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20110071871 | COMMON SEMANTIC MODEL OF MANAGEMENT OF A SUPPLY CHAIN - A method and apparatus of a supply module having a business object module to define at least one schema to describe the supply chain data, a XML-based language generator module to process the at least one schema and a SQL code generator module to provide a sequence of SQL instructions to perform a query of a user where the user expressed the query in the XML-based language. | 03-24-2011 |
20110119103 | TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CONSUMPTION INDEX - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products that provide for a technological infrastructure consumption index. The index is instrumental in measuring and managing technological infrastructure consumption. The consumption index is generated on a predetermined schedule as indicator of a business entity's volume of infrastructure consumption. The consumption index tracks key consumption elements, which are within the control of application teams, thereby insuring that the consumption of the key elements are being managed on an ongoing basis. Additionally, the consumption index provides for drill-down capabilities for the purpose of readily accessing data associated with specific key consumption elements of interest and specific teams/organizations within the business entity. | 05-19-2011 |
20110125543 | SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING SUPPLY CHAIN - Provided is a supply chain optimization system and a method for optimizing a supply chain that can prevent a production delay due to the lack of materials and a shipment delay due to the lack of stock products even if a sales plan fluctuates on an increase in sales of the supply chain as a whole and that can optimize the stocks of the products and materials and a physical distribution route of product supplies. The supply chain optimization system and the method for optimizing the supply chain calculate through a simulation in which a supply chain model is used so that a total sum of stock costs for products and materials and logistics costs therefor are minimized with respect to the number of stock products and materials which do not cause product defects at a fluctuation time of a sales plan on a condition in which the stock products increased in accordance with the fluctuation of the sales plan are set to factory stocks. Further, number of the stocks, costs for the stocks and logistics costs are set to a KPI of the supply chain to be managed. In addition, a physical distribution route from a factory increased in the stock products is optimized through the simulation. | 05-26-2011 |
20110137701 | METHOD FOR VARYING RESOURCES AT A CALL CENTER BASED UPON PREDICTED CALL CENTER VOLUME - A computer method that is used to control call center volumes for a range of dates. The method involves utilizing previous mailing campaign and call center response data to determine when the mail arrives in the home and when a call center is contacted in response to information in the mail; predicting the call center volumes based initially on the previous campaign and call center response data and as the mailing campaign and call center responses progresses updating call center predictions based on current mailing campaign data; and determining in home mail volumes needed to control call center volumes. | 06-09-2011 |
20110145035 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING, EXECUTING, AND MONITORING ACTIVITIES - A method to manage a plurality of activities that includes, for example, determining a dependency between a state of a first activity of the plurality of activities and a state of a second activity of the plurality of activities, the dependency requiring that the state of the second activity change from a first state to a second state for a non-violating change in the state of the first activity from a third state to a fourth state to occur; monitoring the first activity and the second activity to detect a violation of the dependency; and taking a remedial action responsive to the detecting of the violation. | 06-16-2011 |
20110153381 | Method and System for Smart Queuing of Test Requests - A system and method for receiving a service ticket, determining a likelihood of success of re-testing the service ticket and performing additional steps, if the likelihood of success is greater than a predetermined re-testing threshold. The additional steps including determining a waiting time of the service ticket, adding the service ticket to a service ticket queue containing a plurality of service tickets, the service ticket queue being sorted by a waiting time of each of the plurality of service tickets, initiating performance of the service ticket, after an expiration of the waiting time, removing the ticket from the queue, if the performance of the service ticket is successful and re-start the waiting time, if the performance of the service ticket is unsuccessful. | 06-23-2011 |
20110166903 | Web based Offshorability Probability Calculator - Job analysis Tool for Individuals made available on Internet - The “Web based Offshorability Probability Calculator” is a system and method that allows an individual to determine the Probability of their job (OR any other job), or role within an organization getting sourced from an inexpensive offshore location. An internet based and a Microsoft EXCEL based embodiments of the tool have been detailed in this Patent application. Users access the Tool via Internet using their web browser (Internet Explorer or equivalent) to go to www.OffshoreProof.com or another website providing access to the tool. The user answers a set of questions related to their job using a simple Drop down Menu. Based on User Inputs and the pre-programmed decision matrix and weight assignment system, the calculator gives an output on the “Offshorability Probability” of the job along with a score and an analysis whether any technical or regulatory barrier could prevent Offshoring. | 07-07-2011 |
