Patent ID: 7730022

Claim:
A data processing system, comprising: an online transactional processing system for receiving reporting data from a set of reporting points of work centers of a production line for producing a product, wherein the production line is logically divided into shop areas, one reporting point of each shop area being an exit point corresponding to an intermediate production step, the online transactional processing system comprising: a) a database for storing the reporting data, b) first processing means for generating a first table comprising aggregated quantities of intermediate products at the exit points on the basis of the reporting data stored in the database, and c) first storage means for storing the first table, and a server computer comprising: a) second storage means for storing a second table comprising value increments per shop area, b) second processing means for calculating a total value of the work in progress by means of the first and second tables, and c) means for transferring the first table from the first storage means of the online transactional processing system to the second processing means of the server computer.