Workflow partitioning method and system
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorSudhendu Rai
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Abstract
A system and method for routing and processing jobs in a production environment considers the setup characteristics of each print job. Each set of jobs may be classified as a first job processing speed set, a second job processing speed set, or another job processing speed set based on the corresponding setup characteristics. First job processing speed sets are routed to a first group of job processing resources, while second job processing speed sets are routed to a second group of job processing speed resources. Each resource group may include an autonomous cell.
Claims19
A system for processing a set of jobs in a production environment, the system comprising:
- a set of one or more resources in a production environment;
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- a computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions for performing a method of processing a set of jobs, the method comprising:
- providing a job set comprising one or more jobs, wherein each of the one or more print jobs has one or more corresponding setup characteristics,
- storing the job set in a computer-readable storage medium,
- identifying the job set as one of a first job processing speed set and a second job processing speed set based on the corresponding setup characteristics,
- if the job set is a first job processing speed set, routing the job set to a first subset of the set of one or more resources, wherein the first subset comprises one or more first resources for processing the job set, and
- if the job set is a second job processing speed set, routing the job set to a second subset of the set of one or more resources, wherein the second subset comprises one or more second resources for processing the job set.
A system for processing a set of jobs, the system comprising:
- a set of one or more resources in a production environment;
- a workflow management system operable to coordinate a distribution of jobs to the resources;
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- a computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions for performing a method of processing a set of jobs, the method comprising:
- providing a job set comprising one or more jobs, wherein each of the one or more jobs has one or more corresponding setup characteristics,
- storing the job set in a computer-readable storage medium,
- identifying each job set as a first job processing speed set, a second job processing speed set or a third job processing speed set based on the one or more corresponding setup characteristics,
- if the job set is a first job processing speed set, routing the job set to a first subset of the set of one or more resources, wherein the first subset comprises one or more first resources for processing the job set,
- if the job set is a second job processing speed set, routing the job set to a second subset of the set of one or more resources, wherein the second subset comprises one or more second resources for processing the job set, and
- if the job set is a third job processing speed set, routing the job set to a third subset of the set of one or more resources, wherein the third subset comprises one or more third resources for processing the job set.
A computer-implemented method for processing a set of jobs, the method comprising:
- providing a job set comprising one or more jobs to be processed in a production environment, wherein each of the jobs has one or more corresponding setup characteristics;
- storing the job set in a computer-readable storage medium;
- identifying the job set as one of a first job processing speed set and a second job processing speed set based on the corresponding setup characteristics;
- if the job set is a first job processing speed set, routing the job set to a first subset of the set of one or more resources, wherein the first subset comprises one or more first resources for processing the job set;
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- if the job set is a second job processing speed set, routing the job set to a second subset of the set of one or more resources, wherein the second subset comprises one or more second resources for processing the job set.
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