Productivity monitoring system and method
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring productivity, the method comprising:
- collecting data from a plurality of production sources;
storing the data in one or more databases; and
determining system productivity values.
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Abstract
A production monitoring system collects an array of data related to employee productivity, wages, supply usage, costs, desired profits, overhead, customer information, and other information pertinent to operating a manufacturing operation of service industry. The data is analyzed to derive a variety of productivity values such as average worker efficiency, production incentives, material costs, supply waste, and others. The system audits productivity data entered by workers, and sounds alarms when the data appears to be incorrect. Supply usage rates are calculated and additional supplies are automatically ordered. Estimated prices and delivery times are determined based on historical data and user-supplied safety margins and profit margins.
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102 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring productivity, the method comprising:
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collecting data from a plurality of production sources;
storing the data in one or more databases; and
determining system productivity values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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57. A system for monitoring productivity comprising:
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a computer processor;
an input device;
a display; and
a memory accessible by the computer processor, the memory containing stored programming instructions that instruct the processor to (a) collect data from a plurality of production sources;
(b) store the data in one or more databases; and
(c) determine system productivity values.
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80. A system for monitoring productivity comprising:
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a server having an associated memory for storing collected productivity data and application software stored on the associated memory that causes the server to determine productivity values;
a remote client capable of communicating with the server over a network; and
a memory associated with the remote client and containing stored program instructions that cause remote client to display the data. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102)
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