Patent Document ID: 20110181596
Application ID: 12692319
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A system for determining a location of stations in a cell of a job shop, the system comprising: a computing device; and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions for: receiving information corresponding to a workflow of a cell in a job shop, wherein the information comprises a plurality of print-related functions performable by the cell and an amount of work associated with one or more pairs of print-related functions, identifying a plurality of stations in the cell, wherein each station comprises one or more print production devices configured to perform one or more of the print-related functions performable by the cell, determining a target distance between one or more pairs of stations, wherein the target distance is based on at least the amount of work associated with the pair of stations, generating a visual depiction of the identified stations, automatically applying the visual depiction to a floor plan corresponding to the cell, based on one or more of the determined target distances, and displaying the visual depiction as applied to the floor plan to a user.