| 5914878 |
Raw materials ordering system |
| Jun-22-1999 |
This invention relates to a production system for retail goods which is intended for timely collection of accurate sales information from retail outlets and flexible production of goods in accordance with... |
| 5909668 |
Banquet hall reservation management system |
| Jun-1-1999 |
The present invention relates to providing a banquet hall reservation management system for managing reservation and vacancy status of divisible banquet halls even when a partition pattern of a banquet... |
| 5893074 |
Network based task management |
| Apr-6-1999 |
An schedule-control method for managing and controlling projects is described. The method is implemented on components including an electronic user interface, relational database, and computational component.... |
| 5884300 |
Inventory pipeline management system |
| Mar-16-1999 |
An inventory model and supporting process provides a full stream inventory management solution for the inventory that is normally present between the manufacturing and field consumption points. The model... |
| 5873067 |
Work flow system |
| Feb-16-1999 |
A work flow system is disclosed which, when a work effort is divided into multiple work points for execution in each of domains (sections or departments in enterprises, government offices, or the like),... |
| 5870716 |
Home terminal and shopping system |
| Feb-9-1999 |
A shopping system includes store terminals for registering purchase and sale of items, a store processor for collectively managing the store terminals, electronic shelf labels capable of setting classification,... |
| 5870713 |
Information processor |
| Feb-9-1999 |
An information processor having a scheduling function according to the present invention includes an input device, a memory for storing elementary item schedules, a RTC for generating time and date information,... |
| 5842173 |
Computer-based surgical services management system |
| Nov-24-1998 |
A computer-based surgical services management system for communicating between sites of a surgical services facility including a computer workstation located at each site of the facility, a server in network... |
| 5805446 |
Method for facility location |
| Sep-8-1998 |
An information processing apparatus and a method being performed in the information processing apparatus which includes an input device, an output device, a memory having stored therein geographic information... |
| 5799286 |
Automated activity-based management system |
| Aug-25-1998 |
An automated activity-based management system and method (10) for making thereof are provided. A business organization has costs associated with its employees, facilities, equipment, and overhead to produce... |
| 5771172 |
Raw materials ordering system |
| Jun-23-1998 |
This invention relates to a production system for retail goods which is intended for timely collection of accurate sales information from retail outlets and flexible production of goods in accordance with... |
| 5745878 |
Business requirement handling apparatus |
| Apr-28-1998 |
A business requirement handling apparatus is adapted to a data processing system which includes a central processing unit, a display unit and an input unit. The business requirement handling apparatus... |
| 5737227 |
Software planning program for coatings |
| Apr-7-1998 |
An interactive computer program for forecasting, prioritizing, planning and tracking paint, coating and lining maintenance work for the Facility assets of industrial and commercial complexes using an IBM... |
| 5721913 |
Integrated activity management system |
| Feb-24-1998 |
A system for managing workflow of specific types of activities includes a database and at least one computer workstation connected to an integrated activities management system. The integrated activities... |
| 5699259 |
Inventory control procedure |
| Dec-16-1997 |
An inventory control procedure which supplies materials at various stations along an assembly line without providing excess amounts of these materials. In particular, an embodiment of the present invention... |
| 5668718 |
Generating growth alternatives |
| Sep-16-1997 |
The present invention is an apparatus and method for determining when a living animal reaches its optimum rate of growth. This information is then used to calculate the optimal parameters for achieving... |
| 5657453 |
Successively-deciding production planning system |
| Aug-12-1997 |
To obtain a production planning system permitting an allowance of the accuracy of production designation information between preceding and following production plans in order to follow the fluctuation... |
| 5630070 |
Optimization of manufacturing resource planning |
| May-13-1997 |
A method for constrained material requirements planning, optimal resource allocation, and production planning provides for an optimization of a manufacturing process by designating the amounts of various... |
| 5623413 |
Scheduling system and method |
| Apr-22-1997 |
A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a multipath system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The achievable movement plan can be used to assist in the control of,... |
| 5546564 |
Cost estimating system |
| Aug-13-1996 |
A data estimating system for estimating a value of the highest probability which would correspond to a desired factor by statistically processing data having been determined from a plurality of factors.... |
| 5541394 |
Delivery service management system |
| Jul-30-1996 |
A delivery service management system utilizes a two-dimensional bar code having key information for specifying the source of a material and content information of this material and attached in a delivery... |
| 5524077 |
Scheduling method and system |
| Jun-4-1996 |
This invention provides a method and system for cost-based resource scheduling. This invention develops an initial resource schedule. This schedule is then represented as a Schedule Precedence Graph, which... |
| 5523952 |
Production progress control method |
| Jun-4-1996 |
A production progress control method is for controlling priorities for the progress of production lots among those lots in progress. Each step has a standard working time and each production lot has a... |
| 5487144 |
Scheduling system |
| Jan-23-1996 |
A scheduling system for preparing an operational plan for a production process which is carried out by using a computer system with an improved easier programming method which does not require a human... |
| 5479343 |
Production planning system |
| Dec-26-1995 |
In a production planning system, the explosion of a product to parts is performed by a specification check device and a design passage judgement device. An MRP calculation control device, a leadtime forecasting... |