20110178834 | METHODS FOR HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORK ENERGY EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT AND LIFETIME RETROFIT - Methods for managing/assessing heat exchanger network energy efficiency and retrofit for an industrial facility, are provided. An embodiment of a method can include the performance of perform various steps/operations including those for determining an optimal heat exchanger network retrofit projects sequence extending between a current heat exchanger network retrofit project satisfying a current desired waste energy recovery goal and a future heat exchanger network retrofit project satisfying the final waste energy recovery goal. The heat exchanger network retrofit projects sequence can be configured so that each subsequent project within the heat exchanger network retrofit projects sequence does not contradict any of the previous projects within the heat exchanger network retrofit projects sequence. | 07-21-2011 |
20110196713 | Idea Tracking and Management - Disclosure is related to idea tracking and management. The disclosure invokes a method and system for displaying and tracking ideas from a database. The invention accesses a data repository via a data connection, displays the data from the data repository, and allows the displayed data to be characterized as scheduling data, statistical data, action items, current status, and listing of individuals. | 08-11-2011 |
20110270644 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ESTIMATE THE EFFECTS OF RISKS ON THE TIME PROGRESSION OF PROJECTS - An apparatus (computer coupled to risk and planning data repositories) and method are provided which, upon finding well in advance possible delays of time references of end task or key milestone of a project (or interdependent projects) in life cycle, due to potential risks, calculate and output a set of values (coefficients matrix). These coefficients represent a two-way link between each risk and each milestone and their values estimate the contribution of a specific risk to a specific task/milestone. For each risk, it is possible to highlight the contribution of such risk to possible shift of the whole set of project tasks/milestones; at the same time, for each project task/milestone, the coefficients highlight the contribution of the whole set of risks to the time shift of such milestone/task. The coefficients values address more effectively reduction actions of the possible project/tasks delays. Similar results pare achieved for multi-interdependent-projects. | 11-03-2011 |
20110276359 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COST FORECAST CALCULATION METHOD, AND COST FORECAST CALCULATION PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus, a cost forecast calculation method, and a cost forecast calculation program are provided that enable the calculation of cost forecast without cost performance data such as initial inventory and warehousing schedule. The information processing apparatus includes: a reception unit for obtaining production plan data indicating the production plan of a product including date data; a plan change unit that changes the initial inventory data to the production plan data based on the product identification data and the plan identification data; and a cost calculation unit that calculate the cost. | 11-10-2011 |
20110288902 | COLLABORATION BASED CAPACITY PLANNING IN A MODULAR BUSINESS SETTING - A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product collaboratively reallocate resources across business modules. A collaboration vector, which describes primary and second abilities for each of multiple resources, is defined. A decision matrix is created from multiple collaboration vectors, and a pipeline for transferring the multiple resources among multiple business modules is defined based on the decision matrix. A recurring time interval to measure an effectiveness of the multiple business modules is defined, and the multiple resources are reallocated according to a measured effectiveness of the multiple business modules. The collaborative matrix is optimized to reflect reallocation of the multiple resources. | 11-24-2011 |
20110313807 | DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION FOR GLOBAL ADVERTISEMENT INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION - Computer-readable media for determining whether to accept a candidate order from an advertiser, to display a particular number of advertisements within a specified time segment are provided. Initially, the content provider may include placement criteria that, among other things, identify a leaf supply node at which impressions of the advertisement are expected to be rendered. Generally, the leaf supply node refers to a location within a topic graph that describes inventory that is permissible to allocate to satisfy the candidate order. To perform the determination, the inventory of impressions available for accommodating the candidate order and a log of booked orders scheduled to be placed within the time segment are identified. Linear programs are then utilized to determine whether the estimated inventory that satisfies the placement criteria is available by predictively placing the booked orders at the estimated inventory. If estimated inventory remains available, the candidate order is accepted. | 12-22-2011 |
20120004942 | Conflict Resolution in a Computerized Calendaring System - Conflict resolution in a computerized calendaring system executed by a processor includes: with the processor, receiving a request to schedule a new event that conflicts with a previously scheduled event; determining with the processor that the previously scheduled event has priority over the new event based on historical event data; and imposing with the processor a constraint on scheduling the new event according to a defined priority policy. | 01-05-2012 |
20120016709 | ENHANCED POSTAL DATA MODELING FRAMEWORK - An enhanced postal data modeling framework, in which postal data which describes characteristics of a mail sortation process is accessed, and the postal data is mapped to production management data which describes characteristics of a model production management process in an initial state and which is capable of being processed by a production management application. The production management data is input for processing by the production management application to produce forecasted production management data which predicts characteristics of the model production management process in a subsequent state, the forecasted production management data is modeled to forecasted postal data which predicts characteristics of the mail sortation process, and at least a portion of the forecasted postal data is provided to a user. | 01-19-2012 |
20120016710 | SIMULATING SUPPLY AND DEMAND REALIZATION IN WORKFORCE PLAN EVALUATION - A method of workforce plan evaluation includes receiving ( | 01-19-2012 |
