Method for determining and providing display analyzing of impact severity of event on a network

• US 10,296,857 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2014
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elementum Scm (Cayman) Ltd. (Flex, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Elementum Scm (Cayman) Ltd. (Flex, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Martin, Dana Burrows, Lin, Xiao Ying, Pinilla, Miguel
• Primary Examiner(s): Mansfield, Thomas L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Holzmacher, Derick J
• Application Number:
  US14/579,769
• Publication Number:
  US 20160048788A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,611 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0635 Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/065 involving logical or physical relationship, e.g. grouping and hierarchies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0811 by checking connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/00 Systems for electrical power generation, transmission, distribution or end-user application management characterised by the use of communication or information technologies, or communication or information technology specific aspects supporting them

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a communication device and server configured to provide a user a relative event impact map display depicting a plurality of items impacted by an event or a portion of a network impacted by the event. The network can not only be a supply and/or logistics chain but also a computer network, a telecommunications network, transportation network, and power grid.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

a non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed by the one or more processors cause;

using the one or more processors, receiving a record of an event that occurred during manufacturing of a product and that has an impact on a supply chain, which comprises sites that produce products and parts manufacturing of which depends on availability of the product, wherein the record of the event includes a first geo-tag indicating a geographic location of the event and electronically transmitting the geographical location of the event to the one or more processors by a global positioning system;

using the one or more processors, obtaining data about the supply chain comprising the sites that are each associated with a second geo-tag indicating a geographic location of the site, parts manufactured by the site, and products associated with the parts;

using the one or more processors, identifying a set of the sites that is impacted by the event, which occurred during manufacturing of the product, by comparing all geo-tags indicating the geographic locations of the event with all geo-tags indicating the geographical locations of the sites in the set of the sites;

using the one or more processors, determining an impact of the event on the parts associated with the sites in the set of the sites;

using the one or more processors, for each of the set of the sites, determining a normalized number of the products which manufacturing by the site depends on availability of the product, and a normalized adjusted lead time of the parts which manufacturing by the site depends on availability of the product, the normalized number of the products being normalized across a range of counts of products manufactured by the sites and across a range of counts of products manufactured by the site;

using the one or more processors, generating, and displaying on a display of a computer device, a tile interface comprising a plurality of tiles each corresponding to one site in the set of the sites, and comprising determining respective positions of the plurality of tiles where a first tile of the plurality of tiles corresponding to a first site associated with a greater normalized number of products is positioned in a first position and a second tile of the plurality of tiles corresponding to a second site associated with a lesser normalized number of products is positioned in a second position, determining respective colors of the plurality of tiles where the first tile of the plurality of tiles corresponding to the first site associated with a greater normalized adjusted lead time is shaded in a first color and the second tile of the plurality of tiles corresponding to the second site associated with a lesser normalized adjusted lead time is shaded in a second color.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors cause:

using the one or more processors, identifying a third site of the sites that is downstream of the first site in the set of the sites in the supply chain;

using the one or more processors, determining a normalized number of products associated with the third site and a normalized adjusted lead time of the parts associated with the third site;

updating the tile interface to add a tile corresponding to the second site having a particular position based on the normalized number of products associated with the third site and a particular color based on the normalized adjusted lead time of the parts associated with the third site.

3. The system of claim 2 further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors cause:

using the one or more processors, receiving an indication that the impact of the event is mitigated at the first site;

using the one or more processors, updating the tile interface by removing the tile corresponding to the first site and the tile corresponding to the third site;

using the one or more processors, for each remaining site in the set of the sites, determining an updated normalized number of products associated with the site and an updated normalized adjusted lead time of the parts associated with the site;

using the one or more processors, generating a second tile interface comprising a plurality of tiles each corresponding to one site in the remaining sites of the set of the sites.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors cause:

using the one or more processors, receiving an instruction to re-generate the tile interface to correspond to the parts associated with the sites in the set of the sites;

using the one or more processors, generating a second tile interface comprising a plurality of tiles each corresponding to a part of the parts associated with the sites in the set of the sites, wherein each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a part name, and a number of products impacted by the event.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors cause:

using the one or more processors, receiving an instruction to re-generate the tile interface to correspond to the products associated with the sites in the set of the sites;

using the one or more processors, generating a second tile interface comprising a plurality of tiles each corresponding to a product of the products associated with the sites in the set of the sites, wherein each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a product name, and a number of products impacted by the event.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors cause:

using the one or more processors, detecting that a user has selected a tile of the tiles via the tile interface;

using the one or more processors, generating an information display including an emergency contact at the corresponding site, and an option to indicate that the site is mitigated.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors cause:

using the one or more processors, determining that a first site of the set of the sites is a sole source for a first part impacted by the event;

using the one or more processors, in the tile interface, providing an indication that the first site is the sole source for the first part.

