Patent ID: 7401728
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: collecting machine-generated, event-based data in response to events occurring during the sequential manufacture of successive absorbent articles in an event-based manufacturing system, said event-based data relating to a defect in a material from a first manufacturing operation using or producing the material; associating the collected, machine-generated, event-based data with an identifier identifying the material during the first manufacturing operation; storing the collected, machine-generated, event-based data and the identifier in a database; determining, from a label associated with the material, the identifier identifying the material; obtaining the machine-generated, event-based data associated with the determined identifier from the database, wherein the determining and the obtaining occur during a second manufacturing operation occurring subsequent to the first manufacturing operation, wherein the second manufacturing operation produces a product from the material; and governing the second manufacturing operation for the material by a feed-forward process control system responsive to the obtained event-based data from the first manufacturing operation to decrease the likelihood of at least one of a delay event, a waste event, or poor quality of the product during the second manufacturing operation.