20120022910 | INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUALIZED RESOURCES FOR CLOUD DATABASE SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are disclosed to manage resources in a cloud-based computing system by generating a model of a relationship between cloud database resources and an expected profit based on cloud-server system parameters and service level agreements (SLAs) that indicates profits for different system performances, wherein the model comprises a two level optimization/control problem, wherein model receives system metrics, number of replicas, and arrival rate as the multiple input; and dynamically adjusting resource allocation among different customers based on current customer workload and the expected profit to maximize the expected profit for a cloud computing service provider. | 01-26-2012 |
20120035973 | COMPUTERIZED DYNAMIC CAPACITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computerized system and method facilitates the collection, calculation, and analysis of supplier capacity data. Using portal technology, communications between the manufacturer and suppliers related to capacity data are facilitated. The system and method accommodate numerous supplier manufacturing processes and their unique configurations so that consistent “standard’ and “maximum” capacity values may be calculated. The portal supports data entry to quickly, efficiently, and accurately identify capacity constraints at the process and part number levels, create solutions, and monitor the implementation of solutions to increase capacity. Using dynamic calculation logic, fluctuating demand values for parts are considered in determining probable capacity values. The impact of various investments on production capacity may also be assessed. The manufacturer may further use capacity constraint data to adjust production to sales or market changes and to align production with capacity. | 02-09-2012 |
20120078676 | MEETING ROOM SCHEDULING SYSTEM INCLUDING ROOM OCCUPANCY SENSOR AND RELATED METHODS - A meeting room scheduling system may include at least one room occupancy sensor configured to be positioned within the meeting room and a controller coupled to the at least one room occupancy sensor. The controller may be configured to schedule periodic meetings for the meeting room with a requested meeting time, and determine actual occupancy times of the meeting room over a plurality of the periodic meetings based upon the at least one room occupancy sensor. The controller may also be configured to reschedule remaining ones of the periodic meetings with a rescheduled meeting time based upon the determined actual occupancy times being different than the requested meeting time. | 03-29-2012 |
20120084113 | VIRTUAL RESOURCE COST TRACKING WITH DEDICATED IMPLEMENTATION RESOURCES - Virtual resources may be provisioned in a manner that is aware of, and respects, underlying implementation resource boundaries. A customer of the virtual resource provider may specify that particular virtual resources are to be implemented with implementation resources that are dedicated to the customer. Dedicating an implementation resource to a particular customer of a virtual resource provider may establish one or more information barriers between the particular customer and other customers of the virtual resource provider. Implementation resources may require transition procedures, including custom transition procedures, to enter and exit dedicated implementation resource pools. Costs corresponding to active and inactive implementation resources in a dedicated pools associated with a particular customer may be accounted for, and presented to, the customer in a variety of ways including explicit, adjusted per customer and adjusted per type of virtual resource and/or implementation resource. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084114 | CAPTURING AND REVIEWING CHANGES IMPACTING ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS - A change memo system facilitates the identification and review of changes to legal requirements and/or other guidelines that may impact enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Identified electronic references are tracked for changes. When a change is detected, a change memo is created as a record of the change. The change memo may be reviewed to verify, among things, that the identified change is one that warrants an update to an ERP system and to validate the change. Once the change memo is approved, information from the change memo may be employed to develop and implement an update to an ERP system. | 04-05-2012 |
20120089434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL DATA REPOSITORY - The invention provides a method of efficiently determining the effectiveness of managing a chemical or industrial facility. The method involves identifying various industrial site assets and recording various specs of those assets over time. The various assets are grouped according to some hierarchy such as location, problem to be solved, or just asset type. The specs are compared to acceptable ranges and are scored positively or negatively. The system allows a user to determine trends by asset type, spec type, or by position within the hierarchy. This system allows both small scale and large-scale perspective, and can be used for both reactive and preemptive decision making. | 04-12-2012 |
20120109703 | DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING TO REDUCE A LATENCY OF DATA ANALYSIS OF A SALES AND OPERATIONS PLAN - In one embodiment, a method includes creating a demand plan in a distributed cloud infrastructure based on a demand-forecasting algorithm that considers multi-party input in client-side visualizations of a certain aspect of the demand plan appropriate to a demand-side stakeholder based on a rules-based algorithm that considers a demand-side access privilege and a demand-side role of the demand-side stakeholder. In addition, the method includes creating a supply plan in the distributed cloud infrastructure based on another supply-forecasting algorithm that considers multi-party input in client-side visualizations of a particular aspect of the supply plan appropriate to a supply-side stakeholder based on a rules-based algorithm that considers a supply-side access privilege and a supply-side role of the supply-side stakeholder. In addition, the method includes applying a planning algorithm using a combined processing power of available ones of the set of processing units in the distributed cloud infrastructure to create a build plan. