TESTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MANUFACTURING SIMULATIONS
First Claim
1. A testing system configured to test a person'"'"'s performance at manufacturing related tasks, comprising:
- at least one simulated workstation, wherein the workstation models a manufacturing related task and comprises, at least one work piece to which the task is to be conducted;
at least one detector associated with the work piece, the detector operable to detect a manufacturing task performed by a person and configured to generate a signal based upon the performance;
at least one instructional device configured to inform a person of the tasks to be performed on the work piece at the workstation; and
at least one automated electronic scoring mechanism configured to receive the signal from the detector and tabulate a person'"'"'s performance at the task.
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Abstract
A testing system configured to test a person'"'"'s performance at manufacturing related tasks comprises at least one simulated workstation in one embodiment. Each simulated workstation is modeled after a manufacturing related task and comprises at least one work piece to which the task is to be conducted, and at least one detector associated with the work piece. The detector is operable to detect a manufacturing task performed by a person and is configured to generate a signal based upon on the performance. The simulated workstation further comprises at least one instructional device configured to inform a person of the tasks to be performed on the work piece at the workstation, and at least one automated electronic scoring mechanism configured to receive the signal from the detector and tabulate a person'"'"'s performance at the task.
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1. A testing system configured to test a person'"'"'s performance at manufacturing related tasks, comprising:
at least one simulated workstation, wherein the workstation models a manufacturing related task and comprises, at least one work piece to which the task is to be conducted;
at least one detector associated with the work piece, the detector operable to detect a manufacturing task performed by a person and configured to generate a signal based upon the performance;
at least one instructional device configured to inform a person of the tasks to be performed on the work piece at the workstation; and
at least one automated electronic scoring mechanism configured to receive the signal from the detector and tabulate a person'"'"'s performance at the task. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A work evaluation method comprising:
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providing at least one simulated workstation configured to inform one or more persons of a manufacturing task to be performed at the simulated workstation, and to automatically score the person'"'"'s performance at the task;
receiving score data from the simulated workstation on the persons'"'"' performance at the manufacturing task;
producing a work profile for each person from the score data;
providing at least one job profile comprising performance criteria required for a specific job; and
ascertaining whether the person'"'"'s work profile substantially matches the performance criteria of the job profiles. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A work evaluation method comprising:
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providing a first manufacturing related task to be performed by a person at a simulated workstation;
recording the person'"'"'s performance of the first task at the simulated workstation via an automated electronic scoring mechanism; and
generating automatically at least one additional task to be performed by the person at the simulated workstation based upon the recorded performance of the first task. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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