Computer Aided Process

Planning

What is CAPP

Process Plan

Process Planning

Basic Process in developing a

process plan

Process Planning
Approaches
Manual

Systems
Computer Aids
Variant System
Experimental Generative System

Manually Prepared Process

Plans

Computer Aids

Variant (Retrieval) CAPP

Methodology

Variant CAPP

Variant CAPP

Variant CAPP

Generative CAPP
Methodology

Knowledge based process

planning

Decision Tables
A table of rows and columns,
separated into four quadrants
Conditions
Condition alternatives
Actions to be taken
Rules for executing the actions

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Figure 9.8 The standard format

used for presenting a decision
table

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Developing Decision Tables

Determine conditions that affect the decision
Determine possible actions that can be taken
Determine condition alternatives for each
condition
Calculate the maximum number of columns in
the decision table
Fill in the condition alternatives
Complete table by inserting an X where rules
suggest actions
Combine rules where it is apparent
Check for impossible situations
Rearrange to make more understandable
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Figure 9.10 Constructing a decision table for

deciding which catalog to send to customers who
order only from selected catalogs

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Checking for Completeness

and Accuracy
Four main problems
Incompleteness
Impossible situations
Contradictions
Redundancy

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Figure 9.14 Checking the decision table

for inadvertent contradictions and
redundancy is important

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Types of Decision Table