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109704 | MANAGING UTILIZATION OF BIOGAS IN AN INFRASTRUCTURE - A system for managing utilization of biogas in an infrastructure includes a plurality of biogas implementing apparatuses. The system also includes a biogas source to supply biogas to the plurality of biogas implementing apparatuses and an optimizer to determine a distribution of the biogas to the plurality of biogas implementing apparatuses that substantially optimizes at least one metric associated with operating the infrastructure. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109705 | DATA CENTER SYSTEM THAT ACCOMMODATES EPISODIC COMPUTATION - A data center system is described which includes multiple data centers powered by multiple power sources, including any combination of renewable power sources and on-grid utility power sources. The data center system also includes a management system for managing execution of computational tasks by moving data components associated with the computational tasks within the data center system, in lieu of, or in addition to, moving power itself. The movement of data components can involve performing pre-computation or delayed computation on data components within any data center, as well as moving data components between data centers. The management system also includes a price determination module for determining prices for performing the computational tasks based on different pricing models. The data center system also includes a “stripped down” architecture to complement its use in the above-summarized data-centric environment. | 05-03-2012 |
20120116831 | Using Cloud Brokering Services for an Opportunistic Cloud Offering - In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method comprises publishing descriptions available from a plurality of publishing parties. The descriptions describe a plurality of published services available for a requesting party to request. The method receives requests to broker a transaction from the requesting party, associates a requested service to one of the published services, and facilitates a transaction for the one of the published services. | 05-10-2012 |
20120116832 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIVESTOCK FEEDING - A device, system and a method for livestock feeding, and in particular, to such a device, system and method in which, the meal size and frequency of meal delivery are controllable based on measureable parameters and expected livestock growth curve, more preferably real time parameters. | 05-10-2012 |
20120116833 | ADAPTIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT - An automated incremental solution deployment strategy created for an enterprise organization based upon evaluation of a set of possible information technology solution alternatives within an automated architectural framework is received. An information technology solution is incrementally deployed and incrementally selected from the set of possible information technology solution alternatives during the incremental deployment using the automated incremental solution deployment strategy. | 05-10-2012 |
20120130767 | Methods and Systems Involving Power System Grid Management - A distribution control center includes a processor operative to receive damaged asset data, the damaged asset data including an identification and assessment of at least one damaged asset of a power grid, process the damaged asset data to associate a repair time with the damaged asset, generate a proposed switch plan, process the proposed switch plan to identify the damaged asset in the proposed switch plan and assigning a priority for repairing the damaged asset, generate switch plan modification data, modify the proposed switch plan to define a modified switch plan, and output the modified switch plan. | 05-24-2012 |
20120136690 | Delivery Management Effort Allocation - Techniques for estimating future health of a project are provided. The techniques include defining a set of financial health metrics that represent a proximity of a current state of a project to that of a goal project, defining a parametric evolution model comprising parameters, wherein the parametric evolution model governs a relationship between current data of the set of financial health metrics and current project health in relation to past data of the set of financial health metrics, determining a value of each of the parameters of the parametric evolution model using an optimization problem, and using the value of each of the parameters of the parametric evolution model and the current data of the set of financial health metrics and current project health in relation to past data of the set of financial health metrics to estimate the future health of the project. | 05-31-2012 |
20120136691 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING POSTAL DELIVERY OPERATION LOAD - Disclosed herein is a system and method for objectively and efficiently managing a postal delivery operation load. A system for managing a postal delivery operation load includes: a postal delivery operation load calculator for calculating a postal delivery operation load for each postal delivery unit and for each period based on input postal delivery data; a postal delivery operation load calculation result manager for managing the postal delivery operation load for each postal delivery unit based on the postal delivery operation load calculation result provided by the postal delivery operation load calculator; and a postal delivery operation load adjuster for adjusting and leveling the postal delivery operation based on postal delivery operation load management information provided by the postal delivery operation load calculation result manager. | 05-31-2012 |
20120150582 | ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH ORDER CHANGE MANAGEMENT - An order management system is provided. The order management system receives a modify order while the in-flight order is being executed. The order management system suspends a first orchestration plan that corresponds to the in-flight order. The order management system generates a second orchestration plan that corresponds to the modify order. The order management system generates a modify order orchestration plan using, in part, the second orchestration plan. The order management system executes the modify order orchestration plan. | 06-14-2012 |
