Patent №
US 6,681,197
Granted
2004-01-20
Filed 2001
Owner
QUAKER OATS COMPANY, THE
Lab
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AI components
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planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09755776
An automated system and method for developing an increased level of associate accountability in a production process by obtaining a performance projection from the associate, inputting this projection data into a computer system, obtaining and inputting actual performance data into the system and utilizing the system to compare the associate's projected performance to the associate's actual performance. The system and method of the present invention provides timely, objective and quantitative feedback to the production process associate. This feedback is subsequently used as a pay for performance incentive program.
AI classification
Ownership
QUAKER OATS COMPANY, THE
assignment · 115980589
Assignors
SMITH, CRAIG A., BRUNNER, STEVEN F.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.