System and method for production after receiving a purchase order

• US 20030216950A1
• Filed: 12/13/2002
• Published: 11/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Original Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Inventors: Chen, Chun-Chen
• Application Number:
  US10/318,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20030216950A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders

Abstract

A system for systematic production of information products comprises an order receiving system for receiving customers'"'"' orders, a converting management program for converting the information of the customer orders into the data requested by a production line and an assembling production line equipped with at least one storage rack, wherein the storage rack has a plurality of storage spaces for storing the parts of the information products and each storage space is equipped with an indicating device. The assembling production line is coupled with a control system for responding to the data converted from the converting management program by driving the indicating devices to show the locations of the parts on the rack for assembling the information products. The converting management program is periodically executed in a fixed time period set by the system to convert the information of the customer orders into the data of a production order used by the assembling production line. This system for systematic production can effectively enhance the process flow of manufacture of the information products.

Claims

1. A system for systematic production of information products, comprising:

an order receiving system for receiving customers'"'"' orders;

a converting management program for converting the information of the customer orders into the data requested by a production line; and

an assembling production line equipped with at least one storage rack, wherein the storage rack has a plurality of storage spaces for storing the parts of the information products and each storage space is equipped with an indicating device, and coupled with a control system for responding to the data converted from the converting management program by driving the indicating devices to show the locations of the parts on the rack for assembling the information products.

2. The system for systematic production of information products as recited in claim 1, wherein the converting management program is periodically executed in a fixed time period according to a time schedule to convert the customers'"'"' order into the data requested by the production line.

3. The system for systematic production of information products as recited in claim 1, wherein the indicating device includes a LED device.

4. The system for systematic production of information products as recited in claim 3, wherein the indicating device includes a warning lamp.

5. A method for systematic production of information products, comprising the steps of:

receiving the customer orders and storing the same in a database management system, wherein each order is assigned a unique serial order number; and

converting the information of the customer orders into the data requested by a production line by a converting management program;

wherein the converting management program will mark the converted customers'"'"' order after the same has been converted.

6. The method for systematic production of information products as recited in claim 5, wherein the database management system is a relational database management system.

7. The method for systematic production of information products as recited in claim 5, wherein the converting management program is periodically executed at a fixed period of time.

8. The method for systematic production of information products as recited in claim 5, wherein the step of converting the information of the customer orders into the data requested by a production line by a converting management program is performed in sequence one by one.

9. The method for systematic production of information products as recited in claim 5, wherein the step of converting the information of the customer orders into the data requested by a production line by a converting management program is performed by a batch.