Patent ID: 6901416
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for estimating exportation time, for connecting an output/input interface of a manufacturer through a network to a system for estimating exportation time, wherein the system estimates product exportation time for client orders received by the output/input interface of the manufacturer according to practical operating conditions in product manufacture, the method comprising the steps of: (1) determining via the system if the output/input interface of the manufacturer submits a data uploading request, wherein if no uploading request is submitted, step (3) is followed; or else, the system receives manufacture associated date of client order data, material requirement data and stock record data that are uploaded by the manufacturer, and stores the uploaded data in a database of the system, and then step (2) is followed; (2) processing data operation for the manufacture associated data of the client order data, the material requirement data and the stock record data, and storing operation data results of manufacture schedule data, order reply data, abnormal condition data and material insufficiency data in the database; then, the step (1) is followed; (3) determining via the system if the manufacturer submits a data downloading request, wherein if the downloading request is submitted, step (4) is followed: or else, the step (1) is followed; and (4) downloading operation data results from the database corresponding to the submitted request from the manufacturer, and transmitting the downloaded operation data results to the output/input interface of the manufacturer; wherein the system comprises: a request input module for receiving the data uploading request or the data downloading request from the output/input interface of the manufacturer, and for generating a processing signal corresponding to the data uploading request or the data downloading request; a control module for receiving the processing signal from the request input module, and for outputting a controlling signal according to the received processing signal, wherein the control module includes a storage interface, a schedule interface and a retrieval interface; a first database for storing the manufacture associated data of the client order data, the material requirement data and the stock record data uploaded by the manufacturer; wherein if the control module receives the processing signal from the request input module corresponding to the data uploading request, it generates an uploading controlling signal for prompting the storage interface to store the uploaded manufacture associated data in the first database, and generates an operation controlling signal for prompting the schedule interface to retrieve the uploaded data from the first database for data operation and processing; a second database for storing operation data results of manufacture schedule data, order reply data, abnormal condition data and material insufficiency data produced by the control module; wherein if the control module receives the processing signal from the request input module corresponding to the data downloading request, it generating a downloading controlling signal for prompting the retrieval interface to retrieve the operation data results of the manufacture schedule data, the order reply data, the abnormal condition data and the material insufficiency data from the second database as desirably used as reference for product manufacture; and an output control module for transmitting the retrieved data of the manufacture schedule data, the order reply data, the abnormal condition data and the material insufficiency data to the output/input interface of the manufacturer, so as to allow the manufacturer to be able to control product manufacture for exportation on time and monitor stock quantity in real time.