8. A method comprising:

using one or more processors, receiving a record of an event that occurred during manufacturing of a product and that has an impact on a supply chain which comprises sites that produce products and parts manufacturing of which depends on availability of the product, wherein the record of the event includes a first geo-tag indicating a geographic location of the event, wherein the geographical location of the event is electronically transmitted to the one or more processors by a global positioning system;

using the one or more processors, obtaining data about the supply chain comprising the sites that are each associated with a second geo-tag indicating a geographic location of the site, parts manufactured by the site, and products associated with the parts;

using the one or more processors, identifying a set of the sites that is impacted by the event, that occurred during manufacturing of the product, by comparing all geo-tags indicating the geographic locations of the event with all geo-tags indicating the geographical locations of the sites in the set of the sites;

using the one or more processors, determining an impact of the event on the parts associated with the sites in the set of the sites;

using the one or more processors, for each of the set of the sites, determining a normalized number of the products which manufacturing by the site depends on availability of the product, and a normalized adjusted lead time of the parts which manufacturing by the site depends on availability of the product;

wherein the normalized number of the products is normalized across a range of counts of products manufactured by the sites and across a range of counts of products manufactured by the site;

using the one or more processors, generating, and displaying on a display of a computer device, a tile interface comprising a plurality of tiles each corresponding to one site in the set of the sites, and comprising determining respective positions of the plurality of tiles where a first tile of the plurality of tiles corresponding to a first site associated with a greater normalized number of products is positioned in a first position and a second tile of the plurality of tiles corresponding to a second site associated with a lesser normalized number of products is positioned in a second position, determining respective colors of the plurality of tiles where the first tile of the plurality of tiles corresponding to the first site associated with a greater normalized adjusted lead time is shaded in a first color and the second tile of the plurality of tiles corresponding to the second site associated with a lesser normalized adjusted lead time is shaded in a second color.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

using the one or more processors, identifying a third site of the sites that is downstream of the first site in the set of the sites in the supply chain;

using the one or more processors, determining a normalized number of products associated with the third site and a normalized adjusted lead time of the parts associated with the third site;

updating the tile interface to add a tile corresponding to the second site having a particular position based on the normalized number of products associated with the third site and a particular color based on the normalized adjusted lead time of the parts associated with the third site.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

using the one or more processors, receiving an indication that the impact of the event is mitigated at the first site;

using the one or more processors, updating the tile interface by removing the tile corresponding to the first site and the tile corresponding to the third site;

using the one or more processors, for each remaining site in the set of the sites, determining an updated normalized number of products associated with the site and an updated normalized adjusted lead time of the parts associated with the site;

using the one or more processors, generating a second tile interface comprising a plurality of tiles each corresponding to one site in the remaining sites of the set of the sites.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

using the one or more processors, receiving an instruction to re-generate the tile interface to correspond to the parts associated with the sites in the set of the sites;

using the one or more processors, generating a second tile interface comprising a plurality of tiles each corresponding to a part of the parts associated with the sites in the set of the sites, wherein each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a part name, and a number of products impacted by the event.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

using the one or more processors, receiving an instruction to re-generate the tile interface to correspond to the products associated with the sites in the set of the sites;

using the one or more processors, generating a second tile interface comprising a plurality of tiles each corresponding to a product of the products associated with the sites in the set of the sites, wherein each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a product name, and a number of products impacted by the event.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

using the one or more processors, detecting that a user has selected a tile of the tiles via the tile interface;

using the one or more processors, generating an information display including an emergency contact at the corresponding site, and an option to indicate that the site is mitigated.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

using the one or more processors, determining that a first site of the set of the sites is a sole source for a first part impacted by the event;

using the one or more processors, in the tile interface, providing an indication that the first site is the sole source for the first part.