DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS ADVANCE.Back-and-forth exchanges of engineering data within the complex web of makers of market-ready electronics products, contract providers of manufacturing services, and suppliers of components and materials just got easier--as well as faster, cheaper and more efficient. These are the benefits to be gained from a new set data-exchange interfaces devised by 16 industry, government, and university collaborators and now moving into the realm of Internet-based business practices. The so-called Product Data eXchange (or PDX PDX Product Data Exchange (file name extension; XML technology) PDX Paradox Files (file name extension) PDX Product Definition Exchange PDX Phone Data Exchange (Proxon) ) suite of specifications was developed by the Virtual Factory Information Interchange Project (VEIIP), an effort organized by the National Electronics Manufacturing This article presents a typical manufacturing process of an electronic assembly. Component manufacturing Components such as resistors, capacitors and integrated circuits are generally made by specialized contractors. Initiative (NEMI NEMI National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative NEMI National Environmental Methods Index ) and led by NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. and two private companies. In late April, the first PDX specifications passed a major milestone toward widespread industry adoption. The 400-company RosettaNet consortium approved six Partner Interface Processes that are based on VFIIP-developed interfaces. These same specifications also are progressing toward formal adoption as standards by the IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries, a trade organization with nearly 2700 members. Use of the VFIIP's technical outputs by both RosettaNet and IPC (1) (InterProcess Communication) The exchange of data between one program and another either within the same computer or over a network. It implies a protocol that guarantees a response to a request. was pursued from the start of the project. Joint adoption ensures consistency in standards, reducing the potential for incompatibilities that undermine data exchanges and impede im·pede tr.v. im·ped·ed, im·ped·ing, im·pedes To retard or obstruct the progress of. See Synonyms at hinder1. [Latin imped progress toward more effectively integrated supply chains. These standards and others under development take Internet-mediated business dealings beyond procurement/order fulfillment and into the domains of design, manufacturing, and assembly. |
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