Top-down WG started formalizing terms polling from the IOF community. The first 20 most popular terms were targeted by the WG. The scope grows based on the additional needs for formalizing the top-20, e.g., additional abstract terms, refactored terms, terms needed to define the top-20, relations, and terms needed by other WGs. The list below shows the initial top-20 terms (or rather term sets).
Product, Physical Product, Product Material, Manufactured Product
Material, Material Object, Engineered Material
Manufacturing Machine, Processor, Machinery, Machine Tool, Machine, Mechanism, Machine, Workstation
Tool, Tools, Tooling, Manufacturing Tool
Assembly, Part, Composition
Part, Physical Part, Sub Assembly, Product Component, ComponentÂ
Process, Transformation
Supplier, Supplier Provider or Vendor, Material Supplier
Transportation Process, Move, Movement, Transfer, Transport, Act of Transportation, Transport
Quality, Indicator, General KPI, Quality, Engineering Quality, Physical Quality
Requirement, Requirement Specification, Control
Assembly Process, Assembly Operation, Technological Pair Positioning, Joining, Act of Assembly
Customer, Business Customer
Feature, Materials Property, CAD Model Feature
Process Plan, Work Instructions, Manufacturing Method, Op-eration, Process Plan, Manufacturing Process Plan
Resource
Task, Activity, Operation
Design, Design Process
Equipment, Machinery
Fixture, Work Holder
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Slides of the top-down WG process update at the July 2018 F2F Working Meeting. Scroll down to slide 16 to see diagrams of initial classes and relations