Patent ID: 7937414

Claim:
An engineering drawing management and assignment system, comprising: a computer processor; a database storing a fiber splice drawing record associated with a wirecenter, the fiber splice drawing record identifying an engineering drawing job for adding fiber splice representations in engineering drawings for each location where a fiber cable representation crosses the wirecenter boundary representation into another wirecenter, the engineering drawing management and assignment system tracking workflow of engineering drawing jobs identified by a plurality of fiber splice drawing records; interface logic presenting graphical user interfaces with interface options to select to assign the fiber splice drawing record; to select to close the fiber splice drawing record; and to select to request reports on statuses of engineering drawing jobs; assignment logic coupled to the database assigning the fiber splice drawing record associated with the engineering drawing job for the wirecenter to a draftsman and recording the assignment in response to a selection to assign the fiber splice drawing record via a first interface option; completion logic coupled to the database receiving a selection to close the fiber splice drawing record from the draftsman via a second interface option, and receiving a credit amount associated with the engineering drawing job from a manager, the credit amount being assigned to the draftsman that performed the engineering drawing job; and reporting logic coupled to the database producing a first report identifying each fiber splice drawing record assigned to the draftsman, the first report containing a number of hours logged by the draftsman on the engineering drawing job identified by the fiber splice drawing record; producing a second report identifying each completed fiber splice drawing record assigned to the draftsman; producing a third report identifying each fiber splice drawing record assigned to a facility of draftsmen; and producing a fourth report identifying each completed fiber splice drawing record within a defined geographical region, wherein a report is produced in response to a selection of the report via an interface option.