Method and system for monitoring resources within a manufacturing environment
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring resources within a build to order manufacturing facility comprising:
- a remote monitoring system coupled to one or more pieces of equipment within the manufacturing facility, said pieces of equipment operable to produce build to order products;
the remote monitoring system operable to determine an operating status of the one or more pieces of equipment and to determine whether an order ship criteria associated with producing a particular order of build to order products has been fulfilled;
said remote monitoring system operable to consolidate real-time information relating to the operating status;
the remote monitoring system communicatively coupled to a control center, said remote monitoring system operable to display real-time status information associated with using the one or more pieces of equipment, wherein the status information indicates if a particular piece of equipment is fully functional or if the particular piece of equipment is inoperable; and
a simulator communicatively coupled to the remote monitoring system and operable to dynamically simulate resource re-allocation using available pieces of equipment that are indicated to be fully functioning and does not use the particular piece of equipment that is indicated to be inoperable.
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Abstract
A method, system and logic are described for monitoring resources within a manufacturing environment. A system for monitoring resources within a manufacturing facility includes a remote monitoring system coupled to one or more pieces of equipment within the manufacturing facility. The remote monitoring system may be communicatively coupled to a control center operable to display status information associated with using the one or more pieces of equipment, and a simulator communicatively coupled to the remote monitoring system is operable to dynamically simulate resource re-allocation based on the inoperability of the one or more pieces of equipment.
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16 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring resources within a build to order manufacturing facility comprising:
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a remote monitoring system coupled to one or more pieces of equipment within the manufacturing facility, said pieces of equipment operable to produce build to order products;
the remote monitoring system operable to determine an operating status of the one or more pieces of equipment and to determine whether an order ship criteria associated with producing a particular order of build to order products has been fulfilled;
said remote monitoring system operable to consolidate real-time information relating to the operating status;
the remote monitoring system communicatively coupled to a control center, said remote monitoring system operable to display real-time status information associated with using the one or more pieces of equipment, wherein the status information indicates if a particular piece of equipment is fully functional or if the particular piece of equipment is inoperable; and
a simulator communicatively coupled to the remote monitoring system and operable to dynamically simulate resource re-allocation using available pieces of equipment that are indicated to be fully functioning and does not use the particular piece of equipment that is indicated to be inoperable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for monitoring resources within a build to order manufacturing facility, the method comprising:
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accessing information resources for selective portions of a manufacturing facility, said information resources associated with one or more pieces of equipment, said equipment remotely located from a control center for the manufacturing facility and operable to produce build to order products, wherein said information resources provide real-time data on operating status for the one or more pieces of equipment;
consolidating the real-time information on the operating status in a remote monitoring system;
determining operating status of the one or more pieces of equipment relative to a ship criteria associated with manufacturing the products, using the real-time data on operating status provided by said information resources;
displaying the determined operating status within a user interface of the control center, wherein the displayed operating status indicates if a particular piece of equipment is fully functional or if the particular piece of equipment is inoperable; and
simulating a re-allocation the of resources based on the inoperability of one or more pieces of equipment; and
dynamically reallocating the resources in response the inoperability of one or more pieces of equipment. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
accessing a log to obtain information for monitoring the equipment;
automatically determining if an error has occurred with one of the pieces of equipment, based on the information obtained from the log; and
automatically updating the displayed operating status for the piece of equipment in the control center, in response to determining that the error has occurred.
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8. The method of claim 6 further comprising automatically reallocating resources upon determining an error associated with a malfunctioning piece of equipment.
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9. The method of claim 8 further comprising routing product to a different portion of the manufacturing facility in response to determining the error.
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10. The method of claim 6 further comprising associating a process with the one or more pieces of equipment to provide a process monitor.
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11. A program product for monitoring resources within a build to order manufacturing facility, the program product comprising:
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a computer-usable medium; and
control logic encoded in the computer-usable medium, wherein the control logic, when executed, performs operations comprising;
obtaining real-time data on operating status for one or more pieces of equipment in a manufacturing facility from information resources for selective portions of-the manufacturing facility, said information resources associated with the one or more pieces of equipment, said equipment remotely located from a control center for the manufacturing facility and operable to produce build to order products;
consolidating the real-time information on the operating status in a remote monitoring system;
determining an operating status of the one or more pieces of equipment relative to a ship criteria associated with manufacturing the products, based on the real-time data on operating status;
displaying the determined operating status within a user interface of the control center, wherein the displayed operating status indicates if a particular piece of equipment is fully functional or if the particular piece of equipment is inoperable;
simulating a re-allocation of resources based the inoperability of one or more pieces of equipment; and
dynamically reallocating the resources in response to the in operability of one or more pieces of equipment. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
access a log to obtain information for monitoring the equipment;
determine if an error has occurred with one of the pieces of equipment;
notify the control center of the error; and
update the status for the piece of equipment.
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13. The program product of claim 11 further comprising the control logic operable to provide information in real-time from remote locations within the manufacturing facility.
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14. The program product of claim 11 further comprising control logic operable to automatically reallocate resources upon determining an error associated with a malfunctioning piece of equipment.
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15. The program product of claim 14 further comprising the contoro logic operable to route product to a different portion of the manufacturing facility in response to determining the error.
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16. The program product of claim 11 further comprising control logic operable to associate a process with the one or more pieces of equipment to provide a process monitor.
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