Quality management and intelligent manufacturing with labels and smart tags in event-based product manufacturing
First Claim
1. A method for collecting, storing, and reporting machine productivity, waste, and delay information on an event basis in a manufacturing system, the method comprising:
- monitoring an event via a process sensor;
detecting an event trigger in response to the monitoring;
obtaining data in response to the detecting, the data comprising a process variable from a control system, a measure of the waste, delay, or quality loss associated with the event, and operator input;
automatically validating the obtained data;
formatting and recording the validated data; and
generating a report based on the recorded data.
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Abstract
Providing quality management and intelligent manufacturing with labels and smart tags in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for storing, during a process, data associated with a material. Also disclosed are a method of collecting, storing, and reporting machine productivity, waste, and delay information on an event basis in a manufacturing system, a method of capturing and storing material history, a method of automating tracking of positions of components used in a process and correlating portions of a component with production problems, an improved inventory management system, and a method of tracking and recording actions of specific operators of a process performed by a machine. The embodiments are operable in an intelligent manufacturing system including a process for converting raw materials to a product, a process control system including one or more sensors capable of generating an alarm in response to an event that results in one of waste, machine delay, or decrease product quality, a data logger associated with the process control system for obtaining event parameters associated with the event, a database on a server for recording event parameters obtained by the data logger, and a reporting system cooperatively associated with the database for reporting productivity parameters regarding the process derived at least in part from the event parameters.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for collecting, storing, and reporting machine productivity, waste, and delay information on an event basis in a manufacturing system, the method comprising:
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monitoring an event via a process sensor;
detecting an event trigger in response to the monitoring;
obtaining data in response to the detecting, the data comprising a process variable from a control system, a measure of the waste, delay, or quality loss associated with the event, and operator input;
automatically validating the obtained data;
formatting and recording the validated data; and
generating a report based on the recorded data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a memory area for storing a data structure in an event-based manufacturing system, said data structure representing event data for a material, the data structure comprising one or more fields for storing data describing characteristics of the material and the event; and
a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions for;
monitoring the event via a process sensor;
detecting an event trigger in response to the monitoring;
obtaining data in response to the detecting, said obtained data describing characteristics of the material and the event;
populating the fields of the data structure stored in the memory area with the obtained data;
automatically validating the data stored in the fields of the data structure;
formatting and recording the validated data; and
generating a report based on the recorded data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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