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7617141 |
Software application portfolio management for a client
An information technology services providing company manages a portfolio of software applications for a client company. A plurality of the applications are preselected along with a recommendation...
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7613535 |
Independent, self-contained, risk isolated, sectional CIM design for extremely large scale factory operation
A semiconductor manufacturing system includes a centralized computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) system; a plurality of sectional CIM systems respectively associated with a plurality of...
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7606766 |
Computer system and computer-implemented method for selecting invoice settlement options
A method of operating a computer system includes storing attributes of a buying organization, vendors, invoices and/or line-item details from invoices in one or more databases. Rules are...
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7599755 |
System and method for dynamically simulating value stream and network maps
A computer readable medium comprising instructions which when executed by a computer system causes the computer to implement a method for creating a dynamic value network map of a process flow is...
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7594601 |
Optimized deployment of parts in a distribution network
A method for deploying parts is disclosed. Locations that include supply locations and demand locations are defined. A supply location supplies parts to a demand location. A demand is computed for...
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7590463 |
Supply consumption optimization and multiple component utilization
The invention disclosed here is a method for achieving simultaneous consideration of multiple independent dates associated with a single demand. The method iterates through the demands to match the...
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7590461 |
Large scale supply planning
A production planning method inputs demands for products. The demands have multiple due dates, and the multiple due dates have different priorities. The method performs an explosion process...
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7580819 |
Adaptive mission profiling
In one aspect, the invention is a method for adaptive mission profiling. The method includes integrating mission components used in a mission and associating the mission components to metadata. The...
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7580766 |
Manufacturing resource planning by entity
A method for manufacturing resource planning includes identifying multiple logical entities within a manufacturing facility; receiving supply information for each of the logical entities, the...
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7577487 |
Methods and apparatus for a band to band transfer module
A band to band transfer module according to the present invention may be used with a substrate carrier transport system, or other systems, to transfer substrate carriers (e.g., small lot substrate...
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7565313 |
Method and system for managing distributed trading data
In a preferred embodiment, the invention comprises a computer-implemented system and method of managing market information across a network of data providers, comprising the steps of: (a)...
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7558638 |
Applying real-time control to a production system
Methods, systems, and computer program products for controlling production systems. Methods include monitoring actual performance of a production system that includes a plurality of machines. The...
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7551974 |
Processing method of workpieces using combined processing machines
Plural combined processing machines perform various processes to workpieces W. The combined processing machines are arranged in a processing line according to a volume of products of the...
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7542819 |
Method and system for managing product output
A method and a system for managing product output are proposed, for connecting work partners at different locations of an enterprise through a network to the managing system, wherein an enterprise...
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7539550 |
Safety versus availability graphical user interface
The claimed subject matter provides industrial automation systems and/or methods that visualize availability and safety levels. An optimization component can generate a voting configuration that...
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7536427 |
Comparing process sizes
A system to compare process sizes is described. In one example embodiment, the system comprises memory and one or more processing devices. The memory may be configured to store executable...
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7533043 |
Supplier synchronization system and method
A system and method for synchronization of a supplier's production with a manufacturer's production is disclosed. A manufacturer's supply orders are submitted to suppliers during the manufacturer's...
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7532945 |
Data model for supply chain planning
A data model for a supply chain is provided whereby individual working steps in a production process are defined as activities, and organized groups of such activities are defined as orders....
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7516023 |
Flowmeter specification and ordering system
A modular system and method is provided for enabling remote configuring and ordering of flowmeters in a client-server environment. The system includes a meter selection module configured to enable...
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7515983 |
Method for resource allocation and re-grouping recognizing competing priorities which vary by date
A method determines production starts in a manufacturing environment by inputting production starts. The method groups the production starts into production lots according to grouping rules and...
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7513965 |
Performing high-speed events “on-the-fly” during fabrication of a composite structure by automated fiber placement
An apparatus and method are provided for performing a high-speed event, such as a cut/add of a tow, in an automated fiber placement process, by initiating the high-speed event prior to a fiber...
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7505829 |
System, method, and article of manufacture for determining a productivity rate of a manufacturing system
A system, method, and article of manufacture for determining a productivity rate of a manufacturing system are provided. The manufacturing system has a first and second manufacturing cells. The...
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7505828 |
Carrier transportation management system and method for internal buffer process tools
System and method for carrier transportation management in a wafer fabrication facility (“fab”) are described. In one embodiment, the fab comprises a process tool having an internal buffer for...
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7493184 |
Available to promise allocation optimization tool
A distributed, network-based system and computer program product determines an optimal allocation of available to promise components in a supply chain. An aggregate demand request is generated by a...
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7493183 |
Apparatus and method for selecting a mechanical seal
An automated seal selection, seal design, manufacturing, and post sales system allow a distributor or untrained user to select a replacement seal for a pump. The automated system designs and...
