Method of optimizing queue times in a production cycle

US8005560B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Brad J. Rawlins · Fishkill, US
• James Rice · Danbury, US
• Yunsheng Song · Poughkeepsie, US
• Yutong Wu · Longbeilingcun, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 23, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 12, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/30
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of optimizing production cycle queue time includes selecting a plurality of process steps for a production cycle, calculating queue times for each of the plurality of process steps, statistically analyzing the queue times, and generating at least one visual output that illustrates the statistically analyzed queue times.