| 5787283 |
Framework for manufacturing logistics decision support |
| Jul-28-1998 |
A tool including a framework suitable for manufacturing logistics decision support. The tool comprises means for providing an object-oriented technology framework, the framework comprising: means for defining... |
| 5774866 |
Computerized problem checking system for organizations |
| Jun-30-1998 |
A computer system for checks for conflicts associated with proposed new matters in an organization which deals with numerous clients. The system compares data concerning potential relationships of a party... |
| 5771355 |
Transmitting electronic mail by either reference or value at file-replication points to minimize costs |
| Jun-23-1998 |
Transmitting e-mail over a network. According to a preferred embodiment, a current node in the network receives an e-mail message to be distributed to at least one recipient. The e-mail message comprises... |
| 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... |
| 5765138 |
Apparatus and method for providing interactive evaluation of potential vendors |
| Jun-9-1998 |
An arrangement (apparatus and method) for providing an interactive evaluation of suppliers as proposed vendors for a project. A supplier evaluation system comprises a database storing a plurality of maturity... |
| 5765137 |
Computer system and computer-implemented process for correlating product requirements to manufacturing cost |
| Jun-9-1998 |
A computer system determines a quantitative measure of a manufacturer's capability to achieve a product requirement at an acceptable cost. This quantitative measure, called the manufacturer's capability... |
| 5757675 |
Workplace layout method using convex polygon envelope |
| May-26-1998 |
An improved method for laying out a workspace using the prior art crowding index, PDI, where the average interpoint distance between the personnel and/or equipment to be laid out, d.sub.act, can be determined.... |
| 5752026 |
Early commit locking computer database protocol |
| May-12-1998 |
A computer database method wherein the data is organized into atomic data ts and transactions are separated into projections which operate on only one atomic data set. Multiple transactions can thereby... |
| 5745882 |
Electronic classified advertising interface method and instructions with continuous search notification |
| Apr-28-1998 |
An interface for an electronic classified advertising system. The interface includes the capability for the user to enter search criteria for an item of interest, to save the search criteria and to be... |
| 5745880 |
System to predict optimum computer platform |
| Apr-28-1998 |
A system to evaluate movement of computer application functions from an existing computer system platform to an alternate computer system platform. The process includes determining the cost of a generic... |
| 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... |
| 5740813 |
Method of calculating work burden index and apparatus for carrying out the same method and work routine planning method utilizing the same index |
| Apr-21-1998 |
In order to obtain an index which generally shows the work burden extent of various works carried out in an automobile assembling factory or the like, for each work content, the maximum muscle contraction... |
| 5737727 |
Process management system and method |
| Apr-7-1998 |
A process management system (10) for operating on a computer (102, 104, 106) includes a graphical user interface (14) for graphically presenting a process or a portion thereof to a user, a work element... |
| 5737726 |
Customer contact mangement system |
| Apr-7-1998 |
A customer contact management system is described. The system can be customized in order to provide custom contact types and sub-types for the types of contacts relating to individual customers, groups... |
| 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... |
| 5734837 |
Method and apparatus for building business process applications in terms of its workflows |
| Mar-31-1998 |
The invention is a method and system which provides consultants, business process analysts, and application developers with a unified tool with which to conduct business process analysis, design, documentation... |
| 5734592 |
Method for determining a ranked set of associations |
| Mar-31-1998 |
A computer-implemented process for determining a ranked set of solutions to a bipartite graph matching problem, such is involved in multi-target tracking, maximum flow matching, or data association in... |
| 5727161 |
Method and apparatus for graphic analysis of variation of economic plans |
| Mar-10-1998 |
Graphic analyses are displayed on a computer display screen showing graph lines of mathematical relationships between goals and factors in a spreadsheet plan and depicting continuums of what-ifs across... |
| 5724379 |
Method of modifying comparable health care services |
| Mar-3-1998 |
Health care services are made more efficient by comparing health care services from different providers independently of the clinical complexity of treating the diseases of the patients involved. This... |
| 5724262 |
Method for measuring the usability of a system and for task analysis and re-engineering |
| Mar-3-1998 |
A method for quantitatively and objectively measuring the usability of a system. The method provides quantitative measures for usability satisfaction, usability performance, and usability performance indicators.... |
| 5715398 |
System for distributing items from an origin to a plurality of destinations |
| Feb-3-1998 |
A system for developing a plan for distribution of items from an origin to a plurality of destinations uses an indication of an estimated number of books to be sent to the destinations to obtain a first... |
| 5715185 |
Animal feed system |
| Feb-3-1998 |
A method and system for assaying changes to a procedure or practice in processing chickens into saleable chicken meat is disclosed. In particular, the assay determines an impact of (a change in ) a chicken... |
| 5712985 |
System and method for estimating business demand based on business influences |
| Jan-27-1998 |
A demand forecasting and production scheduling system and method creates production schedules for various business items describing a forecasted demand for the business items in a number of future time... |
| 5699525 |
Information management apparatus dealing with waste and waste recycle planning supporting apparatus |
| Dec-16-1997 |
An information management apparatus dealing with waste in a waste recycling system comprises an information management device for managing information on waste of each depository, and a device of determining... |
| 5675745 |
Constructing method of organization activity database, analysis sheet used therein, and organization activity management system |
| Oct-7-1997 |
By collecting or creating information written in a specific descriptive system, making a real model defining the concept handled in the organization activity, analyzing the domain for defining the words... |
| 5659486 |
Network analyzing method |
| Aug-19-1997 |
