Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for distributed cellular manufacturing with outsourcing group constraints
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Application No.: US13799019Application Date: 2013-03-13
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Publication No.: US10282144B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Rong Zhou , Sudhendu Rai , Minh Binh Do
- Applicant: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated , Xerox Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated,Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated,Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto US CT Norwalk
- Agency: Fay Sharpe LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; G06Q10/06
Abstract:
To preserve job integrity and minimize multi-site coordination overhead such as shipping, a technique to control the amount of outsourcing activities in a distributed manufacturing environment is provided. This approach to multi-site scheduling allows outsourcing control for distributed cellular manufacturing based on scheduling constraints called outsourcing group constraints.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140268211A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED CELLULAR MANUFACTURING WITH OUTSOURCING GROUP CONSTRAINTS Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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