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MATERIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETOOLING AND PRODUCING A MANUFACTURING LINE

  • US 20110144786A1
  • Filed: 12/11/2009
  • Published: 06/16/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A material management system operable to utilize components from at least one existing manufacturing line to configure a predetermined manufacturing line, the system comprising:

  • an inventory, the inventory having a list of components of the existing manufacturing lines, and the inventory includes the specification of each of the components in the list of components;

    a database for storing the inventory;

    a first processor in communication with the database, the first processor is operable to process the database so as to identify each component stored therein; and

    an interface and a display, the interface is operable to provide information needed to configure the predetermined manufacturing line to the first processor so as to generate a list of needed components, and the list of needed components includes all of the components needed to configure the new manufacturing line, and the first processor is operable to process the inventory and the list of needed components so as to identify all components in the inventory which are compatible for use in the predetermined manufacturing line and generate a list of compatible components, and the list of compatible components includes all components in the inventory which are compatible for use in the predetermined manufacturing line, and the first processor is operable to transmit the list of compatible components to the display so as to display the list of compatible components, and the interface is operable to selectively choose any component from the list of compatible components for use in the predetermined manufacturing line.

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