20120226515 | Idea Tracking and Management - Disclosure is related to idea tracking and management. The disclosure invokes a method and system for displaying and tracking ideas from a database. The invention accesses a data repository via a data connection, displays the data from the data repository, and allows the displayed data to be characterized as scheduling data, statistical data, action items, current status, and listing of individuals. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226516 | E-BUSINESS VALUE WEB - A method and system is provided to manage and track changes in enterprise architectures. The invention provides a hierarchical visual management tool to manage and update relational information within an enterprise in a controlled fashion. The relationship may be maintained in a database and displayed via graphical user interface. Enterprise assets are categorized into such categories as goals, customer values or requirements, capabilities, resources, and the like. A hierarchy is constructed so that relationships between these various categories are identified and captured using the invention. Weights may be assigned to each element of the categories so that any proposed change to an enterprise architecture may be viewed so that a value can be ascertained and compared between other values of other proposed changes. In this manner, tracking and management of evolutionary changes to an architecture may be accomplished using relational information. | 09-06-2012 |
20120239452 | Fleet Management Systems and Processes - Automated fleet management systems and associated processes. In one embodiment, a method can be provided. The method can include receiving a service request from one or more customers, providing the one or more customers with a plurality of resources to select from, wherein the plurality of resources is ranked by a pain measure, and based at least in part on a customer selection of at least one resource with a pain measure, assigning at least one resource to the one or more customers. | 09-20-2012 |
20120253878 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING PARATRANSIT SERVICE - A method and system for scheduling paratransit service are provided. Demand metrics in a database are identified for a set of past days matching the type of a day for which service is being planned. The database is stored in storage of a computer system. One of the set of past days whose demand metrics correspond to a target demand level to be satisfied is selected. A service schedule for the day is initialized using actual service provided for the one past day. The service schedule is adjusted for the service fit metrics for the one past day stored in the database. The service schedule for the day is outputted. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253879 | Optimizing workforce capacity and capability - A workforce capacity and capability at an entity is optimized. Values for parameters related to the workforce capacity and capability at the entity are received. A workforce capacity and capability model is used to generate values for decision variables related to the workforce capacity and capability at the entity, based on the values for the parameters that have been received. The workforce capacity and capability model models uncertainty associated with a workforce. The values for the decision variables assist evaluation of workforce capacity and capability strategic decisions | 10-04-2012 |
20120278121 | COMPUTER CONFIGURED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MODEL - A computer configured method, apparatus, computer readable medium and system are disclosed for allocating one or more resources. In some embodiments, the one or more resources may be associated with one or more properties. A computer may obtain characteristics associated with the properties. The obtained characteristics may include area occupied by the properties, counts of types of properties, and a status of third party use of the properties. In some embodiments, the computer may group properties sharing a common characteristic, and then compute values associated with the characteristic using one or more algorithms. The computer may transform the computed values via one or more respective parameters representative of a unit measure of the resource in order to obtain a number of units of the resource needed for each grouping. The number of units of the resource needed for each grouping may then be examined by the computer to obtain a (total) resource allocation. | 11-01-2012 |
20120296687 | METHOD, PROCESS AND TECHNIQUE FOR TESTING ERP SOLUTIONS - The present invention provides a method and system for generating testing templates suitable for the testing of ERP package based solutions. Functional test cases are prepared from real-life business processes as defined by industry standard and best practices. The test cases are reusable and can be used for any future ERP package-related projects, thereby reducing test planning effort and duration. | 11-22-2012 |
20120303406 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES - A system and method for dynamically allocating resources in a process. A demand pattern change detection unit, a future demand forecasting unit and a process optimization engine can be employed to constantly adjust resource allocation and assist in maintaining processes in a state of peak performance. An initial resource allocation unit generates an initial resource allocation plan based on past experience with respect to the process. The change detection unit detects a shift in the job demand pattern utilizing a statistical data when a change occurs in process requirements. The future demand generation unit accurately generates future demand data based on current job data and the outlook of future demand. The optimization engine acts as a surrogate process expert and provides recommendations to the process owner regarding potential possible resource allocation policies for new job demand data utilizing a simulation process to predict the result of variable staffing configurations. | 11-29-2012 |
20120310697 | VARIANCE MANAGEMENT - Method and system for determining estimation variance associated with project planning are provided. In one aspect, information associated with a project is obtained and initial estimations for the tasks in the project are determined using available information. The tasks are performed and actual measurements are obtained from the completed tasks. The actual measurements are used to revise the estimates of the remaining tasks. The revised estimates are used to compute a project level estimate and a variance on that estimate, and to enable better project management. | 12-06-2012 |
