Activity based real-time production instruction adaptation
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for automatically adjusting manufacturing instructions during production activity in a manufacturing environment, the computer implemented method comprising:
- responsive to receiving an order for a product, identifying an authorization level assigned to an operator performing a particular manufacturing activity on a part in the product;
assigning a default level of instructions to the operator based on the authorization level;
collecting characteristics about the manufacturing environment, performance history of the operator, and knowledge decay of the operator;
modeling the characteristics about the manufacturing environment, performance history of the operator, and knowledge decay of the operator to determine an appropriate level of instructions to provide to the operator performing the particular manufacturing activity; and
providing manufacturing instructions associated with the appropriate level of instructions to the operator.
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Abstract
A manufacturing process for automatically delivering an appropriate level of instructions to a manufacturing operator on demand based on the manufacturing operator'"'"'s level of activity and performance, the particular characteristics of the product being manufactured, and the particular production environment. Responsive to receiving an order for a product, the manufacturing process identifies an authorization level assigned to an operator performing a particular manufacturing activity on a part in the product and assigns a default level of instructions to the operator based on the authorization level. The process collects and models characteristics about the manufacturing environment, performance history of the operator, and knowledge decay of the operator to determine an appropriate level of instructions to provide to the operator performing a particular manufacturing activity. The manufacturing instructions associated with the appropriate level of instructions are then provided to the operator.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for automatically adjusting manufacturing instructions during production activity in a manufacturing environment, the computer implemented method comprising:
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responsive to receiving an order for a product, identifying an authorization level assigned to an operator performing a particular manufacturing activity on a part in the product; assigning a default level of instructions to the operator based on the authorization level; collecting characteristics about the manufacturing environment, performance history of the operator, and knowledge decay of the operator; modeling the characteristics about the manufacturing environment, performance history of the operator, and knowledge decay of the operator to determine an appropriate level of instructions to provide to the operator performing the particular manufacturing activity; and providing manufacturing instructions associated with the appropriate level of instructions to the operator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product for automatically adjusting manufacturing instructions during production activity in a manufacturing environment, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer usable program code tangibly embodied thereon, the computer usable program code comprising; computer usable program code for identifying, in response to receiving an order for a product, an authorization level assigned to an operator performing a particular manufacturing activity on a part in the product; computer usable program code for assigning a default level of instructions to the operator based on the authorization level; computer usable program code for collecting characteristics about the manufacturing environment, performance history of the operator, and knowledge decay of the operator; computer usable program code for modeling the characteristics about the manufacturing environment, performance history of the operator, and knowledge decay of the operator to determine an appropriate level of instructions to provide to the operator performing a particular manufacturing activity; and computer usable program code for providing manufacturing instructions associated with the appropriate level of instructions to the operator. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A data processing system for automatically adjusting manufacturing instructions during production activity in a manufacturing environment, the data processing system comprising:
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a bus; a storage device connected to the bus, wherein the storage device contains computer usable code; at least one managed device connected to the bus; a communications unit connected to the bus; and a processing unit connected to the bus, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable code to identifying, in response to receiving an order for a product, an authorization level assigned to an operator performing a particular manufacturing activity on a part in the product;
assign a default level of instructions to the operator based on the authorization level;
collect characteristics about the manufacturing environment, performance history of the operator, and knowledge decay of the operator;
model the characteristics about the manufacturing environment, performance history of the operator, and knowledge decay of the operator to determine an appropriate level of instructions to provide to the operator performing a particular manufacturing activity; and
provide manufacturing instructions associated with the appropriate level of instructions to the operator.
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