System and method for improved quality management in a product logistic chain
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1. A quality management system for products comprising:
- a multiplicity of product unit specific indicators, each operative to provide a machine-readable indication of occurrence or non-occurrence of at least one product quality determining event, said machine-readable indication. comprising a variable bar code having a first readable state indicating that said product quality determining event has not occurred and a second readable state indicating that said product quality determining event has occurred, said product quality determining event comprising an product orientation related event;
an indicator reader operative to read said product unit specific indicators and to provide output indications; and
a product type specific indication interpreter operative to receive said output indications and to provide human sensible, product unit specific, product quality status outputs.
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Abstract
A quality management system for products including a multiplicity of product unit specific indicators, each operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedence of at least one threshold by at least one product quality determining parameter, an indicator reader operative to read the product unit specific indicators and to provide output indications and a product type specific indication interpreter operative to receive the output indications and to provide human sensible, product unit specific, product quality status outputs.
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1. A quality management system for products comprising:
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a multiplicity of product unit specific indicators, each operative to provide a machine-readable indication of occurrence or non-occurrence of at least one product quality determining event, said machine-readable indication. comprising a variable bar code having a first readable state indicating that said product quality determining event has not occurred and a second readable state indicating that said product quality determining event has occurred, said product quality determining event comprising an product orientation related event; an indicator reader operative to read said product unit specific indicators and to provide output indications; and a product type specific indication interpreter operative to receive said output indications and to provide human sensible, product unit specific, product quality status outputs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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- 5. A product unit specific indicator operative to provide a machine-readable indication of occurrence or non-occurrence of at least one product quality determining event, said indicator comprising a variable bar code having a first readable state indicating that said product quality determining event has not occurred. and a second readable state indicating that said product quality determining event has occurred, said product quality determining event comprising an product orientation related event.
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11. A method for quality management for products comprising:
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employing a multiplicity of product unit specific indicators each to provide a machine-readable indication of occurrence or non-occurrence of at least one product quality determining event, said machine-readable indication comprising a variable bar code having a first readable state indicating that said product quality determining event has not occurred and a second readable state indicating that said product quality determining event has occurred, said product quality determining event comprising an product orientation related event; reading said product unit specific indicators and providing output indications therefrom; and interpreting said output indications to provide human sensible, product unit specific, product quality status outputs. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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