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7487058 |
Generating synthetic workloads to measure power utilization in a computer system
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that generates a synthetic workload to test power utilization in a computer system. During operation, the system monitors power utilization...
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7487003 |
Automatic tracking of a lot of items through virtual sublots
A system that tracks a lot of items being manufactured comprises a receiver component that receives control logics for manufacturing the lot, the control logics include information relating to...
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7487002 |
Method and system for determining utilization of process tools in a manufacturing environment based on characteristics of an automated material handling system
By determining a metric for tool utilization in a manufacturing environment on the basis of tool-specific characteristics and a probability distribution for the transport capability of an automated...
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7483853 |
Procurement system which automatically calls for bids on predetermined subjects
A procurement system for procuring a plurality of subjects, comprises a storage, a relation processor, a determining processor, and a bidding processor. The storage is configured to store...
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7483761 |
System and method of demand and capacity management
A new business model of supply chain management for IC foundry and a system and method of demand and capacity management with machine-time accuracy are provided. The system includes an allocation...
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7480538 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing movement of work-in-process materials in an automated manufacturing environment
Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing movement of work-in-process materials between processing units in an automated manufacturing environment are provided. A system includes...
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7474933 |
System and method for automating integration of semiconductor work in process updates
WIP status updates, as received from semiconductor manufacturing suppliers, is converted to transactions. In one approach, supply chain events, for example lot splits, lot merges, and lot scrap,...
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7467161 |
Computer system for maintenance resource optimization
A computer based maintenance resource management system has an operations software component with access to historical operations requirements such that job plans for the current operations and...
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7464039 |
Method and system for merging orders in a flexible order transaction system
A method and system for merging an order with a surviving order where production of the order is currently in progress in a flexible order transaction system where yield, scrap, and work-in-process...
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7464038 |
Method and system for changing an order in a flexible order transaction system
A method and system for changing an order for a product where production of the order is currently in progress in a flexible order transaction system and where yield, scrap, and work-in-process...
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7454260 |
Systems and methods for production planning with sequence independent setup activities
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for planning production processes. In one implementation, a method is provided that includes the steps of planning a sequence of...
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7451011 |
Process control using physical modules and virtual modules
The invention relates to controlling a semiconductor processing system. Among other things, the invention relates to a run-to-run controller to create virtual modules to control a multi-pass...
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7444295 |
Single level bill of material available to promise
A computer implemented Availability Checking Tool wherein tool users work within a common work environment, from common enterprise data, and considering assets and demands across multiple order...
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7440815 |
Vulcanized tire size allocating method, tire manufacturing method, and vulcanizing process setting method
A family of tire sizes are classified into plural groups every tact time and only sizes belonging to the same group are selected from the family of tire sizes and allocated in a plurality of...
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7426418 |
Systems and methods for calculating alerts based on pegging
A system and method for performing supply chain planning, includes providing a plurality of demand orders, each demand order including at least one input interface node, each input interface node...
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7424334 |
System, method, and article of manufacture for determining a process plan for forming features in a part
A system, method, and article of manufacture for determining a process plan for forming at least one feature in a part are provided. The method includes automatically identifying first and second...
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7418307 |
System and process for supply management for the assembly of expensive products
A Managing component supply for complex products is achieved by monitoring the delivery performance of component suppliers and optimizing the times at which orders are placed. Supply delivery...
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7415393 |
Reliability buffering technique applied to a project planning model
A reliability buffering technique applies a reliability time buffer to a project planning model having activities. The reliability time buffer is placed before an associated downstream activity to...
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7412295 |
Modeling manufacturing processes to include defined markers
A method, and corresponding computer program product and system, defines and uses marker points within a modeled manufacturing process routing that includes multiple sequenced operations. The...
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7406358 |
Kanban control cycle system
Modeling a process chain includes mapping processes in the process chain to control cycles, defining states for the control cycles, and defining couplings between states in different control cycles...
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7403830 |
Method, computer, computer program and computer-readable medium relating to the examination of data records for dental prosthesis parts
The invention refers to a method, a computer, a computer program and a computer-readable medium, which refer to the examination of data records that are used for manufacturing dental prosthesis...
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7395191 |
Computer-implemented land planning system and method designed to generate at least one conceptual fit solution to a user-defined land development problem
A computer-implemented land planning system is designed to generate at least one conceptual fit solution to a user-defined land development problem. The system electronically creates at least one...
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7392105 |
Method and system for improved performance of manufacturing processes
A system and method including identifying a stopped range, identifying at least one lot of WIP associated with the stopped range, and processing the at least one lot in at least one operation...
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7379782 |
System and method of monitoring and quantifying performance of an automated manufacturing facility
The present invention is directed to a method and system for identifying, quantifying and presenting to a user constraints in an automated manufacturing or processing facility. A data processing...
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7379781 |
Constraint based order optimization system and available to promise system
A computer system which uses customer-based business rules that are customized for each customer. These business rules, along with order information, are provided to a linear programming engine....
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