Title:
QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING WITH LABELS AND SMART TAGS IN EVENT-BASED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003058506
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for storing, during a process, data associated with material. Also disclosed are a method of collecting, storing, and reporting machine productivity, waste, and delay information on an event basis in a manufacturing system (254), a method of capturing and storing material history, a method of automating tracking of positions of components used in a process and correlating portions of a component with production problems, an improved inventory management system, and a method of tracking and recording actions of specific operators of a process performed by a machine. The embodiments are operable in an intelligent manufacturing system including a process for converting raw materials (248) to a product, a process control system including one or more sensors capable of generating an alarm in response to an event that results in one of waste, machine delay, or decrease product quality, a data logger (228) associated with the process control system for obtaining event parameters associated with the event, a database (272) on a server for recording event parameters obtained by the data logger, and a reporting system cooperatively associated with the database for reporting productivity parameters regarding the process derived at least in part from the event parameters.
Inventors:
MARKHAM CHARLES EARL
BARBER DOUGLAS GORDON BARRON
HISE JOHN HARLAND
IHDE SHERYL ANNETTE
LINDSAY JEFFREY DEAN
NYGAARD KURT SIGURD
POKORNY MICHAEL ROY
PRICE MICHAEL T
READE WALTER CASWELL
SHAFFER GREGORY DUNCAN
YOSTEN ROGER DALE
BARBER DOUGLAS GORDON BARRON
HISE JOHN HARLAND
IHDE SHERYL ANNETTE
LINDSAY JEFFREY DEAN
NYGAARD KURT SIGURD
POKORNY MICHAEL ROY
PRICE MICHAEL T
READE WALTER CASWELL
SHAFFER GREGORY DUNCAN
YOSTEN ROGER DALE
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/041538
Publication Date:
June 09, 2005
Filing Date:
December 23, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KIMBERLY CLARK CO (US)
International Classes:
B23Q35/12; G05B13/02; G06N5/04; G06Q10/00; G06Q50/00; (IPC1-7): G06F17/30
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