Patent ID: 8175732
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A manufacturing system, comprising: a server system located at a first location, the server system configured to store manufacturing data regarding manufacture of a type of product; a first production station communicatively coupled with the server system, the first production station located at a second location different from the first location and configured to manufacture a first unit of the type of product based on the manufacturing data; a second production station communicatively coupled with the server system, the second production station located at a third location that is different from the first location and the second location, the second production station configured to manufacture a second unit of the type of product based on the manufacturing data; a central production station communicatively coupled with the server system, the central production station located remotely from the first production station and the second production station, the central production station configured to provide the server system the manufacturing data and perform a central production function, wherein the manufacturing data once written in the server system is substantially instantly accessible to the first and second production stations; a report generating software server communicatively coupled with the server system and configured to store report generating software; and wherein the first production station further comprises a production report generating station communicatively coupled, via the server system, with the report generating software server and configured to execute the stored report generating software, to obtain the manufacturing data from the server system, and to generate a production report; wherein the central production station further comprises a central report generating station communicatively coupled, via the server system, with the report generating software server and configured to execute the stored report generating software, to obtain the manufacturing data from the server system, and to generate a central report; wherein the central report includes one or more of sales data, customer data, pricing data, sales commission data, costed bill of materials data, and restricted access data including restricted access read-only data, restricted access read-and-write data, or both, accessible to company management personnel but not to personnel at the first production station.