Patent ID: 9202181
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G05B,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of producing optimal charting patterns for charting of raw rolls/sheets from flat sheet industry, the method implemented by a processing system, the method comprising of: (a) receiving user selected business objectives that comprises receiving business goals that include maximum allowed quantity or percentage loss during charting and a business goal that is selected from the group consisting of maximum utilization of available inventory of raw or semi-processed rolls and/or sheets, minimization of the number of raw rolls and/or raw sheet quantity required to be manufactured to fulfill charting batch orders, minimization of deviation of ‘quantity delivered’ from ‘target order quantity’ for each must make customer order, minimization of quantity produced for optional orders, maximization of throughput of all secondary processing equipment, minimization of setup required on secondary processing equipment and combination thereof; (b) receiving user selected business preferences that at least include maximum number of optional orders that could be used and maximum allowable total quantity of optional orders that could be produced; (c) setting targets for the user selected business preferences to prioritize business goals for a charting batch by determining target values by analysis of the results obtained from charting system without inclusion of user business preference based target constraints and wherein the step of determining target values comprises: (d) establishing charting constraint sets; (e) generating charting patterns based on the user selected business objectives and the targets for the user selected business preferences; and (f) selecting the optimal charting patterns from the generated charting patterns based on the targets for the user selected business preferences using an objective function, wherein the objective function includes terms related to the user selected business objectives.