Patent ID: 8195532
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method to be performed in a procedure of manufacturing a product, the method comprising: receiving, in a computer system, a request to initiate a manufacturing procedure for a product, the manufacturing procedure including at least (i) a first physical operation that is to be performed on the product and that is modeled as a manufacturing-type operation in the computer system, and (ii) a second physical operation that is to be performed on the product and that is modeled as a warehouse-type operation in the computer system, wherein the manufacturing procedure is one of a plurality of manufacturing procedures that the computer system is configured to initiate; generating, by the computer system, a manufacturing-warehouse execution object instance for the manufacturing procedure in response to the received request, wherein the generated manufacturing-warehouse execution object instance is configured to be executed by the computer system to perform both the manufacturing-type operation and the warehouse-type operation for the manufacturing procedure, wherein the computer system is configured to generate a separate manufacturing-warehouse execution object instance for each of the plurality of manufacturing procedures; wherein the manufacturing-warehouse execution object is generated to include (i) a production processing component that includes a plurality of first objects for performing the first physical operation and (ii) a site logistics processing component that includes a plurality of second objects for performing the second physical operation; wherein the plurality of first objects of the production processing component comprises (i) a production request object that includes timing information for the first physical operation and that interfaces with a first entity that requested performance of the first physical operation, (ii) a production order object that identifies one or more first resources that will perform the first physical operation, (iii) a production lot object that directs performance of the first physical operation and that collects data from the one or more first resources to document progress of the first physical operation, (iv) a production task object that organizes the first physical operation into one or more self-contained work items for the one or more first resources, and (v) a production confirmation object that confirms changes to the first physical operation and updates information associated with the first physical operation to reflect the changes; wherein the plurality of second objects of the site logistics processing component comprises (i) a site logistics request object that includes timing information for the second physical operation and that interfaces with a second entity that requested performance of the second physical operation, (ii) a site logistics order object that identifies one or more second resources that will perform the second physical operation, (iii) a site logistics lot object that directs performance of the second physical operation and that collects data from the one or more second resources to document progress of the second physical operation, (iv) a site logistics task object that organizes the second physical operation into one or more self-contained work items for the one or more second resources, and (v) a site logistics confirmation object that confirms changes to the second physical operation and updates information associated with the second physical operation to reflect the changes; and initiating, by the computer system, the manufacturing procedure including the first and second physical operations by executing the generated manufacturing-warehouse execution object instance using the production processing component and the site logistics processing component.