The Object-Oriented Design of the Product Structure Based on Options

Option을 고려한 객체지향형 Product Structure 설계

  • 고석완 (대우정보시스템(주)) ;
  • 김선호 (명지대학교 산업공학과) ;
  • 정석찬 (ETRI 컴퓨터.소프트웨어기술연구소)
  • Received : 19971200
  • Published : 1998.09.30

Abstract

As a product structure or BOM(bill of material) of products is hierarchically structured, the design based on the concept of relational data base modeling causes low performances in data search or processing. For this reason, an object-oriented approach to designing a product structure is proposed in this paper. Using Rumbaugh's OMT (Object Modeling Technique) method, classes of parts, BOM structure, options, and models are defined and their class-relationship diagrams are proposed. For the representation of the BOM structure suitable for the object-oriented paradigm, a new data architecture called the BOM item class is suggested. It is expected that the proposed data structure ensures better reusability and expandability due to the modularity.

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