Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Inventory management
Reexamination Certificate
2003-09-17
2009-06-09
Gart, Matthew S. (Department: 3687)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Inventory management
C705S026640, C705S030000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07546255
ABSTRACT:
A method and system that provides the functions to search for material that would fit an order or search for order that a piece of material would fit. For that, the system considers the technical specification defined in the processing route assigned to the orders, domain-expert knowledge for check for feasible matches, and a flexible plant model to specify valid feasible stock areas for searching. This system allows complete visibility of all material in a plant and its suitability to be applied to the customer orders. A second aspect of this invention is a material re-allocation method and system. In accordance with this system, each coil to be processed by the finishing area receives a surface defect map. This map indicates the location of the defects and their characteristics.
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Cruz Carlos Fernando Bella
de Silva Carlos Benjamin
de Souza Pedro Sergio
Solia Luiz Gustavo
Ade Garcia
Gart Matthew S.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Schiesser William E.
Scully , Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
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