Patent ID: 8140369

Claim:
A system for facilitating the optimization of manufacturing workforce and reducing workforce boredom in an assembly plant having multiple assembling tasks and workers comprising: a first database storing all of the workers assigned to work in the assembly plant, all of the assembly tasks required to be performed at the assembly plant over a predetermined period of time, the first database further storing a plurality of repetitive task factors, a processor operable to calculate each of the repetitive task factors based upon a degree of inattentiveness a particular task induces on a particular worker; the processor further operable to calculate the degree of inattentiveness using a work history of the particular worker, and a degree of attentiveness required for a particular task; the each of the plurality of repetitive task factors assigned to a respective one of the assembly tasks; a repetitive value threshold for each worker, the processor calculating a repetitive threshold value for each worker, the repetitive threshold value based upon a degree of intellectual stimulation needed by a respective worker to remain attentive; a processor in communication with the first database, the processor operable to generate a first schedule, the first schedule including each worker, each worker assigned more than one assembly task, the processor further operable to process the first schedule and total a value of repetitive task factors associated with every assembly tasked assigned to each worker so as to determine the total value of repetitive task factors for each of the workers, the processor further operable to compare the total value of repetitive task factors of each of the workers to determine if the total value of repetitive task factors exceeds the repetitive value threshold of a respective worker, the processor further operable to generate a second schedule, the second schedule reassigning assembly tasks to a worker in instances where the total value of repetitive task factors of a worker exceeds the worker's repetitive value threshold.