Advanatges and Disadvantages of Capp

Advantages

Automated process planning brings about following advantages :

• Decrease in the needed skill of the process planner
• Decrease in process planning time
• Decrease in costs because of efficient use of resources
• Production of accurate and consistent process plans
• Enhanced productivity and process rationalisation
• Maximisation of just-in-time performance

Disadvantages

While compared with manual process planning the CAPP systems have few disadvantages:

• The inability to show special manufacturing techniques.
• The initial cost of establishing a CAPP system is high while compared with manual process planning.