Generating information for use in performing physical operations

US8195532B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Wilhelm Zwerger · Blankenloch, DE
• Holger Herrmann · Malsch, DE
• Thomas Friedrich · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Ami Heitner · Netanya, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 2005
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 15, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/103
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method to be performed in a procedure of manufacturing a product includes receiving, in a computer system, a request to initiate a manufacturing procedure including at least a first physical operation modeled as a manufacturing-type operation in the computer system and a second physical operation modeled as a warehouse-type operation in the computer system. Information to be used in the manufacturing procedure, identifying the manufacturing-type operation and the warehouse-type operation, is generated in response to the request. Using the information, the manufacturing procedure including the first and second physical operations is initiated. A post-manufacturing procedure for a product can include a manufacturing-type operation and a warehouse-type operation. A computer system includes an operation management module for managing a manufacturing-type operation and a warehouse-type operation. The computer system includes initiation components for initiating the operations.