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US 2014/0156047 A1Published application
Manufacturing Process Monitoring and Control System
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsShuguang Song, Laurance N. Hazlehurst, Komson Chaivirat, Chen-en Chen, Roberto F. Lu
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a manufacturing process. Statistical correlations between a plurality of tasks comprising the manufacturing process are identified. The manufacturing process is controlled using the statistical correlations.
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A method for controlling a manufacturing process, comprising:
- identifying, by a processor unit, statistical correlations between a plurality of tasks comprising the manufacturing process;
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- controlling the manufacturing process using the statistical correlations.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a manufacturing process status monitor configured to identify statistical correlations between a plurality of tasks comprising a manufacturing process;
- and
- a manufacturing process controller configured to control the manufacturing process using the statistical correlations.
A method for controlling a process for assembling an aircraft, comprising:
- identifying, by a processor unit, statistical correlations between a plurality of tasks for assembling the aircraft;
- identifying, by the processor unit, a first task from the plurality of tasks for assembling the aircraft;
- identifying, by the processor unit, a number of correlated tasks from the plurality of tasks for assembling the aircraft using the statistical correlations;
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- identifying, by the processor unit, an effect of a delay in the first task on the number of correlated tasks using the statistical correlations.
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