Patent Document ID: 7844631
Application ID: 12128033
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A quality management system for utilizing dynamic multi-dimensional commodity modeling, comprising: a computer processor; and components executing on the computer processor, the components including: a data collection component operable for collecting raw data; a dynamic multi-dimensional commodity model component; a commodity tree generated by the dynamic multi-dimensional commodity model component; a closed loop/corrective action component operable for resolving nonconformance issues resulting from analysis of the raw data and commodity tree; and an analytic engine in communication with the data collection component, the multi-dimensional commodity model component, and the closed loop/corrective action component, the analytic engine performing; receiving the raw data from the data collection component; receiving the commodity tree; performing analytics on the raw data according to rules defined by the commodity tree; and transmitting any nonconformance data resulting from performing the analytics to the closed loop/correction action component for resolution of any identified nonconformances.