| 5682728 |
Method for the supply of medical supplies to a health-care institution based on a nested bill of materials on a procedure level |
| Nov-4-1997 |
A method for integration of the institutional supply chain for medical products utilizing a nested bill of materials on a care event level of a clinical pathway for one or more medical procedures. The... |
| 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... |
| 5655087 |
CAD system capable of calculating costs during CAD operation |
| Aug-5-1997 |
In a computer aided design system used in manufacturing metal parts in accordance with a computer aided design program, a cost calculation program is included in the computer aided design program. The... |
| 5651026 |
Robust vector quantization of line spectral frequencies |
| Jul-22-1997 |
A line spectral frequency (LSF) vector quantizer, having particular application in digital cellular networks (DCN), is provided for code excited linear predictive (CELP) speech encoders. The LSF vector... |
| 5636118 |
Method and apparatus for uniform delivery of feed ration along a feedbunk |
| Jun-3-1997 |
A system and method for uniformly delivering assigned feed rations to the feedbunks associated with animal pens. The system includes a feed delivery vehicle having a feed storage compartment and a scale.... |
| 5625776 |
Electronic proposal preparation system for selling computer equipment and copy machines |
| Apr-29-1997 |
An electronic system for creating customized product proposals stores a plurality of pictures and text segments to be used as building blocks in creating the proposal. The pictures may include various... |
| 5615342 |
Electronic proposal preparation system |
| Mar-25-1997 |
An electronic system for creating customized product proposals stores a plurality of pictures and text segments to be used as building blocks in creating the proposal. The pictures may include various... |
| 5613110 |
Indexing method and apparatus facilitating a binary search of digital data |
| Mar-18-1997 |
An ordered index file is created for archived report data wherein each index file contains a series of 4-byte offsets into the report data. Each offset points to a field within a row of the report data... |
| 5586022 |
Method of evaluating easiness of works and processings performed on articles and evaluation apparatus |
| Dec-17-1996 |
A method of evaluating quantitatively in a design stage degrees of difficulty of works and processings to be performed on an article or parts at various stage of life thereof such as manufacturing, sale,... |
| 5515269 |
Method of producing a bill of material for a configured product |
| May-7-1996 |
This invention provides a method utilizing component-to-attribute relationships resulting in a bill of materials documenting the specific structure of the configuration of an end product. Attributes and... |
| 5467285 |
Method and system for optimizing material movement within a computer based manufacturing system |
| Nov-14-1995 |
A method and system for determining an optimal material movement product path within a computer based manufacturing system is disclosed. A transport matrix is created having multiple rows and columns,... |
| 5442545 |
System for automatically managing information about electronic equipment having printed-circuit boards |
| Aug-15-1995 |
A system for automatically managing information about printed-circuit boards includes a data file for storing stock information about the printed-circuit boards stocked in a warehouse, mounting information... |
| 5412576 |
Selective assembly of component kits |
| May-2-1995 |
A computerized method for the automatic selection of component kits from an inventory of component parts. A first list of component parts is created by a rule-based expert system and a second list of component... |
| 5377098 |
Method and apparatus for compiling data relating to damage extent, panel and chassis member rectification work, painting work and costs |
| Dec-27-1994 |
The amount of time required to perform panel beating and/or repainting and like repair work is estimated by sequentially compiling data which indicate which panel is damaged, the degree of the damage,... |
| 5376930 |
Data acquisition system having selective communication capability |
| Dec-27-1994 |
A data acquisition system having selective communication capability to enable the data acquisition system to communicate with other data acquisition systems. The probe of the present invention initiates... |
| 5375062 |
Method and apparatus for forming lot |
| Dec-20-1994 |
A method of and an apparatus for forming a uniform lot or a mixed lot by collecting a predetermined number of the same kind or plural kinds of objects on the basis of production conditions in a processing... |
| 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... |
| 5319541 |
Machine-aided method for the selection of roofing systems and the generation of specifications thereof |
| Jun-7-1994 |
A machine-aided method for selecting roofing systems to match particular building roof design features. Logic branches are employed to guide a machine to the determination of an appropriate roofing system... |
| 5317503 |
Apparatus for calculating a repair cost of a damaged car |
| May-31-1994 |
Necessary information in an estimate of repair cost of a damaged car, for example, damage types, repair work items, parts names, values of repair cost are stored. By displaying these information on a screen... |
| 5311424 |
Method and system for product configuration definition and tracking |
| May-10-1994 |
A method and system for the definition and tracking of multiple unique product configurations for configuration management in which customer contracted views of the product are defined by applying temporary... |
| 5307261 |
Method and system for product configuration management in a computer based manufacturing system |
| Apr-26-1994 |
The invention creates a number of End Item Configuration lists, each End Item Configuration list including a listing of those custom components and variations of standard components which are utilized... |
| 5307260 |
Order entry apparatus for automatic estimation and its method |
| Apr-26-1994 |
Order entry apparatus for automatic estimation a transformation model comprising a pattern composed of a plurality of parameters representing custom product specifications, production line conditions and... |
| 5295067 |
Order planning system which transforms existing engineering relationships into an order planning knowledge base |
| Mar-15-1994 |
A system for order planning that translates an order configuration into a list of bills of materials list. The system operates based upon a first logical specification of relationships between models,... |
| 5293309 |
Estimate generating system for automotive panel repairing |
| Mar-8-1994 |
A cost estimate generating system comprises a pocket type computer which includes a control schedule which sequentially requests data relating to the number of damaged panels, the number of damaged sections... |
| 5260866 |
Expert configurator |
| Nov-9-1993 |
