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US 2022/0326695 A1Published application
Systems and methods for end-to-end article management
AssigneeThe North Face Apparel Corp.
InventorsGraham Page, Anthony Perez, Angelique Dietz, Charles Rogers, Abolfazl Aghanouri, Subra Goparaju, Demitri Balabanov
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for managing articles. The systems and methods described herein may comprise an example method for manufacturing an article. The systems and methods provides an end-to-end manufacturing value chain as a closed system and feedback loop.
Claims20
A method for attribution and/or traceability, the method comprising:
- disposing one or more unique identifiers on at least a portion of a material, wherein the one or more unique identifiers represent article data comprising at least a portion of order data associated with one or more first consumer orders;
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- processing, via one or more manufacturing processes, the material to form at least a portion of an article, wherein the article data represented by the one or more unique identifiers is updated based on each manufacturing process to comprise information associated with a respective manufacturing process;
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- wherein each of the manufacturing processes comprise reading the article data and adjusting one or more actions associated with the respective manufacturing process based on the article data;
- and wherein the article data indicates a provenance of at least one material used to form the article.
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A method for attribution and/or traceability, the method comprising:
- receiving order data associated with one or more first consumer orders;
- disposing one or more unique identifiers on at least a portion of a material, wherein the one or more unique identifiers represent article data comprising at least a portion of the order data;
- processing, via one or more manufacturing processes, a component forming at least a portion of an article and concealing at least a portion of the one or more unique identifier, wherein the article data represented by the one or more unique identifiers is updated based on each manufacturing process to comprise information associated with a respective manufacturing process, wherein at least one of the one or more manufacturing processes comprises:
- receiving information indicating locations for application of a material on a surface of the component;
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- selectively disposing, using digital printing or digital extrusion and based on the locations, the material only at the locations, whereby the material is not disposed on at least a portion of the component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.