Optimization of work site utilization
AssigneeBank of America Corporation
InventorsWilliam C. Jetton, Thomas R. Kurtz, Glenn McNairy, Benjamin T. Teal
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide for optimizing work site utilization within a business entity or the like. Work site optimization is realized by ranking a predetermined group of leased work sites relative to their feasibility for exiting and making decisioning based on the rankings. The ranking is based on an automated and qualitative scoring of the work sites. Additionally, embodiments of the invention account for the potential use of off-work site employees and, as such, the optimization rankings that are provided serve to predict future work site needs.
Claims33
A method for optimizing work site utilization within a business, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a computing device, one or more user inputs that each define work site criterion;
- identifying, via a computing device processor, a plurality of work sites based on the received inputs;
- and
- determining, via a computing device processor, an exit ranking for the plurality of work sites, wherein the exit ranking is relative to a feasibility to exit a lease associated with a work site.
An apparatus for optimizing work site utilization within a business, the apparatus comprising:
- a computing platform having at least one processor and a memory in communication with the processor, and
- a work site optimization application stored in the memory, executable by the processor and including:
- a work site drill down routine configured to receive one or more user inputs that each define work site criterion and identify a plurality of work sites based on the received inputs, and
- a work site exit ranking routine configured to determine an exit ranking for the plurality of work sites, wherein the exit ranking is relative to a feasibility to exit a lease associated with a work site.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
- a first set of codes for causing a computer to receive one or more user inputs that each define work site criterion;
- a second set of codes for causing a computer to identify a plurality of work sites based on the received inputs;
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- a third set of codes for causing a computer to determine an exit ranking for the plurality of work sites, wherein the exit ranking is relative to a feasibility to exit a lease associated with a work site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.