20120316912 | OPTIMIZING A SHARED SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM - A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product optimize a shared service delivery system. A model of an existing shared service delivery system is created. Capacity of the existing shared service delivery system is defined according to required resources for existing projects, new projects, and proposed projects. Existing cells of practitioners in the existing shared service delivery system are identified, and any gaps or gluts of capacity in the existing cells of practitioners are identified according to a general predetermined resource requirement for the shared service delivery system. | 12-13-2012 |
20130006692 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL TIME TRANSFORMATION OF RETAIL BANK BRANCH OPERATIONS - Methods and arrangements for generating process recommendations. Customer information is assimilated, the customer information including a number of present customers. An efficiency matrix is assimilated, which indicates efficiency for each of a plurality of actual resources with respect to each of a plurality of services. At least one hypothetical resource is created, which incorporates a best efficiency from among the actual resources with respect to each of the plurality of services, and a scheduling policy is assimilated. A customer queue is generated with respect to each hypothetical resource and in accordance with the at least one scheduling policy. Each hypothetical resource is mapped to each actual resource and a minimum parameter increase from among pairs comprising a hypothetical resource and an actual resource is determined. | 01-03-2013 |
20130013367 | CARBON MANAGEMENT FOR SOURCING AND LOGISTICS - Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for carbon management for sourcing and logistics. In one embodiment, the method comprises using a computer for quantifying both a cost and a carbon impact of one or more logistics policies relating to a manufacturing process; and minimizing the cost and carbon impact using a defined equation including a first component representing a transportation cost, and a second component representing a carbon cost. In an embodiment of the invention, the quantifying includes using an analytics engine to quantify the cost and carbon impact. The analytics engine may include a shipment analysis module to calculate an optimal transportation policy, a sourcing analysis module for testing alternate sourcing options, a scenario analysis module to find an optimal order frequency, and a sensitivity analysis module to test the impact of various changes. | 01-10-2013 |
20130035975 | CROSS-MEDIA ATTRIBUTION MODEL FOR ALLOCATION OF MARKETING RESOURCES - A software facility that analyzes consumer interactions with one or more marketing campaigns and the results of those interactions to generate a cross-media or cross-channel attribution model representing the true impact of marketing resource allocation decisions is provided. The facility collects, from a plurality of sources, information representing consumer interactions with marketing campaigns and any results of those interactions. The facility aggregates the information to assess or determine the behavior of consumers with respect to different marketing campaigns and marketing channels. The facility analyzes the information according to varying depths or levels of channel granularity to generate models representative of the true impact of resources allocated to each channel or sub-channel on the performance or effectiveness of the marketing campaign. The facility or other processes may use the generated models to inform future marketing resource allocation decisions. | 02-07-2013 |
20130041708 | COORDINATING CONTENDING RESOURCES - Systems and methods of coordinating contending resources are disclosed. An example of a method includes analyzing information for activities, resources, and usage of the resources for the activities. The method also includes outputting a description of resource utilization by the activities in a time window, the description of resource utilization coordinating contending resources. | 02-14-2013 |
20130054296 | STRATEGIC DEAL ESTIMATION TOOL - Various technologies related to estimating costs associated with proposed information technology services solutions using global sourcing are described. Consistent and accurate estimates can be achieved by using a tool having features specific to the estimating process. The tool can construct a global sourcing business case illustrating savings if the proposed solution were to be adopted. A wide variety of features related to solution parameters, costs, competitor analysis, transition billing, blended rates, business cases, and cumulative savings graphs can be supported. Superior, credible proposals can be generated that address the practical and financial demands of clients. | 02-28-2013 |
20130090971 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN AN AGILE ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented method is provided for optimizing allocation of resources across stories for a release within an Agile development environment. The method includes receiving (i) resource information representing a plurality of resources available for allocation to the stories, (ii) one or more story definitions, each story definition comprising a unique identifier and one or more story-level constraints corresponding to a story, (iii) release information, (iv) iteration information, and (iv) one or more optimization criteria. The method also includes generating a plurality of story-level allocation scenarios and determining one or more optimized story-level allocation scenarios from the plurality of story-level allocation scenarios. Each story-level allocation scenario satisfies the one or more story-level constraints associated with each story definition. Each optimized story-level allocation scenario optimizes assignment of iterations or allocation of resources to the stories to satisfy the one or more optimization criteria. | 04-11-2013 |
