Patent ID: 8812336
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for generating a physical work unit test ahead candidate list, the computer implemented method comprising: generating, by a computer, a list of all potential physical candidate systems for test ahead operations to form a potential candidate list, wherein a physical work unit test ahead operation functionally tests a physical work unit that is to be included in a physical system prior to the physical work unit being incorporated into the physical system saving defect correction time by isolating defects before a runtime of the physical system; selecting, by the computer, a physical system in the potential candidate list to form a selected physical system; determining, by the computer, required test equipment for the selected physical system and a location and availability of the required test equipment; determining, by the computer, whether any physical work unit in the selected physical system is waiting on short parts that are currently out of stock to arrive; responsive to determining, by the computer, that no physical work unit in the selected physical system is waiting on short parts that are currently out of stock to arrive, calculating, by the computer, a complexity score for each physical work unit in the selected physical system to form a calculated complexity score for each physical work unit; adding, by the computer, the calculated complexity score for each physical work unit to a total physical system complexity score for the selected physical system; determining, by the computer, whether a complexity score override value used to override calculated complexity scores for physical work units exists for a physical work unit in the selected physical system; responsive to determining, by the computer, that a complexity score override value used to override calculated complexity scores for physical work units does exist for a physical work unit in the selected physical system, removing, by the computer, the selected physical system from the potential candidate list; generating, by the computer, a candidate list from remaining physical systems in the potential candidate list; and outputting, by the computer, the candidate list to provide recommendations for optimizing physical work unit test ahead operations in a production line.