Patent ID: 6510355
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: B05D,G05B,G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
A method for paint repair in a reduced retooling cost system comprising the steps of:analyzing a current portion of a product order sequence to determine a current number of different versions of a consumer product included in said current portion, wherein said current portion includes at least two versions of said consumer product; sorting said current portion of said product order sequence to generate a current optimized product sequence, whereby each of said current number of different versions are grouped together; processing said consumer products in the order determined by said current optimized product sequence; inspecting at least one of said consumer products for processing defects; removing a defective consumer product from said current optimized sequence; repairing said processing defect on said defective consumer product; reinserting a repaired consumer product back into said current optimized sequence; reprocessing said repaired consumer product; retooling an assembly line between said current number of different versions; resorting said current optimized product sequence back into said product order sequence; and analyzing a past portion of said product order sequence to determine a past number of different versions of said consumer product included in said past portion.