Patent ID: 8306847
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A print demand forecasting system for use with a print production system in which multiple print jobs are processed over a selected time interval, comprising: a data collection tool, said data collection tool collecting print demand data for each print job processed during the selected time interval, wherein the print demand data comprises a set of aggregated demand related points corresponding with a first time scale; a memory; and a computer implemented service manager for processing the stored set of aggregated demand related points to obtain a first demand component and a second demand component, the first demand component including a first set of demand component related points and the second demand component including a second set of demand component related points, wherein each one of a total number of demand component related points in the first set of demand component related points and a total number of demand component related points in the second set of demand component related points is less than a total number of aggregated demand related points, said memory comprising one or more programming instructions that, when executed, instruct said computer implemented service manager to: