SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING ASSETS

• US 20080086357A1
• Filed: 09/22/2006
• Published: 04/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Choubey, Suresh K., Joshi, Narendra B.
• Application Number:
  US11/534,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20080086357A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/04 Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06312 Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06375 Prediction of business process outcome or impact based on a proposed change
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/04 Manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/30 Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing

Abstract

A system for managing at least one asset is provided. The system is operable to execute a plurality of program instructions for the acts of receiving a plurality of utilization statuses over a time interval for the least one asset having a unique identifier, calculating a trend for a plurality of the utilization statuses received over the time interval, calculating a predicted demand based on the trend and a future time interval, and communicating the predicted demand for illustration to an operator.

Claims

1. A system for managing at least one asset, the system comprising:

a processor in communication with a memory, the processor operable to execute a plurality of program instructions stored in the memory, the program instructions including the acts of;

receiving a plurality of utilization statuses over a time interval for the least one asset having a unique identifier;

calculating a trend for a plurality of the utilization statuses received over the time interval;

calculating a predicted demand based on the trend and a future time interval; and

communicating the predicted demand for illustration on a display.

2. The system of claim 1, the plurality of programming instructions further comprising the act of:

receiving a location of the least one asset associated with the unique identifier; and

communicating the location for illustration on the display.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one asset is a medical device.

4. The system of claim 1, the program instructions further comprising the act of:

calculating a percentage of utilization of the at least one asset over the time interval; and

communicating the percentage of utilization for illustration on the display.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a first database to receive and store the plurality of utilization statuses of the at least one asset;

a second database to receive and store a location data of the at least one asset;

a third database to receive and store a configuration data of the at least one asset; and

a fourth database to receive and store a maintenance data of the at least one asset, wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth databases are in communication with the processor.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the maintenance data includes a future scheduled maintenance date and a historical maintenance data, wherein the configuration data includes a serial number and a supplier name.

7. The system of claim 5, further comprising a module operable to convert the plurality of utilization status, the location data, the configuration data, and the maintenance data to a common format.

8. The system of claim 1, the programming instruction further comprising the act of:

communicating a most current of the plurality of the utilization statuses and a location of the at least one asset for illustration on a display.

9. The system of claim 1, the plurality of program instructions further including the act of:

calculating a projected rental need or a projected purchase need of the at least one asset based on the trend and a projected rental time interval; and

communicating the projected rental need for the projected rental time interval for illustration the display.

10. The system of claim 9, the plurality of program instructions further including the act of:

receiving a rental rate and at least one rental rule for the at least one asset;

calculating a projected rental cost based on the rental rate and the projected rental time interval; and

communicating the projected rental cost and the least one rental rule for illustration on the display.

11. The system of claim 10, the plurality of program instructions further including the act of:

receiving a unit purchase cost and a depreciation rate of the at least one asset;

calculating a projected value of the at least one asset based on the projected purchase need, the unit purchase cost, and the depreciation rate; and

communicating the projected value of the least one asset for illustration on the display in comparison to the rental cost for the projected rental time interval.

12. A method of managing at least one asset, the method comprising the acts of:

receiving a plurality of utilization statuses over a time interval for the least one asset having a unique identifier;

calculating a trend for a plurality of the utilization statuses received over the time interval;

calculating a predicted demand based on the trend and a future time interval; and

communicating the predicted demand for illustration on a display.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the acts of:

receiving a location of the least one asset associated with the unique identifier; and

communicating the location for illustration on the display.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one asset is a medical device.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising the acts of:

calculating a percentage of utilization of the at least one asset over the time interval; and

communicating the percentage of utilization for illustration on the display.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising the act of:

communicating a most current of the plurality of the utilization statuses and a location of the at least one asset for illustration on a display.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising the acts of:

calculating a projected rental need of the at least one asset based on the trend and a projected rental time interval; and

communicating the projected rental need for the projected rental time interval for illustration the display.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the acts of:

receiving a rental rate and at least one rental rule for the at least one asset;

calculating a projected rental cost based on the rental rate and the projected rental time interval; and

communicating the projected rental cost and the least one rental rule for illustration on the display.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising the acts of:

receiving a purchase cost and a depreciation rate of the at least one asset;

calculating a projected value of the least one asset equal including the purchase cost less the depreciation rate multiplied by the projected rental time interval; and

communicating the projected value of the least one asset for illustration on the display in comparison to the rental cost for the projected rental time interval.

20. A system for managing at least one asset, the system comprising:

a data acquisition layer in communication to receive and store a plurality of utilization statuses over a time interval from a tracking element attached at the least one asset having a unique identifier;

an analysis layer in communication to access the plurality of utilization statuses stored in the data acquisition layer, the analysis layer operable to calculate a trend of the plurality of utilization statuses over the time interval and to calculate a predicted demand based on the trend and a future time interval; and

a display in communication to receive and illustrate the predicted demand received generated by the analysis layer.