Development Of A Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP) Software Package For Small Scale Bottled Water Industry In Nigeria

Abstract

Production process planning is key to achieving optimal production process in any manufacturing environment. This paper presents the merit of the adoption of appropriate technology in the development of an interactive software system developed in the Visual Basic.6.0 2006 environment, and Microsoft Office Access 2007 as database for the management of production process planning in small scale bottled water industry in Nigeria. We describe first the bottled water production process; stage(s) involved in the process. Mathematical model(s) was adopted in the development of the system. The developed software was validated using a twelve-month production data of the industry. The result obtained showed an increase in production quantity by 19%, and an average production error of 8.33% over the twelve-month period. The developed software presented an optimum process plan in quick and consistent fashion which is the objective of Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP).