Patent ID: 8675231
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of managing workflow for a print shop, comprising: maintaining, in a computer-readable medium, a data set comprising prospective print shop order data for a plurality of customers over a plurality of unit time periods, wherein each of the unit time periods has a corresponding demand level based on the prospective print shop order data for the unit time period; determining, by a processing device, a demand variation level that corresponds to a measurement of variation of the demand levels for each of the unit time periods; selecting, by the processing device, a first customer for rescheduling of print shop orders, wherein the first customer's print shop orders have an original processing period that corresponds to one of the unit time periods in the set; modifying, by the processing device, at least one of the first customer's print shop orders to yield a modified order that has a revised processing period, wherein modifying comprises: