Analytical-decision support system for improving management of quality and cost of a product
First Claim
1. An analytical-decision support system for improving management of quality and cost of a product throughout the entire product lifecycle of the product, said system comprising:
- (a) an atomic level data store for collecting data on component information, configuration information, and field information;
(b) a product-lifecycle-management analytics subsystem comprising;
(i) a query engine for compiling subsets of data from the atomic level data store;
(ii) a first analysis tool for performing cost or quality analysis on the subsets to determine first analysis results;
(iii) a second analysis tool for analyzing detailed data in the atomic level data store to produce second analysis results;
(c) a management and operation subsystem for presenting the first analysis results after the first analysis tool performs the cost or quality analysis, and for presenting the second analysis results after the second analysis tool analyzes the detailed data, the management and operation subsystem comprising;
(i) a user interface for receiving configuration data from a user for configuring the second analysis tool; and
(ii) a warning notification subsystem for delivering warning notifications based on the first analysis results.
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Abstract
The present invention concerns an analytical-decision support system for improving management of quality and cost of a product throughout the entire product lifecycle of the product. The system comprises an atomic level data store for collecting data on component information, configuration information, and field information. A product-lifecycle-management analytics subsystem is included comprising: a query engine for compiling subsets of data from the atomic level data store; a first analysis tool for performing cost or quality analysis on the subsets to determine first analysis results; and a second analysis tool for analyzing detailed data in the atomic level data store to produce second analysis results. A management and operation subsystem is included for presenting the first analysis results after the first analysis tool performs the cost or quality analysis, and for presenting the second analysis results after the second analysis tool analyzes the detailed data. The management and operation subsystem further comprises: a user interface for receiving configuration data from a user for configuring the second analysis tool; and a warning notification subsystem for delivering warning notifications based on the first analysis results.
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26 Claims
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1. An analytical-decision support system for improving management of quality and cost of a product throughout the entire product lifecycle of the product, said system comprising:
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(a) an atomic level data store for collecting data on component information, configuration information, and field information;
(b) a product-lifecycle-management analytics subsystem comprising;
(i) a query engine for compiling subsets of data from the atomic level data store;
(ii) a first analysis tool for performing cost or quality analysis on the subsets to determine first analysis results;
(iii) a second analysis tool for analyzing detailed data in the atomic level data store to produce second analysis results;
(c) a management and operation subsystem for presenting the first analysis results after the first analysis tool performs the cost or quality analysis, and for presenting the second analysis results after the second analysis tool analyzes the detailed data, the management and operation subsystem comprising;
(i) a user interface for receiving configuration data from a user for configuring the second analysis tool; and
(ii) a warning notification subsystem for delivering warning notifications based on the first analysis results. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of improving management of quality and cost of a product throughout the product lifecycle of the product comprising the steps of:
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capturing atomic level data on component information, configuration information, and field information from one or more parties involved throughout the product lifecycle;
compiling one or more subsets of data from the atomic level data;
performing cost or quality analysis on the subset to determine first analysis results;
providing the first analysis results to a user for identifying patterns, associations or correlation in the first analysis results;
delivering warning notifications based on the first analysis results;
based at least in part on the identified patterns, associations or correlation, receiving configuration input from the user;
based on the configuration input, further analyzing detailed data in the atomic level data to produce second analysis results; and
presenting the second analysis results. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. In a system for improving management of quality and cost of a product throughout the product lifecycle of the product, a method for providing reiterative feed back to the system from a user, the method comprising the steps of:
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capturing atomic level data on component information, configuration information, and field information from one or more parties involved throughout the product lifecycle;
compiling one or more subsets of data from the atomic level data;
performing cost or quality analysis on the subset to determine first analysis results;
providing the first analysis results to a user for identifying patterns, associations or correlation in the first analysis results;
delivering warning notifications based on the first analysis results;
based at least in part on the identified patterns, associations or correlation, receiving feedback data from the user;
based on the feedback data, further analyzing detailed data in the atomic level data to produce second analysis results; and
presenting the second analysis results.
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