METHOD FOR GENERATING A FLEXIBLE MODEL FOR JOINT PROFIT AND ENVIRONMENTAL OPTIMIZATION

• US 20090271229A1
• Filed: 04/23/2008
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Profit Velocity Solutions LLC
• Original Assignee: C/O Outperformance Incorporated
• Inventors: PERRON, Karl, SAEED, Baruch Ismail
• Application Number:
  US12/108,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20090271229A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• 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 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data

Abstract

A method for generating a flexible model for joint profit and environmental optimization. The flexible model comprises an input-to-output activity conversion table being applied on projects, processes, markets, and products of the organization. The conversion table includes a five-step pattern that captures a wide range of conversion behaviors. The flexible model can be effectively utilized to model and optimize environmental initiatives determined by the organization in the context of the organization'"'"'s profits.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for generating a flexible model for joint profit and environmental optimization, comprising:

modeling one or more initiatives of an organization, said initiatives including at least one environmental initiative of the organization, to form a project layer;

modeling the operation of the organization to form a process layer with respect to the one or more initiatives; and

for each model layer, determining at least activities of converting inputs into outputs.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

modeling at least one market in which the organization operates to form a market layer; and

modeling at least one resource of the organization to form a product layer.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

optimizing the model layers based on the activities of converting inputs into outputs.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the activities of converting inputs into outputs are determined using a five-step conversion table and a connections table.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein the five-step conversion table includes:

an input step, an application step, an attempt step, a result step, and an output step.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5, wherein the connections table describes transforms between two consecutive conversion steps, wherein the transforms include at least one of:

a substitution, a resource requirement, yield, and a byproduct.

7. The computer implemented method claim 6, wherein the byproduct transform describes at least one of:

emissions, toxins and resource waste.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the environmental initiatives comprise at least one of:

limiting amount of emissions and toxins, reducing amount of resources waste, and offsetting emissions.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the process layer comprises a network of nodes, each node representing a respective process element.

10. A computer program product for generating a flexible model for joint profit and environmental optimization, the computer program product having computer instructions on a tangible computer readable medium, the instructions being adapted to enable a computer system to perform operations, comprising:

modeling one or more initiatives of an organization, said initiatives including at least one environmental initiative of the organization, to form a project layer;

modeling the operation of the organization to form a process layer with respect to the one or more initiatives; and

for each model layer, determining at least activities of converting inputs into outputs.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising:

modeling at least one market in which the organization operates to form a market layer; and

modeling at least one resource of the organization to form a product layer.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising:

optimizing the model layers based on the activities of converting inputs into outputs.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the activities of converting inputs into outputs are determined using a five-step conversion table and a connections table.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the five-step conversion table includes:

an input step, an application step, an attempt step, a result step, and an output step.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the connections table describes transforms between two consecutive conversion steps, wherein the transforms include at least one of:

a substitution, a resource requirement, yield, and a byproduct.

16. The computer program product claim 15, wherein the byproduct transform describes at least one of:

emissions, toxins and resources waste.

17. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the environmental initiatives comprise at least one of:

limiting the amount of emissions and toxins, reducing the amount of resources waste, and offsetting emissions.

18. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the process layer comprises a network of nodes, each node representing a respective process element.

19. A computer readable medium encoded with a data structure for converting inputs into outputs of a manufacturing process according to variable cost and fixed cost behaviors of the manufacturing process, wherein the data structure comprises five conversion steps including:

an input step for designating inputs to the manufacturing process;

an application step for designating which of the inputs are required for the manufacturing process;

an attempt step for identifying products that can be manufactured by the manufacturing process;

a result step for identifying an actual yielded products; and

an output step for designating outputs of the manufacturing process.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein a connections table determines transforms between two consecutive steps, wherein the transforms include at least one of a transform between an input step and an application step, an application step and an attempt step, an attempt step and a result step;

and a result step and an output step.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 20, wherein the byproduct transform describes at least one of:

emissions and toxins emitted during the manufacturing process; and

waste of the manufacturing process.