Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20090070763
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Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | The present invention relates to a computer based system which analyzes multiple inputs, variables and constraints and uses these in combination with demand information to periodically or continuously modify a demand schedule, effective to allow the demands to be met within the constraints present and in accordance with unique input variables. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 20030139952 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. |
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| URL | http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/... |
| Filing Date | January 24, 2002 |
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Excerpt
Excerpt Ideally, business enterprises wish to optimize its business processes to maximize throughput while minimizing cost and delay. Typically, these processes must account for a plurality of unique input variables and available resources in developing a demand schedule for the end product or output. For example, a manufacturing facility capable of building several uniquely designed parts or assemblies having many different part options ("complexity") may require several different operators having very specific training or other information on the fabrication of the desired part. The availability of these trained operators ("available resources"), their absence or vacation schedules, the amount of raw materials needed for fabrication, etc., ("unique input variables") must be taken into account in developing and modifying a demand schedule. Likewise, a shipping facility needs to know the number and sizes of payloads of its trucks, final destinations and preferred routes the trucks will take, the availability of operators qualified to drive the various trucks and many other uniquely identifiable inputs and available resources to develop an optimized demand schedule of delivery. |
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Claims
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A system for characterizing performance of print related resources in a print production environment, the system comprising:
a plurality of print related resources;
a processor in communication with the print related resources, and
a processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processor,
wherein the processor-readable storage medium contains one or more programming instructions for performing a method of characterizing performance of print related resources in the print production environment, the method comprising:
receiving timing information for a plurality of print jobs performed by the print related resources, wherein the timing information comprises, for one or more print jobs, a time period for at least one print related resource to perform at least one operation for the print job;
determining a service time distribution based on the one or more time periods;
characterizing print related resource performance based on the service time distribution using a queuing model; and
providing one or more performance characteristics for the one or more print related resources based on the print related resource performance.
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complexity management system that:
* manages a plurality of unique input variable and available resources
* seeks input from the resources
* evaluates those inputs to provide optimum scheduling
* sends outputs back to the resources determining schedule
complexity management system that:
* manages a plurality of unique input variable and available resources
* seeks input from the resources
* evaluates those inputs to provide optimum scheduling
* sends outputs back to the resources determining schedule
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