Patent ID: 7167767

Claim:
A method of controlling production run sequences of insulating glass units, comprising: a) scheduling a sequence of runs of insulating glass units to be produced for assembly to form a window or door at a plurality of glazing lines; b) monitoring a status of said sequence of runs on a production control workstation; c) monitoring a status of one or more computer controlled insulating glass unit component processing machines on the production control workstation by means of electronic communication between the processing machines and said production control workstation; d) monitoring a queue of insulating glass units from the insulating glass component processing machines to be assembled to a window or door at the glazing lines and indicating a status of the queue on a visual display at the production control workstation; e) providing a user actuated input at the production control workstation for adjusting production by the processing machines; and f) altering production within the sequence of runs in response to the user actuated input at the production control workstation based on one of the status of the runs, the status of the one or more insulating glass unit component processing machines, and the queue of insulating glass units at the glazing lines.