Patent ID: 6381509
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A computerized system for tracking the activities of a manufacturing system, the manufacturing system performing a manufacturing process in which an assembly is assembled from parts or subassemblies, at least some of said parts or subassemblies being assembled into a subassembly in a first manufacturing step prior to combining said subassembly with additional parts or subassemblies in a second manufacturing step, the computerized system comprisinga data storage system for storing identifiers for parts or subassemblies produced or used by said first and second manufacturing steps, a data processing system coupled to said data storage system, for generating data to be stored by said data storage system, the data processing system operating under control of a program to perform processing and storage operations as identified by said program, wherein the data processing system is responsive to said first and second manufacturing steps to produce and store in said data storage system, identifiers for subassemblies produced in said first manufacturing step in synchrony with completion of said subassemblies by said first manufacturing step, and produce and store in said data storage system, identifiers for assemblies produced in said second manufacturing step in synchrony with completion of said assemblies by said second manufacturing step.