Route based manufacturing system analysis, apparatuses, systems, and methods
AssigneeSchemaport, LLC
InventorSteven Clair Hugh
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described to improve efficiency in the manufacturing of a product for a manufacturer. The system includes a manufacturing route. The manufacturing route specifies at least two dimensions, where a first dimension of the at least two dimensions is a client machine and a second dimension of the at least two dimensions is a process associated with the client machine. A data stream is responsive to the plurality of dimensions. A database is configured to receive the data stream. A processor is configured to provide data from the data stream that indicates a symptom of a problem which can occur within the manufacturing route.
Claims10
A system to identify a problem within a product, where the product results from a manufacturing process, comprising:
- a single multidimensional data warehouse schema, the single multidimensional data warehouse schema to provide definition for multidimensional manufacturing data to be collected from a plurality of manufacturing routes, the plurality describes a physical manufacturing sequence of the product, each manufacturing route of the plurality further comprising:
- a client dimension;
- an event dimension;
- a product dimension;
- an attribute dimension;
- a variable dimension;
- a component dimension;
- a symptom dimension;
- and
- a cause dimension;
- a multidimensional manufacturing route database, the multidimensional manufacturing route database is configured to receive the multidimensional manufacturing data and to store it according to the single multidimensional data warehouse schema utilizing one or more reference identifiers;
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- a processor, the processor is configured to:
- identify specific data from the multidimensional manufacturing route database that indicates a symptom of a problem occurring within at least one manufacturing route of the plurality, wherein the problem is at least one of the following;
- a tolerance of the at least one manufacturing route is out of a first acceptable range,
- a yield of the at least one manufacturing route is out of a second acceptable range, and
- customer satisfaction for the product is out of a third acceptable range, and the specific data is used to identify at least one dimension of the at least one manufacturing route that is contributing to the problem wherein the processor is configured to receive an input, the input is a cause added in response to a symptom wherein a symptom/cause relationship is established to provide a basis for product and process improvement using data that is extracted from the multidimensional manufacturing route database.
A system to identify a problem within a product, where the product results from a manufacturing process, comprising:
- a multidimensional manufacturing route database, the multidimensional manufacturing route database is architected with a hierarchy, the hierarchy, in order, comprising:
- 1. an account level;
- 2. a network level;
- 3. a manufacturing route level, the manufacturing route level having a plurality of manufacturing routes;
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- 4. a client level, the client level having a plurality of clients, each manufacturing route, from the plurality of manufacturing routes, has at least one client, from the plurality of clients, associated therewith through one or more reference identifiers, the multidimensional manufacturing route database is configured to receive the multidimensional manufacturing data and to store it according to a single multidimensional data warehouse schema utilizing the one or more reference identifiers, whereby the hierarchy provides association between components and sub-components of the product;
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- a processor, the processor is configured to:
- identify specific data from the multidimensional manufacturing route database that indicates a symptom of a problem occurring within at least one manufacturing route of the plurality of manufacturing routes, wherein the problem is at least one of the following;
- a tolerance of the at least one manufacturing route is out of a first acceptable range,
- a yield of the at least one manufacturing route is out of a second acceptable range, and
- customer satisfaction for the product is out of a third acceptable range, and the specific data is used to identify at least one dimension of the at least one manufacturing route that is contributing to the problem wherein the processor is configured to receive an input, the input is a cause added in response to a symptom wherein a symptom/cause relationship is established to provide a basis for product and process improvement using data that is extracted from the multidimensional manufacturing route database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.