A multi-level system generates multiple custom work orders for the manufacture of an end item and lower-level configurable items comprising the end item. The system includes an order entry configuration... |
| 5255207 |
Method for designing and detailing cabinets |
| Oct-19-1993 |
An interactive method for designing and detailing cabinets utilizes a computer for storing design constraints and standards in a database and for performing the tedious parts of cabinet placement, costing,... |
| 5231566 |
Method and apparatus for producing a catalog |
| Jul-27-1993 |
A method and apparatus are provided for producing a catalog of items that are to be offered for sale. A computer system is employed wherein a catalog item number is assigned to the items that are to be... |
| 5224034 |
Automated system for generating procurement lists |
| Jun-29-1993 |
An automated system and concomitant methodology for minimizing the procurement costs of products and for generating a list of selected products based on the results of the minimization is disclosed for... |
| 5216612 |
Intelligent computer integrated maintenance system and method |
| Jun-1-1993 |
An intelligent computer integrated maintenance system and method includes an electronically stored parts manual which contains a hierarchical listing of all parts in production machines, and a maintenance... |
| 5216593 |
Method and apparatus for discrete activity resourse allocation through cardinality constraint generation |
| Jun-1-1993 |
The required computational effort in the areas of production planning and logistics, scheduling, distribution and resource allocation is reduced by a procedure for solving a Discrete Activity Resource... |
| 5212791 |
Dynamic scheduling |
| May-18-1993 |
The invention provides a new production scheduling system. The system includes a technique that utilizes a knowledge base system to dynamically schedule production of parts on a plurality of manufacturing... |
| 5210686 |
Multilevel bill of material processing |
| May-11-1993 |
A method and system for processing a multilevel bill of material contained in a relational database that does not require a pre-established limit on the number of levels that can be processed and minimizes... |
| 5208765 |
Computer-based method and system for product development |
| May-4-1993 |
A method and structure for monitoring product development is provided. In accordance with the method of this invention the product development is divided into a plurality of stages. Each stage in turn... |
| 5204821 |
Parts supply instruction apparatus |
| Apr-20-1993 |
The parts supply instruction apparatus includes a production schedule system, a parts information system, a car information system, and an order issue managing system which are preferably located at an... |
| 5197001 |
Bill of material and project network processing |
| Mar-23-1993 |
A method for processing bill of material data in which low-level codes are updated in a bottom-to-top direction, from component items to subassemblies to assemblies. Updating the low-level code on a bottom... |
| 5191534 |
Engineering and manufacturing change control mechanism |
| Mar-2-1993 |
A system and method for controlling, monitoring and integrating engineering and manufacturing changes in a manufacturing enterprise. The status of an engineering change and the status of items affected... |
| 5146404 |
Electronic maintenance support work station |
| Sep-8-1992 |
An electronic maintenance support work station employs a text screen and graphics screen on which text records and part graphics are displayed. The user can sequence through various levels of hierarchy... |
| 5128859 |
Electronic accident estimating system |
| Jul-7-1992 |
An electronic accident estimating system has been produced by integrating commercially available electronic hardware with proprietary software developed expressly for the estimating system. Electronic... |
| 5111392 |
Design system for creating furniture layouts |
| May-5-1992 |
A process for designing an arrangement of furniture pieces from a predetermined system of furniture. The process can be initiated by selecting a predetermined thought starter shape or can be started by... |
| 5109337 |
Conceptual design tool |
| Apr-28-1992 |
A conceptual design tool uses a sketch sheet approach on a computer display to enter the functional design of a product, thereby encouraging the designer to use a top down approach to the design process.... |
| 4989144 |
Method and system for identifying and displaying discrepancies in vehicle titles |
| Jan-29-1991 |
A computer method for rapidly identifying and displaying discrepancies in vehicle titles comprises the steps of automatically identifying the discrepancies inherent in individual title transaction records... |
| 4958292 |
Production control system for mixed production line |
| Sep-18-1990 |
The present invention provides a production control system of enhanced efficiency which is adapted to a mixed production line wherein products having different specifications are mass produced by assembling... |
| 4887206 |
Automated system for estimating impact on inventory cost due to an engineering change to a component |
| Dec-12-1989 |
A conceptual tool for inventory cost analysis based on an engineering change request for an item. The invention is a conceptual tool that uses both existing and new product structure in which an engineering... |
| 4875162 |
Automated interfacing of design/engineering software with project management software |
| Oct-17-1989 |
A method for the automatic interfacing of a conceptual design tool with a project management tool is disclosed. The conceptual design tool provides for the early manufacturing involvement information needed... |
| 4862376 |
Bill of material interface to CAD/CAM environment |
| Aug-29-1989 |
A method for interfacing between a product planning conceptual design tool and a CAD/CAM environment allows an indented bill of materials to be imported to the CAD/CAM environment while retaining the characteristics... |
| 4847761 |
Automated bill of material |
| Jul-11-1989 |
A bill of material for a product is automatically created from a query session on the product structure. The user is first queried on functional product structure. A top down approach, rather than a focus... |
| 4648023 |
Method for resource allocation for the manufacture of a product |
| Mar-3-1987 |
A control system for the manufacture of small-order-quantity goods. A network of events, activities and baseline schedule dates is constructed. Availability of external components and actual internal progress... |
| 4591983 |
Hierarchical knowledge system |
| May-27-1986 |
A knowledge system has a hierarchical knowledge base comprising a functional decomposition of a set of elements into subsets over a plurality of hierarchical levels, a plurality of predefined functions... |
| 4459663 |
Data processing machine and method of allocating inventory stock for generating work orders for producing manufactured components |
| Jul-10-1984 |
A data processing machine is provided for automatically and efficiently controlling the manufacture of designated end item products and components which are used to make them. Product information is entered... |
