Methods and systems for managing part replacement

US8630918B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• William E. Krechel · Thompson's Station, US
• Kenneth G. Owens · Olivette, US
• Alexandra Brintrup · London, GB
• Tomas Sanchez-Lopez · Cardiff, GB
• Duncan McFarlane · Cambridge, GB
• Mark G. Harrison · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 18, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for use in managing part replacement associated with a manufactured product. A part agent, executed by a computing system and associated with a current part installed in the manufactured product, provides a replacement notification to an ordering manager agent executed by the computing system and associated with the current part. The replacement notification indicates that a replacement of the current part is desired. The ordering manager agent determines that the current part is associated with a configuration change that represents a substitution of a new part for the current part. The ordering manager agent provides the configuration change to the part agent. The part agent orders the new part via the ordering manager agent based on the configuration change.