20130096973 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOGISTICS OPTIMIZATION USING LANE ORDER PATTERN FLEXING - A system and method is provided which determines optimal logistics solutions by allowing a purchaser of goods to vary order frequency and amount of goods ordered so as to lower logistics costs while still meeting inventory constraints. The logistics solution uses several models to search for the most optimal solution in any of a variety of metrics, including total cost, percentage trailer utilization, number of truck used, and miles driven. | 04-18-2013 |
20130096974 | Methods, Systems, And Computer-Readable Media For Determining A Plurality Of Turfs From Where To Reallocate A Workforce To A Given Turf - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for determining a plurality of turfs from where to reallocate a workforce to a given turf. According to embodiments, a method for determining a plurality of turfs from where to reallocate a workforce to a given turf is provided. According to the method, an indication of the given turf is received. Optimal turfs from where to reallocate technicians to the given turf are determined from a plurality of turfs. Visual cues for identifying at least a portion of the optimal turfs are generated. | 04-18-2013 |
20130096975 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING A PRODUCTION FLOW SCHEDULE FOR A PRODUCTION PROCESS - A method and system are disclosed for adapting a production flow schedule for one or more production processes, each having one or more process steps that use power for the execution thereof. An exemplary method includes identifying at least one availability time window in which there is a predetermined minimum power availability within a predetermined optimization time period based on a piece of availability information which indicates a forecast power availability during the optimization time period; providing an indication of one or more flexible process steps, which can be executed in a plurality of alternative time windows within the optimization time period; and for each of the flexible process steps, temporally rearranging the corresponding flexible process step into one of the corresponding alternative time windows if the rescheduling is within the availability time window in order to obtain an adapted production flow schedule. | 04-18-2013 |
20130110571 | IDENTIFYING FIELD DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASING RECOVERY EFFICIENCY OF PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS | 05-02-2013 |
20130117061 | CARBON MANAGEMENT FOR SOURCING AND LOGISTICS - Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for carbon management for sourcing and logistics. In one embodiment, the method comprises using a computer for quantifying both a cost and a carbon impact of one or more logistics policies relating to a manufacturing process; and minimizing the cost and carbon impact using a defined equation including a first component representing a transportation cost, and a second component representing a carbon cost. In an embodiment of the invention, the quantifying includes using an analytics engine to quantify the cost and carbon impact. The analytics engine may include a shipment analysis module to calculate an optimal transportation policy, a sourcing analysis module for testing alternate sourcing options, a scenario analysis module to find an optimal order frequency, and a sensitivity analysis module to test the impact of various changes. | 05-09-2013 |
20130132146 | MODEL PLANT CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES - In methods for managing congestion points of a plant lifecycle, access can be provided to a project database, as well as a congestion engine coupled with the project database. The congestion engine can be used to analyze project designs, resources, and activities. At least one congestion object can be generated based at least in part upon the analysis of the congestion engine. A project interface can be configured to present the at least one congestion object. | 05-23-2013 |
20130138468 | POWER DEMAND PLAN COORDINATION DEVICE, POWER DEMAND PLAN COORDINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The economical load distribution adjusting device | 05-30-2013 |
20130144676 | Cohort Manipulation and Optimization - An approach is provided to visually depict cohort data to a user. The approach includes receiving a cohort display request (e.g., from a user, etc.). In response to the request, the approach retrieves a plurality of cohort data records, with each of the cohort data records corresponding to a cohort selected from a group of cohorts. In this approach, the group of cohorts represent similar computer systems. The approach displays a set of graphic user interface (GUI) controls on a display device, with each of the GUI controls corresponds to one of the retrieved cohort data records. A user selection is received that corresponds to a selected one of the GUI controls. The system responds by executing a cohort action on the cohort corresponding to the selected GUI control. | 06-06-2013 |
20130151303 | CARBON FOOTPRINT RESTRICTION IN SEQUENCING PROCESS - An example system defines a carbon footprint restriction type in a manufacturing process. The system may comprise a carbon equivalent computation module and a carbon footprint computation module. The carbon equivalent computation module may define a carbon equivalent base attribute for each component unit of the manufacturing process and a carbon equivalent production attribute for the manufacturing process. The carbon footprint computation module may compute a carbon footprint value of an assembled product produced from the manufacturing process of the component units based on the carbon equivalent base attribute of each component unit and the carbon equivalent production attribute of the manufacturing process. An indicator associated with the carbon footprint value of the assembled product is displayed. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151304 | Methods, Systems, And Computer-Readable Media For Generating A Report Indicating Job Availability - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for generating a report indicating job availability. According to embodiments, a method for generating a report indicating job availability is provided. According to the method, a selected assignment group is displayed. A number of status messages received by a technician in the selected assignment group is displayed. The status messages indicate that no jobs are available for the technician. An amount of lost time associated with the technician in the selected assignment group is determined. The lost time includes a difference between a time at which the technician received one of the status messages and a time at which the technician is dispatched to a next job. The amount of lost time associated with the technician in the selected assignment group is displayed. | 06-13-2013 |
