System for graphically indicating the routing and time relationships between jobs forming a process
US5101340A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 7, 1989 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/06
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An operation process indicating method comprising expressing each job in the form of a segment which is parallel to a time axis and whose end points are two points having the earliest start time and latest completion time of the job as their respective time coordinates, and connecting the earliest start time point on the segment and the latest completion time point on the segment expressive of the job preceding the first-mentioned job, with a segment, thereby to create and indicate an operation process chart. The operation process indicating method is useful as an aiding method for the operations of creating and revising an operation process in the case of operation planning.
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