Object-oriented system for monitoring from the work-station to the boardroom
First Claim
1. A unified framework for visually displaying real-time enterprise status information over all levels of a corporate organizational structure of an enterprise, comprising:
- an application integration platform that receives plural types of data from manufacturing and information systems within said enterprise, said application integration platform analyzing said plural types of data to determine key performance indicators;
a process control server that receives manufacturing data from at least one work center and forwards said manufacturing data to said application integration platform;
a database containing information related to manufacturing processes performed at said at least one work center; and
a graphical user interface that interfaces with said application integration platform to provide a visual display of said key performance indicators in accordance with the class of user interacting therewith, wherein said levels of said corporate organizational structure are modeled as objects having methods and variables, said objects being created using an organizational hierarchical structure of said enterprise to be monitored together with respective states and behaviors of components within each level of said corporate structure.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for visually displaying real-time enterprise management information over all levels of a corporate organizational structure of an enterprise. An application integration platform receives plural types of data from manufacturing and information systems within the enterprise and analyzes the plural types of data to determine key performance indicators. A process control server receives manufacturing data from at least one work center and forwards the manufacturing data to the application integration platform. A database contains information related to manufacturing processes performed at the at least one work center. A graphical user interface that interfaces with the application integration platform to provide a visual display of the key performance indicators in accordance with the class of user interacting therewith. The levels of the corporate organizational structure are modeled as objects having methods and variables. In addition, the objects may be created using an organizational hierarchical structure of the enterprise to be monitored together with respective states and behaviors of components within each level of the corporate structure.
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17 Claims
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1. A unified framework for visually displaying real-time enterprise status information over all levels of a corporate organizational structure of an enterprise, comprising:
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an application integration platform that receives plural types of data from manufacturing and information systems within said enterprise, said application integration platform analyzing said plural types of data to determine key performance indicators;
a process control server that receives manufacturing data from at least one work center and forwards said manufacturing data to said application integration platform;
a database containing information related to manufacturing processes performed at said at least one work center; and
a graphical user interface that interfaces with said application integration platform to provide a visual display of said key performance indicators in accordance with the class of user interacting therewith, wherein said levels of said corporate organizational structure are modeled as objects having methods and variables, said objects being created using an organizational hierarchical structure of said enterprise to be monitored together with respective states and behaviors of components within each level of said corporate structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for visually displaying real-time enterprise status information over all levels of a corporate organizational structure of an enterprise, comprising:
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an object-oriented model of levels of said corporate organizational structure, said objects having methods and variables and being created using an organizational hierarchical structure of said enterprise such that respective states and behaviors of components within each level of said corporate structure are monitored together;
an application integration platform that receives plural types of data from manufacturing and information systems within an enterprise via a network infrastructure and analyzes said plural types of data in response to user inputs;
a process control server that receives manufacturing data from at least one work center and forwards said manufacturing data to said application integration platform;
a database containing information related to manufacturing processes performed at said at least one work center; and
a user interface that displays the analyzed plural types of data to determine key performance indicators, wherein said at least one work center contains manufacturing machines, and a controller that receives sensor data from said machines and communicates said sensor data to said process control server. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. In a system for providing information over all levels of a corporate organizational structure, a method of visually displaying real-time enterprise management information, said method comprising:
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obtaining manufacturing data from at least one work center having at least one manufacturing machine, wherein said at least one work center and said manufacturing machine are modeled as objects having methods and variables, said objects using an organizational hierarchy of said at least one work center and said manufacturing machine such that respective states and behaviors are monitored together;
storing said manufacturing data in a database containing information related to manufacturing processes performed at said at least one work center;
analyzing said manufacturing data to determine key performance indicators; and
presenting differing ones of said key performance indicators to different classes of end users in accordance with user-selected input parameters. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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