INTEGRATING HIGH LEVEL ENTERPRISE-LEVEL DECISION- MAKING INTO REAL-TIME PROCESS CONTROL
First Claim
1. An integrated production management system comprising:
- a business management system for providing a production request;
a production management system executing supervisory process control and manufacturing information applications providing high level control of production equipment and processes; and
a workflow engine, interposed between and communicatively coupled to the business management system and production management system, the workflow engine executing event-driven logic to carry out a negotiated production request, based upon the production request received from the business management system, through communications with the production management system, wherein the negotiated production request arises from closed loop negotiations carried out between the workflow engine and the business management system.
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Abstract
An integrated production management system is disclosed for closed loop management of production requests within an enterprise. The production management system includes a business management (enterprise resource planning) system that issues production requests based upon business requirements. A production management system executes supervisory process control and manufacturing information applications providing high level control of production equipment and processes. A workflow engine, interposed between the business management system and production management system, executes event-driven logic to carry out negotiated production requests through communications with the production management system. The negotiated production requests arise from closed loop negotiations carried out between the workflow engine and business management system.
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22 Claims
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1. An integrated production management system comprising:
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a business management system for providing a production request;
a production management system executing supervisory process control and manufacturing information applications providing high level control of production equipment and processes; and
a workflow engine, interposed between and communicatively coupled to the business management system and production management system, the workflow engine executing event-driven logic to carry out a negotiated production request, based upon the production request received from the business management system, through communications with the production management system, wherein the negotiated production request arises from closed loop negotiations carried out between the workflow engine and the business management system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A workflow engine for integrating management of production requests issued by business management systems and fulfilled by production management systems, the workflow engine including:
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a business management system interface for receiving a production request from a business management system;
a production management system interface for communicating with a production management system; and
event-driven workflow logic to carry out a negotiated production request based upon the production request received from a business management system, through communications with the production management system, wherein the negotiated production request arises from closed loop negotiations carried out between the workflow engine and the business management system. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for coordinating operations, via networked communications, of a business management system and a production management system via an interposed event-driven workflow engine including logic for carrying out production requests received from the business management system through communications with the production management system, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the workflow engine, a production request issued by a business management system;
generating a negotiated production request based upon the production request by the business management system, wherein the negotiated production request arises from closed loop negotiations carried out between the workflow engine and the business management system; and
communicating, by the workflow engine, with a production management system in accordance with event-driven workflow logic, to carry out the negotiated production request using production resources controlled by the production management system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions for coordinating operations, via networked communications, of a business management system and a production management system via an interposed event-driven workflow engine including logic for carrying out production requests received from the business management system through communications with the production management system, the computer-executable instructions facilitating performing the steps of:
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receiving, by the workflow engine, a production request issued by a business management system;
generating a negotiated production request based upon the production request by the business management system, wherein the negotiated production request arises from closed loop negotiations carried out between the workflow engine and the business management system; and
communicating, by the workflow engine, with a production management system in accordance with event-driven workflow logic, to carry out the negotiated production request using production resources controlled by the production management system.
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