METHOD TO IMPROVE REQUIREMENTS, DESIGN MANUFACTURING, AND TRANSPORTATION IN MASS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES THROUGH ANALYSIS OF DEFECT DATA
Patent №
US 7,305,325
Granted
2007-12-04
Filed 2006
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
5
ml · nlp · kr · planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11330823
A computer-implemented method of optimizing at least one production or testing processes in a mass manufacturing industry, includes steps of: collecting error data relating to a product at a plurality of points along its production and distribution chain; classifying the error data into categories of errors to provide classified error data; analyzing relationships among the classified error data; and suggesting modifications to at least one of the production or testing processes based on the analysis.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 170860482
Assignors
KOSTYK, TIM J., KRATSCHMER, THERESA C., LAYTON, JEFF R., MALKIN, PETER K., PERUN, STEPHEN G., PYRA, KENNETH L., SANTHANAM, PADMANABHAN, THOMAS, JOHN C., WELLER, SCOTT W.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.