Elisha B Gallaudet

US Patent:

20110130855, Jun 2, 2011

Filed:

Sep 29, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/893247

Inventors:

Michael L. Philpott - Seymour IL, US
Jeremy D. Rishel - Boston MA, US
Elisha Gallaudet - Arlington MA, US
Emmanuel Gerlovin - Wayland MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

700 99

Abstract:

In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method for determining an optimum manufacturing process routing. The method comprises electronically constructing a plurality of manufacturing process routings for a component to be manufactured. The electronically constructing for each manufacturing process routing of the plurality of manufacturing process routings comprises defining a recursive process routing tree for each manufacturing process routing, the recursive process routing tree comprising a plurality of nodes, each node of the plurality of nodes corresponding to a manufacturing process and comprising a branch node when the manufacturing process for a given node may be decomposed into a plurality of sub-processes for the given node. The method further comprises electronically determining an optimum process routing of the plurality of manufacturing process routings by evaluating each recursive process routing tree for the plurality of manufacturing process routings with reference to an electronic process routing variable to be optimized and determining the optimum process routing that minimizes the electronic process routing variable to be optimized. The electronic process routing variable to be optimized may be a cost for manufacturing the component, a production time for manufacturing the component, or a capacity used for manufacturing the component.

US Patent:

20150198946, Jul 16, 2015

Filed:

Nov 14, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/541560

Inventors:

- Concord MA, US
Jeremy D. Rishel - Boston MA, US
Elisha Gallaudet - Arlington MA, US
Emmanuel Gerlovin - Wayland MA, US

Assignee:

APRIORI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Concord MA

International Classification:

G05B 19/418

Abstract:

A method and corresponding system is provided for determining an optimum manufacturing process routing. The method comprises electronically constructing a plurality of manufacturing process routings for a component to be manufactured. The electronically constructing for each manufacturing process routing of the plurality of manufacturing process routings comprises defining a recursive process routing tree for each manufacturing process routing, the recursive process routing tree comprising a plurality of nodes, each node of the plurality of nodes corresponding to a manufacturing process and comprising a branch node when the manufacturing process for a given node may be decomposed into a plurality of sub-processes for the given node. The method further comprises electronically determining an optimum process routing by evaluating each recursive process routing tree with reference to a cost for manufacturing the component to be optimized and determining the optimum process routing that minimizes the cost for manufacturing the component.