Patent Document ID: 8126574
Application ID: 12856304
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system that facilitates optimization of business operation, comprising: a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions configured to implement the system, including: a first component configured to capture state data relating to a current state of a set of machines associated with at least one process that is part of the business operation; a second component configured to capture second state data of the at least one process; a correlation engine configured to correlate at least the first state data, the second state data, two or more specified business objectives, and efficiency information for at least one machine of the set of machines to derive correlated information; and a prognostics engine configured to infer, at predetermined time intervals, a future state of a subset of the business operation based in part on the correlated information, and to determine, at the predetermined time intervals, an alternate future state of the subset of the business operation predicted to achieve the two or more specified business objectives; and an optimization component configured to select, at the predetermined time intervals, a value for at least one control variable associated with at least one of the set of machines, wherein the value is selected to drive the subset of the business operation from the current state to the alternate future state, wherein the two or more specified business objectives include at least two of decreased energy usage of the business operation, decreased energy cost incurred by the business operation, increased revenue generated by the business operation, increased product throughput, decreased machine life cycle cost, increased machine longevity, reduced machine maintenance cost, or reduced overhead.