Control systems and methods for scheduling and managing manufacturing tasks
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsPaul Christopher Shaw, Geovanne Salvatore Taormina, Jr., Brian Robert McIntyre, Micheal Jospeh Walker
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Abstract
A method for scheduling and managing tasks including the receipt of a request for a task list from one or more workstations, the determination of a task list based on one or more identifiers and product order specific information received from a scheduling system, updating the task list, and sending the updated task list to the one or more workstations.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, from one or more workstations, a request for a task list, wherein the request includes one or more identifiers;
- determining, based on the one or more identifiers and product order specific information received from a scheduling system, a task list;
- updating the task list, wherein updating the task list is based on a build history, one or more prerequisite statuses, or a combination thereof;
- and
- sending, to the one or more workstations, the updated task list.
A system comprising:
- a task builder configured to:
- receive, from one or more workstations, a request for a task list, wherein the request includes one or more identifiers,
- determine, based on the one or more identifiers and product order specific information received from a scheduling system, a task list,
- update the task list, wherein the update to the task list is based on a build history, one or more upstream prerequisite statuses, or a combination thereof, and
- send, to the one or more workstations, the updated task list;
- the one or more workstations configured to:
- send, to the task builder, the request for the task list, and
- send, to the database, one or more task results;
- the scheduling system configured to:
- receive, from the taskbuilder, a request for the product order specific information, and
- send, to the taskbuilder, the product order specific information;
- and
- the database configured to:
- receive, from the one or more workstations, data associated with the build history and prerequisite statuses,
- receive, from the taskbuilder, a request for the build history and the prerequisite statuses, and
- send, to the taskbuilder, the build history and the prerequisite statuses.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- receive, from one or more workstations, a request for a task list, wherein the request includes one or more identifiers;
- determine, based on the one or more identifiers and product order specific information received from a scheduling system, a task list;
- update the task list, wherein the update to the task list is based on a build history, one or more upstream prerequisite statuses, or a combination thereof;
- and
- send, to the one or more workstations, the updated task list.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.