Hide customization systems and methods
AssigneeNational Beef Packing Company, LLC
InventorsRobert Horst Hein, Kenneth Graham Press
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Abstract
Methods and systems for customizing hides are provided. In particular, one or more embodiments comprise a tanning control system that improves profitability and customer satisfaction by facilitating the customization of hides according to customer orders. Furthermore, one or more embodiments enable the tanning control system to improve efficiency and responsiveness by producing packages of hides that exactly match customer orders. Additionally, one or more embodiments enhance the traceability of hides by capturing data related to the customization of hides.
Claims20
A method of customizing hides comprising:
- accessing electronic information corresponding with a first customer order and electronic information corresponding with a second customer order;
- determining, by at least one processor, that the first customer order and the second customer order indicate compatible hide characteristics;
- determining that a group of hides corresponds to the compatible hide characteristics;
- processing a first subgroup of hides of the group of hides in accordance with a first specification identified within the first customer order;
- and
- processing a second subgroup of hides of the group of hides in accordance with a second specification identified within the second customer order.
A method of customizing hides comprising:
- accessing electronic information corresponding with a first customer order and electronic information corresponding with a second customer order;
- determining, by at least one processor, that the first customer order and the second customer order indicate compatible hide characteristics;
- determining that a group of hides located at a first location corresponds to the compatible hide characteristics;
- transporting the group of hides from the first location to a second location;
- processing, at the second location, a first subgroup of hides of the group of hides in accordance with a first specification identified within the first customer order;
- and
- processing, at the second location, a second subgroup of hides of the group of hides in accordance with a second specification identified within the second customer order.
A customized processing system comprising:
- one or more computing devices;
- and
- a non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, cause the system to:
- access electronic information corresponding with a first customer order and electronic information corresponding with a second customer order;
- determine that the first customer order and the second customer order indicate compatible hide characteristics;
- determine that a group of hides corresponds to the compatible hide characteristics;
- process a first subgroup of hides of the group of hides in accordance with a first specification identified within the first customer order;
- and
- process a second subgroup of hides of the group of hides in accordance with a second specification identified within the second customer order.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.