification using a configurator 21 in order to generate a new component list 31 for the bespoke product. This new component list 21 is used in the manufacture of the bespoke product and the component list 21 and the apparatus identifier associated therewith are stored 33 in memory for subsequent use in the manufacture 37 of other bespoke products.