System for determining personal protective equipment recommendations based on prioritized data

• US 9,881,266 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2014
• Issued: 01/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ansell Limited
• Original Assignee: Ansell Limited
• Inventors: Zircher, IV, Louis A., Morris, Raymond W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jeanty, Romain
• Application Number:
  US14/453,972
• Publication Number:
  US 20150032488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,272 Days
• Field of Search: 705 725
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations

Abstract

A system for computing personal protective equipment (PPE) recommendations, including a plurality of client computers, where each client computer in the plurality of client computers, uses a processor, for receiving and storing corporate information of a corporate organization and PPE needs associated with the corporate organization; and for receiving and storing a plurality of benchmark data describing a current PPE usage for at least one application of the PPE within the corporate organization; and a server, remotely located from the plurality of client computers and connected to the plurality of client computers via a network, for identifying a selected PPE by performing an analysis based on the corporate information and the benchmark data wherein the analysis compares characteristics of a plurality PPE against characteristics of the at least one application and provides a priority ranking of importance for the plurality of characteristics required for the at least one application.

Claims

1. A system for computing personal protective equipment (PPE) recommendations, comprising:

a plurality of client computers, where each client computer in the plurality of client computers, uses a processor, for receiving and storing corporate information of a corporate organization and PPE needs associated with the corporate organization; and

for receiving and storing a plurality of benchmark data describing a current PPE usage for at least one application of the PPE within the corporate organization and a priority ranking of importance for a plurality of characteristics required for the at least one application;

a server, remotely located from the plurality of client computers and connected to the plurality of client computers via a network, the server comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein program instructions executable by the processor to configure the server to;

identify a selected PPE by performing an analysis based on the corporate information and the benchmark data wherein the analysis compares characteristics of a plurality of PPE against the ranked characteristics for the at least one application for determining areas of improvement wherein the selected PPE improves the benchmark data by comparing the characteristics of the selected PPE to the benchmark data; and

generate a PPE recommendation based on the selected PPE that improves the benchmark data, wherein the PPE recommendation includes a PPE configuration for the at least one application based on the determined areas of improvement;

and

a display device for presenting to at least one client a report including the selected PPE and at least one benefit associated with the selection of the selected PPE.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the corporate information and benchmark data is synchronized between the plurality of client computers and the server.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the benchmark data comprises at least one of cost performance data, an injury reduction data, SKU reduction data, a training information or production waste data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the corporate information is organized in hierarchical levels and the hierarchical levels include at least one of a corporation, a division, a region, a plant, a department, an area, a line, or a product application.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the benchmark data further comprises entry of at least one of an injury reduction data, inventory control information, or a training information.

6. The system of claim 1, the server assesses the benchmark data in view of the corporate organization against a database of PPE data and application data, and determines areas of improvement for the at least one application.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the analysis performed by the server further comprises at least one of a best practices assessment, an injury analysis, or an implementation plan.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the analysis performed by the server comprises at least one of a financial impact analysis or a PPE usage overview analysis.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the server communicates the PPE recommendation to a client computer for display.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of client computers comprise one or more of desktop computers, laptop computers, notebook computers, smart phones, or tablet computers.

11. A system for computing personal protective equipment (PPE) recommendations, comprising:

a plurality of client computers, where each client computer in the plurality of client computers, uses a processor, for receiving and storing corporate information of a corporate organization and PPE needs associated with the corporate organization, wherein the corporate information is organized in hierarchical levels and the hierarchical levels include at least one of a corporation, a division, a region, a plant, a department, an area, a line, or a product application; and

for receiving and storing a plurality of benchmark data describing a current PPE usage for at least one application of the PPE within the corporate organization and a priority ranking of importance for a plurality of characteristics required for the at least one application, wherein the benchmark data comprises at least one of cost performance data, an injury reduction data, SKU reduction data, a training information or production waste data;

a server, remotely located from the plurality of client computers and connected to the plurality of client computers via a network, the server comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein program instructions executable by the processor to configure the server to;

identify a selected PPE by performing an analysis based on the corporate information and the benchmark data wherein the analysis compares characteristics of a plurality PPE against the ranked characteristics for the at least one application for determining areas of improvement wherein the selected PPE improves the benchmark data by comparing the characteristics of the selected PPE to the benchmark data; and

generate a PPE recommendation based on the selected PPE that improves the benchmark data, wherein the PPE recommendation includes a PPE configuration for the at least one application based on the determined areas of improvement; and

a display device for presenting to at least one client a report including the selected PPE and at least one benefit associated with the selection of the selected PPE.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the corporate information and benchmark data is synchronized between the plurality of client computers and the server.

13. The system of claim 11, the server assesses the benchmark data in view of the corporate organization against a database of PPE data and application data, and determines areas of improvement for the at least one application.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the analysis performed by the server further comprises at least one of a best practices assessment, an injury analysis, or an implementation plan.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the analysis performed by the server comprises at least one of a financial impact analysis or a PPE usage overview analysis.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the server communicates the PPE recommendation to a client computer for display.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the plurality of client computers comprise one or more of desktop computers, laptop computers, notebook computers, smart phones, or tablet computers.