System for monitoring multi-orderable measurement data
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRobert J. Baseman, William K. Hoffman, Steven Ruegsegger, Emmanuel Yashchin
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRobert J. Baseman, William K. Hoffman, Steven Ruegsegger, Emmanuel Yashchin
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A computer-based measurement monitoring system and method for monitoring multi-stage processes capable of producing multi-orderable data and identifying, at any stage in the monitored process, unacceptable deviations from an expected value at particular stages of the process, and communicating same detected deviation to facilitate corrective action in the process. The system and method consolidate data obtained at various stages of the process, arrange the measurement data in a multi-orderable data framework, compare the multi-orderable framework data with expected parameter values corresponding to the various stages, and detects-unacceptable deviations from the expected values. The unacceptable deviations are communicated to responsible personnel, and the system and method provides same personnel with supplemental information useful in diagnosing the root cause of the problem leading to the detected deviations.
A method for monitoring a process comprising a number of process stages in order to maintain the process output at a specified quality standard by monitoring data derived from each process stage and arranged in a multi-orderable framework, and detecting whether multi-orderable data from each process stage is within a specified acceptable range, the method comprising:
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