Ken;
First you have to define what kind of tracking
you want to do.
Possibles;
1-ECO's
electrical changes
mechanical changes
simulation results
component changes
2-Acounting "Like you mentioned"
hours
charge no's
work description
vacation/sick days
3-Data Base
ee changes schematic
me changes card outline
pm change specification
4-Manufacturing
Rev levels of artwork
Part availablility from inventory
Drill tape rev
test set rev
drawing's rev
5-Puchasing
part prices
part availability
lead times
delivery dates
6-Schedule tracking
were's the board in the design cycle
7-Marketing
the price of the unit
Etc...
Tracking could be the used for the whole process
of a product. So when the engineer adds a chip or
the board designer adds 2 layers, everyone to the CEO
knows the impact to the schedule and price of the unit.
Manufacturing would also be alerted a rev is coming and not to
order older rev boards. etc,
A product that would do all this
would be worth a lot bucks, and would be something
I don't think you would want to write.
Lou Dallara
>
>
> We have written our own tracking software. It really is not difficult
> to do. We did it just using a shell/awk script that is activated when
> the user logs out. It asks the user about their activities during that
> day, and keeps a running log of comments, hours spent on different processes,
> as well as the number of changes during the course of the design. At the
> end of the job (or any time actually), a second script can be run which
> will produce a summary report. This is pretty easy stuff, so why pay
> big bucks to an eda vendor for something you can do yourself?
>
> Ken Barrett
> Cisco Systems
> San Jose CA
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> > Actually most EDA companies are jumping on this band wagon, I'd
> > certainly contact whoever your EDA vendor/supplier is for a product
> > that works hand-in0-glove eith your existing tools.
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> > Subject: Tracking Software
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> > I would like to find out what methods other companies are using to track and
> > record metrics for PWB Design/Layout.
> >
> > What I am looking for is something more than just a spreadsheet, although
> > that could be a part of it. I would like a system that we can record the
> > date the Engineer gives us the schematic and records all activity through
> > the design process until final documentation is completed including the
> > assembly drawing. Also, included would be a data base to record metrics
> > (such as card size, number of components, number of nets, time spent on each
> > step, etc) that we could use for future projects to estimate design time and
> > manpower.
> >
> > Any information you could share would be appreciated.
> >
> > Lew Burnett
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