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RAMP: A Test Bed for the Navy's Use of PDES Product Data

The Rapid Acquisition of Manufactured Parts (RAMP) Project is a U.S. Navy program employing computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) technologies and Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (CALS) standards to facilitate parts procurement in the Navy supply system. As an R&D manufacturing/logistics program administered through the Naval Supply Systems Command (NavSup), RAMP is serving as a test bed for the ordering and manufacturing of parts using prototype versions of the Product Data Exchange Specification (PDES). The central theme of this paper is to highlight the objectives of RAMP which include (1) the integration of CIM technologies into the Navy logistics system, (2) the specification of procedures and standards to communicate part requirements to automated manufacturing activities, and (3) the installation of flexible CIM cells in Navy industrial sites. In large measure, the eventual success of RAMP will corroborate the feasibility of using neutral product data standards to procure and maintain naval weapon systems in the 1990s and beyond.