Installation support information system collaborative tool

• US 20020143420A1
• Filed: 04/02/2001
• Published: 10/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
• Inventors: Burke, Thomas Joseph, Jackson, Luther
• Granted Patent: US 7,292,988 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06398 Performance of employee with respect to a job function

Abstract

In scheduling and controlling the upgrading of major assets such as a capital ship, the need for upgrades to various elements which may be found on ships of various sorts are determined, and the upgrade of each piece of equipment is documented as a change product. The change product documentary information is entered into a database, and correlated with information identifying those major assets, which use such products, thereby associating one or more major assets with a change product order. The major assets are scheduled for upgrade on some basis. A promised delivery date of alteration kits, manuals, or other material is obtained from the various vendors. The database may be interrogated at any time in relation to a major asset upgrade, to thereby determine the promised delivery date of the most distant delivery date of yet-undelivered material. The most distant delivery date is deemed to be the integrated logistic support date.

Claims

1. A method for determining the ILS date for any particular ship upgrade or alteration, said method comprising the steps of:

generating change documents for correcting at least some perceived problems associated with a particular type of equipment associated with at least one ship;

associating with each said change document the identities of one or more ships having said particular type of equipment;

scheduling at least one of said ships having said particular type of equipment for ship upgrade at a particular date;

obtaining from material vendors a promised delivery date for delivery of each alteration kit associated with each ship upgrade;

selecting a particular ship upgrade for which the ILS date is desired;

for said selected ship upgrade, selecting that one of said promised dates which is most remote in time; and

deeming said one of said promised dates to be said ILS date.