System and method for a demand driven lean production control system
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1. A system of providing a production control framework, comprising:
- a computer at one or more work centers of one or more entities that produce a plurality of parts, the computer comprising;
a user interface comprising one or more tasks for each of the plurality of parts, a job queue comprising an order in which to produce the one or more tasks, a production history comprising a start time and a completion time for each of the one or more tasks, an indication whether each task of the one or more tasks comprises authorization in order to authorize production, one or more control buttons, one or more part-specific demand authorization signals generated when a demand is received at the one or more entities, one or more work center-specific material authorization signals signifying a producing work center and a consuming work center, one or more site-specific material authorization signals, and one or more pull-based production control signals.
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed providing visualization of a production control framework. The system includes a storage medium stored therein one or more user interfaces providing a visual representation of one or more graphical elements representing one or more entities, the one or more entities comprising one or more work centers, wherein the one or more work centers each comprise one or more user interfaces. The system further includes a storage medium stored therein a job queue display within the one or more user interfaces and a plurality of tasks for each of a plurality of parts produced by the one or more entities.
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1. A system of providing a production control framework, comprising:
a computer at one or more work centers of one or more entities that produce a plurality of parts, the computer comprising; a user interface comprising one or more tasks for each of the plurality of parts, a job queue comprising an order in which to produce the one or more tasks, a production history comprising a start time and a completion time for each of the one or more tasks, an indication whether each task of the one or more tasks comprises authorization in order to authorize production, one or more control buttons, one or more part-specific demand authorization signals generated when a demand is received at the one or more entities, one or more work center-specific material authorization signals signifying a producing work center and a consuming work center, one or more site-specific material authorization signals, and one or more pull-based production control signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of providing a production control frame work, comprising:
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displaying, with a user interface on a computer at one or more work centers of one or more entities that produce a plurality of parts, one or more tasks for each of the plurality of parts, a job queue comprising an order in which to produce the one or more tasks, a production history comprising a start time and a completion time for each of the one or more tasks, an indication whether each task of the one or more tasks comprises authorization in order to authorize production, one or more control buttons, one or more part-specific demand authorization signals generated when a demand is received at the one or more entities, one or more work center-specific material authorization signals signifying a producing work center and a consuming work center, one or more site-specific material authorization signals, and one or more pull-based production control signals; and recording, in a storage medium of the computer, the start time and the completion time of each of the one or more tasks. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodied with software for providing a production control framework, the software when executed using one or more computers is configured to:
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display one or more tasks for each of a plurality of parts, a job queue comprising an order in which to produce one or more tasks, a production history comprising a start time and a completion time for each of the one or more tasks, an indication whether each task of the one or more tasks comprises authorization in order to authorize production, one or more control buttons, one or more part-specific demand authorization signals generated when a demand is received at the one or more entities that produce the plurality of parts, one or more work center-specific material authorization signals signifying a producing work center and a consuming work center, one or more site-specific material authorization signals, and one or more pull-based production control signals; and record the start time and the completion time of each of the one or more tasks. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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