| 5434775 |
Managing an inventory of devices |
| Jul-18-1995 |
The locations of a plurality of devices are tracked using a network of communication links, each of which corresponds to a location. Each device is given a tag that identifies the device with respect to... |
| 5383112 |
Inventory management method |
| Jan-17-1995 |
A method of managing information used and generated in the scheduling and exhibition of performances is disclosed. A video network includes a video server that operates several video recorders to simultaneously... |
| 5351195 |
Method for improving manufacturing processes |
| Sep-27-1994 |
The batch size of materials required for each process within a workstation based on a given shipment schedule, as well as the values of several other workstation variables that are determinative of workstation... |
| 5327340 |
Production order determining method |
| Jul-5-1994 |
A method for controlling a production apparatus includes steps of providing production information in the form of a specified production time period with respect to a plurality of product types, calculating... |
| 5321605 |
Process flow information management system |
| Jun-14-1994 |
A memory structure and related method for collecting and maintaining data descriptive of a multiplicity of interrelated process flows is disclosed. A complex memory structure includes job entities, operation... |
| 5311438 |
Integrated manufacturing system |
| May-10-1994 |
A manufacturing system utilizes a common database structure and product definition to achieve true integration of multiple systems. The production definition includes an item and specification to define... |
| 5311437 |
Materials selector tool |
| May-10-1994 |
A computer-implemented preferred materials selector tool comprises a digital processor, a data storage medium accessible by the digital processor, and a data base stored in the data storage medium having... |
| 5311423 |
Schedule management method |
| May-10-1994 |
A method of managing information used and generated in the scheduling and exhibition of performances is disclosed. A video network includes a video server that operates several video recorders to simultaneously... |
| 5303144 |
Computer aided planning support system |
| Apr-12-1994 |
The computer aided planning support system of this invention is constructed of a planning information input device from which an object data for making a plan is inputted; an object data storage unit for... |
| 5301106 |
Action item docketing device |
| Apr-5-1994 |
Action item docketing device comprises a plurality of open action item receptacles. Each receptacle has an indicator, and a detector providing a presence signal responsive to an action item in the receptacle.... |
| 5295065 |
Resource-lot association coordinator |
| Mar-15-1994 |
An apparatus which efficiently coordinates the association of resource and lot data in a manufacturing environment is disclosed. The apparatus includes a memory structure which associates resource and... |
| 5289368 |
Force management system user interface |
| Feb-22-1994 |
A force management system includes a unique management display system for managing server schedules during a forecast time period. The system generates a schedule management screen which includes a timescale... |
| 5278750 |
Production schedule making method |
| Jan-11-1994 |
A method for making a production schedule of an instant process which produces a plurality types of products and supplies the products to a plurality of following processes by trucks. A truck delivery... |
| 5270919 |
Network planning tool |
| Dec-14-1993 |
A computer is provided with a network planning facility, which displays in map form a network comprising a plurality of nodes each serving a plurality of subtending nodes, and in which the network is characterized... |
| 5255181 |
Method of planning organizational activities |
| Oct-19-1993 |
A method for translating complex process flow networks into plans or schedules for the manufacturing of products or the performance of other organizational activities is disclosed. The method maintains... |
| 5243518 |
Document services architecture |
| Sep-7-1993 |
A layered document services architecture facilitating operation and interconnection of electronic printing systems with both resident and non-resident work inputs. |
| 5233533 |
Scheduling method and apparatus |
| Aug-3-1993 |
Scheduling software provides date and time allocation of resources to a sequence of processes for manufacturing a desired item. Scheduling is performed by a backward-forward method and alternatively by... |
| 5231567 |
Manufacturing planning system |
| Jul-27-1993 |
A manufacturing planning system has lead time estimating function, MRP executing function, work demand calculating function, problem analyzing function, capacity adjusting function, product completion... |
| 5197000 |
Method of scheduling meetings |
| Mar-23-1993 |
An improved method of scheduling a meeting among terminal users who are provided with calendaring applications for storing and retrieving timed and dated events. A prompting screen is presented to a meeting... |
| 5177688 |
Assembly line balancer |
| Jan-5-1993 |
Assembly line balancer groups tasks of multi-sided, mixed model assembly lines on the basis of per side and per model constraints. Resulting compound tasks involve less computational time and power in... |
| 5159180 |
Litigation support system and method |
| Oct-27-1992 |
A litigation support system and method in which information regarding documents and other items of evidence are stored in record fields of an electronic database using an optical scanning mechanism with... |
| 5136538 |
Preconditioned conjugate gradient system |
| Aug-4-1992 |
Apparatus for optimizing the operational state of a system, which follows the Karmarkar method, and which in the course of carrying out this method, obtains a solution to the linear system of equations... |
| 5107452 |
Computation optimizer |
| Apr-21-1992 |
Method and apparatus for efficiently performing preselected computations on data that, in part, changes seldomly. A recognition that a portion of the data does not change leads to substantial improvements... |
| 5101352 |
Material requirements planning system |
| Mar-31-1992 |
An integrated MRP system for distributors, manufacture and job shops is provided. The MRP system of the present invention is specifically directed to an user which manufactures and sells products that... |
| 5088586 |
Automatic renting apparatus |
| Feb-18-1992 |
An automatic renting apparatus is for automatically renting rental articles and restoring returned rental articles. The automatic renting apparatus stores information concerning rental articles that have... |
