Integrated tracking system
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorJuan A. Araujo
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an integrated tracking system and method for providing a company and its customers with information about part and repair status. The tracking system broadly comprises a central processing unit for receiving data about a plurality of parts to be tracked. The central processing unit includes a staging table module for receiving and gathering the inputted data, a master table module for receiving the inputted data from the staging table module and for analyzing, organizing, and standardizing the inputted parts data, and a temporary table module for aggregating transactional records about the parts, which transactional records contain performance metrics on the parts.
Claims21
A method for tracking parts comprising:
- providing a central processing unit having a staging table module, a master table module, and a temporary table module;
- inputting data about a plurality of parts from a plurality of business units into the central processing unit;
- collecting said inputted data in said staging table module;
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- analyzing, organizing, and standardizing said inputted part data in said master table module and creating an information database about customer orders and part status;
- wherein said creating step comprises creating a centralized repair parts information database and storing said centralized repair parts information database in said master table module.
An integrated system for tracking parts comprising:
- means for inputting data about a plurality of parts to be tracked into a central processing unit;
- a staging table module means in said central processing unit for receiving and gathering said inputted data;
- a master table module means in said central processing unit for receiving said inputted data from said staging table unit and for analyzing, organizing, and standardizing said inputted part data;
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- a temporary table module means in said central processing unit for aggregating transactional records about each said part, wherein each said transactional record contains performance metrics on a particular part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.