Activity set management in a Manufacturing Execution System

US9551983B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David Cooper · Palo Alto, US
• Kevin Chao · Mountain View, US
• Keith Chambers · Scotts Valley, US
• Richard Sze · Saratoga, US
• Crisler Moor · San Jose, US
• Brandon E. Henning · Palmyra, US
• Suryanarayana Murthy Bobba · Los Altos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 14, 2012
• Grant date: Jan 24, 2017
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 2034

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 Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is provided for execution of workflows in response to specified business objectives. The MES system can maintain a library of activity sets representing industry-specific workflows that can be selected and executed in order to satisfy business-driven goals. The activity sets can comprise both business-level and control-level operations, and can be configured using an intuitive graphical interface that mitigates the need for low-level programming by the end user. In response to receipt of a request from a business-level system such as an ERP system, the MES system can match the request to an activity set, and subsequently execute the workflow defined by the activity set to facilitate satisfying the request.