Systems and methods for determining process cycle efficiency in production environments
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorSudhendu Rai
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Abstract
A system and method whereby the process cycle efficiency (PCE) of individual workflows may be determined using a combination of data collection tools, data manipulation routines, and statistical analysis methods. The individual workflows may be statistically analyzed to determine the PCE for the overall production process. Changes in performance for on set of workflows over a period of time may be determined by statistical hypothesis testing.
Claims20
A system for determining process cycle efficiency within a production environment, comprising:
- a database;
- a computer in communication with the database, the computer including a program memory;
- and
- program instruction code stored in the program memory, the program instruction code operating to determine a process cycle efficiency of at least one job workflow and a process cycle efficiency for all workflows.
A method of determining a process cycle efficiency of an environment including at least one workflow, comprising:
- maintaining a database of captured workflow information;
- determining a value-added time associated with at least one job, the value-added time being a sum of all time spent outputting the at least one job;
- determining a process cycle time of the at least one job, the process cycle time being a function of the job arrival time, the job completion time and a work schedule of the environment;
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- determining a process cycle efficiency of the workflow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.