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E10 reporting tool

  • US 5,740,429 A
  • Filed: 07/07/1995
  • Issued: 04/14/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of automatically generating reports for use in assessing reliability, availability and performance of a plurality of pieces of equipment in a manufacturing environment, the method comprising:

  • accumulating in a database events occurring in connection with said equipment;

    responsive to a data request having user selectable event restriction criteria, said event restriction criteria including a date range and a characteristic indicative of related ones of said pieces of equipment;

    mapping each event complying with said event restriction criteria to one of a plurality of predefined equipment states and accumulating time associated with said event in one of a plurality of time bins, each time bin associated with one of said predefined equipment states;

    accumulating numbers of equipment failures; and

    calculating a plurality of standard metrics using said numbers accumulated and said time accumulated in said time bins; and

    responsive to a report request identifying at least one of said calculated metrics and a report format, presenting said at least one of said calculated metrics in said identified report format for pieces of equipment indicated by said event restriction criteria.

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