A network analyzing method for analyzing an arrival time at each node of a network having at least one false path so as to perform a delay analysis and optimize the network, comprising the step of providing... |
| 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... |
| 5655118 |
Methods and apparatus for managing information on activities of an enterprise |
| Aug-5-1997 |
A system for maintaining various information representative of activities of an enterprise having four components. The first component creates the information including project data, subproject data, task... |
| 5649113 |
Method and system for translating an optimization problem for use in efficient resource allocation |
| Jul-15-1997 |
An improved method and system for translating an optimization problem for use in efficient resource allocation. The improved method of the present invention includes the step of generating an index link... |
| 5649108 |
Combined progressive and source routing control for connection-oriented communications networks |
| Jul-15-1997 |
In a connection-oriented communications network, a source node selects one of first and second routing mode flags and a first route to a destination node in response to a connection request, and establishes... |
| 5646869 |
Numerical simulation system for a physical system suffering random disturbance |
| Jul-8-1997 |
A simulator includes an initialization unit, an increment generating unit, an approximate value updating unit, and an output unit. The initialization unit enters into the increment generating unit an initial... |
| 5630069 |
Method and apparatus for creating workflow maps of business processes |
| May-13-1997 |
The invention is a method and system which provides consultants, business process analysts, and application developers with a unified tool with which to conduct business process analysis, design, and documentation.... |
| 5615269 |
Ideal electronic negotiations |
| Mar-25-1997 |
There is described an electronic communications method between a first party and a second party, with assistance from at least a plurality of trustees, enabling an electronic transaction in which the first... |
| 5606497 |
Method and apparatus for recording billable time and services |
| Feb-25-1997 |
A portable timing device stores selectable user, client and activity data. The device has a memory which stores user selected information relating to a user, client and activity along with corresponding... |
| 5592375 |
Computer-assisted system for interactively brokering goods or services between buyers and sellers |
| Jan-7-1997 |
A computer-implemented system for brokering transactions between sellers and a buyer of goods or services, including a database, a seller interface, and a buyer's interface. The database contains information,... |
| 5586021 |
Method and system for production planning |
| Dec-17-1996 |
A method for planning a production schedule within a factory is disclosed herein. A capacity model is determined for the factory. The capacity model is determined by determining a plurality of contiguous... |
| 5568381 |
Combinatorial optimization system that extracts an undersirable relationship from a present solution |
| Oct-22-1996 |
A combinatorial optimization system to reduce the number of neighborhoods generated by modifying a part of the present solution so that one improvement can be performed in a short time, and to efficiently... |
| 5541848 |
Genetic method of scheduling the delivery of non-uniform inventory |
| Jul-30-1996 |
A genetic algorithm method of scheduling the delivery of coal to a series of incoming coal trains is disclosed, where each of the coal trains corresponds to a coal recipient having different premium and... |
| 5532928 |
Computer system and method for waste accounting, reduction, and evaluation |
| Jul-2-1996 |
A method and system for allocating cost of treatment, storage, and disposal of waste material generated to sites of generation thereof. At least one database containing information including sites of waste... |
| 5521814 |
Process optimization and control system that plots inter-relationships between variables to meet an objective |
| May-28-1996 |
A process control system uses a performance model, in conjunction with an economic model, to meet either performance or economic objectives. The system operates either automatically, on-line, in "real... |
| 5459656 |
Business demand projection system and method |
| Oct-17-1995 |
A business demand based control system and method stores past business demand data during past time intervals for use with other data to compute business demands in such manner that the past business demand... |
| 5446671 |
Look-ahead method for maintaining optimum queued quantities of in-process parts at a manufacturing bottleneck |
| Aug-29-1995 |
This invention is a look-ahead method for determining optimum production schedules for each production step based on factory-wide monitoring of in-process part queues at all potential production bottlenecks.... |
| 5444819 |
Economic phenomenon predicting and analyzing system using neural network |
| Aug-22-1995 |
An economic phenomenon predicting and/or analyzing system using a neural network. In the disclosed system, time series data indicating economic phenomena are input to preparation modules, and moving-average... |
| 5406477 |
Multiple reasoning and result reconciliation for enterprise analysis |
| Apr-11-1995 |
A computer-based method and apparatus for enterprise analysis, with which a user can generate value projections by applying, in parallel, multiple reasoning methods. The invention presents a method and... |
| 5390106 |
Analysis of disturbances in power systems |
| Feb-14-1995 |
A method for extracting, after data collection (DC) of a sampled analog signal (x(k)), a logical description of the signal by identification of the state (A, .phi.) of the signal, that is, the amplitude... |
| 5383115 |
Apparatus for statistically monitoring the flow of mail through an electronic postage meter system |
| Jan-17-1995 |
Apparatus for statistically monitoring the flow of mail through an electronic postage meter system, the apparatus including a memory used for recording statistical readings, said apparatus being characterized... |
| 5359524 |
Method and system for determining an average batch size |
| Oct-25-1994 |
The present invention includes processing circuitry (11) interfacing with a multi-process environment (10) for performing a method of determining an average batch size. A processor (12) receives input... |
| 5331545 |
System and method for planning support |
| Jul-19-1994 |
A planning support system and process in a workstation having an operator interface, planning process feature, a data file server, and memory feature therein, characterized in storing a planner model having... |
| 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... |
| 5265006 |
Demand scheduled partial carrier load planning system for the transportation industry |
| Nov-23-1993 |
Method and apparatus for a demand scheduled partial carrier load planning system for the transportation industry, designed to distribute planned and random orders, each order having a source point and... |
