DIGITAL BUILD PACKAGE FOR MANUFACTURING A PRODUCT DESIGN

1 . A system, comprising:

a memory that stores computer executable components; and

a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components comprise:

a build package component that canonicalizes manufacturing inputs regarding a product design into a digital build package that enables portability of manufacturing the product design within a network of manufacturing facilities, wherein the digital build package delineates how the product design is to be manufactured and references a computer-aided design file that characterizes the product design.

2 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

an attribute component that generates a simplified summary that characterizes the product design by extracting a plurality of design attribute values from the computer-aided design file; and

a standardization component that structures the simplified summary into an intermediate data form.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of design attribute values include a size and shape of a geometric feature of the product design.

4 . The system of claim 2 , further comprising:

a packaging component that executes a packaging algorithm to generate the digital build package based on the simplified summary of the product design and a plurality of manufacturing attribute values extracted from the manufacturing inputs.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of manufacturing attribute values delineate how the product design is to be manufactured.

6 . The system of claim 4 , further comprising:

a distribution component that distributes the digital build package within the network of manufacturing facilities based on a manufacturing attribute delineated by the digital build package, wherein a manufacturing facility from the network of manufacturing facilities manufactures the product design in accordance with the digital build package.

7 . The system of claim 5 , further comprising:

a version component that tracks changes to the digital build package, wherein the changes are made during a development or manufacturing of the product design, and wherein the version component generates a design history associated with the product design that comprises multiple versions of the digital build package.

8 . The system of claim 5 , further comprising:

an insight component performs a comparison of the digital build package to historical data regarding a previously generated digital product design and generates a recommended alteration to the manufacturing inputs based on the comparison.

9 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:

canonicalizing, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, manufacturing inputs regarding a product design into a digital build package that enables portability of manufacturing the product design within a network of manufacturing facilities, wherein the digital build package delineates how the product design is to be manufactured and references a computer-aided design file that characterizes the product design.

10 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , further comprising:

generating, by the system, a simplified summary that characterizes the product design by extracting a plurality of design attribute values from the computer-aided design file; and

structuring, by the system, the simplified summary into an intermediate data form.

11 . The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , further comprising:

executing, by the system, a packaging algorithm to generate the digital build package based on the simplified summary of the product design and a plurality of manufacturing attribute values extracted from the manufacturing inputs.

12 . The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:

distributing, by the system, the digital build package within the network of manufacturing facilities based on a manufacturing attribute delineated by the digital build package, wherein a manufacturing facility from the network of manufacturing facilities manufactures the product design in accordance with the digital build package.

13 . The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:

tracking, by the system, changes to the digital build package, wherein the changes are made during a development or manufacturing of the product design; and

generating, by the system, a design history associated with the product design that comprises multiple versions of the digital build package.

14 . The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:

performing, by the system, a comparison of the digital build package to historical data regarding a previously generated digital product design; and

generating, by the system, a recommended alteration to the manufacturing inputs based on the comparison.

15 . A computer program product for assembling a build package, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

canonicalize, by the processor, manufacturing inputs regarding a product design into a digital build package that enables portability of manufacturing the product design within a network of manufacturing facilities, wherein the digital build package delineates how the product design is to be manufactured and references a computer-aided design file that characterizes the product design.

16 . The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:

generate, by the system, a simplified summary that characterizes the product design by extracting a plurality of design attribute values from the product design; and

structure, by the system, the simplified summary into an intermediate data form.

17 . The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:

execute, by the system, a packaging algorithm to generate the digital build package based on the simplified summary of the product design and a plurality of manufacturing attribute values extracted from the manufacturing inputs.

18 . The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:

distribute, by the system, the digital build package within the network of manufacturing facilities based on a manufacturing attribute delineated by the digital build package, wherein a manufacturing facility from the network of manufacturing facilities manufactures the product design in accordance with the digital build package.

19 . The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:

track, by the system, changes to the digital build package, wherein the changes are made during a development or manufacturing of the product design; and

generate, by the system, a design history associated with the product design that comprises multiple versions of the digital build package.

20 . The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:

perform, by the system, a comparison of the digital build package to historical data regarding a previously generated digital build package; and

generate, by the system, a recommended alteration to the manufacturing inputs based on the comparison.