Patent ID: 11886173
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. A manufacturing system comprising:
a production line;
a first station located on the production line;
a first tool located in the first station;
a second station located on the production line;
a second tool located in the second station;
a plurality of automated machines distributed between the first station and the second station such that the first station comprises at least two automated machines and the second station comprises at least one automated machine, at least one of the plurality of automated machines being movable between the first station and the second station; and
a controller configured to monitor machine capacity and workload requirements of the plurality of machines, wherein the controller is configured to reallocate a first automated machine of the at least two automated machines from the first station to the second station based on the machine capacity and workload requirements.