Methods and systems for optimizing profitability of a print production environment
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsEric Michael Gross, Tao Wang, Sudhendu Rai
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Abstract
A method of determining a maximum profit for a print production environment may include receiving, by a computing device, a flow model associated with a print production environment, applying, by the computing device, a modified Jackson Network analysis to the flow model to generate one more characteristic curves that each characterize a relationship between profit of the print production environment and job inflow rate and that each show a maximum profit value for the print production environment, and presenting, by the computing device, one or more of the generated characteristic curves to a user.
Claims15
A method of determining a maximum profit for a print production environment, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, a flow model associated with a print production environment;
- applying, by the computing device, a modified Jackson Network analysis to the flow model to generate one more characteristic curves that each characterize a relationship between profit of the print production environment and job inflow rate and that each show a maximum profit value for the print production environment;
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- presenting, by the computing device, one or more of the generated characteristic curves to a user.
A method of determining a maximum profit for a print production environment, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, a flow model associated with a print production environment;
- solving a modified Jackson Network analysis associated with the flow model for one or more values of a first decision variable associated with one or more routing devices in the flow model;
- performing, by the computing device, one or more job processing simulations that are based on the one or more values of the first decision variable and one or more values of a second decision variable to generate one or more characteristic curves that each characterize a relationship between the second decision variable and a gross profit rate associated with the print production environment;
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- presenting, by the computing device, one or more of the generated characteristic curves to a user.
A system of determining a maximum profit for a print production environment, the system comprising:
- a computing device;
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- a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to:
- receive a flow model associated with a print production environment,
- solve a modified Jackson Network analysis associated with the flow model for one or more values of a first decision variable associated with one or more routing devices in the flow model,
- perform one or more job processing simulations that are based on the one or more values of the first decision variable and one or more values of a second decision variable to generate one or more characteristic curves that each characterize a relationship between the second decision variable and a gross profit rate associated with the print production environment, and
- present one or more of the generated characteristic curves to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.