Patent ID: 6816746
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A system for monitoring resources within a build to order manufacturing facility comprising:a remote monitoring system coupled to one or more pieces of equipment within the manufacturing facility, said pieces of equipment operable to produce build to order products; the remote monitoring system operable to determine an operating status of the one or more pieces of equipment and to determine whether an order ship criteria associated with producing a particular order of build to order products has been fulfilled; said remote monitoring system operable to consolidate real-time information relating to the operating status; the remote monitoring system communicatively coupled to a control center, said remote monitoring system operable to display real-time status information associated with using the one or more pieces of equipment, wherein the status information indicates if a particular piece of equipment is fully functional or if the particular piece of equipment is inoperable; and a simulator communicatively coupled to the remote monitoring system and operable to dynamically simulate resource re-allocation using available pieces of equipment that are indicated to be fully functioning and does not use the particular piece of equipment that is indicated to be inoperable.