WORK PACKAGE MANAGEMENT

• US 20160313722A1
• Filed: 04/22/2015
• Published: 10/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ABet SKF
• Original Assignee: ABet SKF
• Inventors: Pinkerton, Alexander
• Granted Patent: US 10,002,139 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/04 Manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/30 Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing

Abstract

A work package management system and method for servicing equipment assets for a plurality of clients. The work package management system and method can include one or more work packages that can be accessed by a service agent through an associated data device. The work package management system can be configured to provide work packages that are applicable to the individual service agent. The work package management system can be configured to provide work packages that are based on the location of the data device.

Claims

1. A work package management system, comprising:

a database, comprising;

a client list comprising one or more clients;

a list of client sites comprising one or more client sites for each of the clients;

a list of equipment assets comprising a plurality of serviceable equipment assets;

a list of maintenance routines comprising one or more maintenance routines for each of the serviceable equipment assets;

a list of client equipment assets comprising one or more client equipment assets at each of the client sites for each of the clients; and

a list of service personnel comprising one or more service agents available to perform work on one or more of the equipment assets;

one or more work packages, wherein each work package comprises a client identifier, a client site identifier, and one or more work routes comprising one or more maintenance routines to be performed on one or more of the equipment assets; and

an analysis module configured to receive data comprising a geographic location and to assign at least one of the work packages to at least one of the service agents selected from the list of service personnel at least partly based on the geographic location.

2. The work package management system of claim 1, wherein the analysis module is further configured to:

receive the geographic location into the work package management system; and

transmit the at least one of the work packages at least partly based on the at least one of the service agents assigned to the at least one of the work packages.

3. The work package management system of claim 1, wherein the analysis module is further configured to receive work package results.

4. The work package management system of claim 1, further comprising a computer system, wherein the database is stored within memory on the computer system.

5. The work package management system of claim 1, wherein the analysis module is further configured to transmit the at least one of the work packages in response to a manual request.

6. The work package management system of claim 1, wherein:

the list of the client sites further comprises a geographic location for each of the client sites;

the geographic location received by the analysis module further comprises a geographic location for one of the client sites; and

the analysis module is further configured to transmit the at least one of the assigned work packages based at least partly on the geographic location of the one of the client sites.

7. The work package management system of claim 1, wherein:

the list of the client equipment assets further comprises a geographic location for each of the client equipment assets;

the geographic location received by the analysis module further comprises a geographic location for at least one of the client equipment assets; and

the analysis module is further configured to transmit the at least one of the assigned work packages based at least partly on the geographic location of the at least one of the equipment assets.

8. The work package management system of claim 1, wherein the database further comprises a list of machine assets comprising at least one machine asset for each of the equipment assets, wherein each machine asset is a substructure of one of the equipment assets.

9. The work package management system of claim 1, wherein the list of client sites further comprises a set of Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates for each of the client sites, wherein the UTM coordinates identify a geographic location of each of the client sites.

10. The work package management system of claim 9, wherein the analysis module further configured to transmit the at least one assigned work package at least partly based on the UTM coordinates for one of the client sites.

11. The work package management system of claim 1, wherein the list of client equipment assets further comprises a set of UTM coordinates for each of the client equipment asset, wherein the UTM coordinates for each of the client equipment asset identify a geographic location of each of the client equipment assets.

12. The work package management system of claim 11, wherein the analysis module is further configured to transmit the at least one assigned work package at least partly based on the UTM coordinates for one of the client equipment assets.

13. The work package management system of claim 1, further comprising a computer server, wherein the database is stored on the computer server.

14. A method for operating a work package management system, comprising:

storing information in a database, the database comprising;

a client list comprising one or more clients;

a list of client sites comprising one or more client sites for each of the clients;

a list of equipment assets comprising a plurality of serviceable equipment assets;

a list of maintenance routines comprising one or more maintenance routines for each of the serviceable equipment assets;

a list of client equipment assets comprising one or more client equipment assets at each of the client sites for each of the clients; and

a list of service personnel comprising one or more service agents available to perform work on one or more of the equipment assets;

receiving a request for one or more work packages, wherein each work package comprises a client identifier, a client site identifier, and one or more work routes comprising one or more maintenance routines to be performed on one or more of the equipment assets;

receiving data into an analysis module, wherein the data comprises a geographic location; and

assigning at least one of the work packages to at least one of the service agents selected from the list of service personnel at least partly based on the geographic location.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving the geographic location into the work package management system; and

transmitting the at least one of the work packages at least partly based at least partly on the at least one of the service agents assigned to the at least one of the work packages.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving work package results.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the work package management system comprises a computer system and the method further comprises storing the database within memory on the computer system.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising transmitting the at least one of the work packages in response to a manual request.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the list of the client sites further comprises a geographic location for each of the client sites, the geographic location received by the analysis module further comprises a geographic location for one of the client sites, and the method further comprises transmitting the at least one of the assigned work packages based at least partly on the geographic location of the one of the client sites.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the list of the client equipment assets further comprises a geographic location for each of the client equipment assets, the geographic location received by the analysis module further comprises a geographic location for at least one of the client equipment assets, and the method further comprises transmitting the at least one of the assigned work packages based at least partly on the geographic location of the at least one of the equipment assets.