20130159043 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURCHASING PLANNING-BASED LOGISTICS OPTIMIZATION - A system and method is provided for preplanning optimal order and routing patterns prior to the creation of individual purchase orders. In one embodiment, the preplanning based approach preferably includes both freight under management and freight not under management. Additionally, planning-based optimization suggests changes to existing ordering and routing guidelines where the network has changed and made the current solutions sub-optimal. | 06-20-2013 |
20130173325 | CAPITAL ASSET INVESTMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS - Automated systems and methods for use in managing collections of capital assets determine optimal replacement dates for assets based on total cost curves. Replacement dates are adjusted within ranges that avoid unacceptable risk of unmonetizable failures to satisfy constraints. Priority in adjusting replacement dates is determined based on deferral cost metrics which may be based on the total cost curves. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173326 | RECHARGING OF BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON A SMART ELECTRICAL GRID SYSTEM - Some example embodiments include a method for recharging a number of battery electric vehicles. The method include receiving (by a control module configured to control an electrical grid system that include a number of recharging stations that are configured to recharge the number of battery electric vehicles and from the number of battery electric vehicles) usage data that comprises a current charge level, a current location, and a planned itinerary that includes a destination. The method includes determining anticipated electrical loads in the number of sectors of the electrical grid system based on the usage data of the number of battery electric vehicles. The method also includes redistributing the electrical supply on the electrical grid system to at least one recharging station of the number of recharging stations based on the anticipated electrical loads, prior to actual usage defined by the usage data by the number of battery electrical vehicles. | 07-04-2013 |
20130185112 | OPTIMIZING BENEFITS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH REFERENCE TO RESOURCES THROUGH MULTIPLE TIME PERIODS FOR MULTIPLE COOPERATING AND COMPETING ENTITIES WITH REFERENCE TO MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS - A method, system and computer program product for optimizing resources for organizations. The steps include discovering goals and objectives of organizations and resources available from resource groups and storing the data in a repository; categorizing the data regarding the goals and objectives and the resources available; matching the resources available from the resource groups with the goals and objectives of the organizations; assigning values and weights to the resources and optimizing the resources; determining global optima and parse the global optima into resource allocation subsets, sending the subsets to the resource groups; capturing locally chosen resource allocation from the resource groups and storing the locally chosen resource allocation in the repository; determining unstated weights and values from the locally chosen resource allocation from the resource groups; storing actual pairings of the resources with a project of the organization, and recalculating the global optima based on remaining resources available. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185113 | WELL WORK OPPORTUNITY SYSTEM - A non-transitory, computer-readable storage device comprises software that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to track one or more well work opportunities. For example, the software may cause the computer to receive input, from a user input device, information pertaining to well work opportunity for an existing production rig, and perform an analysis of the well work opportunity based on the information to compute an incremental increase in rate of production from the production rig and a time period by which an investment will be paid back. The software may also cause the computer to compare the incremental increase in rate of production and the time period to a table that cross references incremental rates of production to time periods, assign a ranking to the well work opportunity based on the comparison, and display the ranking. | 07-18-2013 |
20130218623 | POWER COST CONVERTING APPARATUS, POWER PLAN SUPPORTING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Due to the period during which energy reduction is performed, the benefit to society caused by the energy reduction can differ. Provided is a power cost converting apparatus comprising a power difference information acquiring section that acquires power difference amount information indicating a power difference amount between a planned power amount planned in advance for one unit interval and a power usage amount that is actually used during the one unit interval; and a power cost converting section that converts the power difference amount indicated by the power difference amount information into an index value indicating worth of the power difference amount in the one unit interval, based on a predetermined conversion coefficient determined according to the power cost during the one unit interval. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218624 | POWER PLAN SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a power plan supporting apparatus comprising a power difference information acquiring section that acquires power difference amount information indicating a power difference amount between a planned power amount planned in advance by a power consumer for one unit interval within a planned period of a power usage plan and a power usage amount that is actually used during the one unit interval; and a compensation information registering section that, when the power difference amount information indicates that the power usage amount is less than the planned power amount, registers the power difference amount in the compensation information holding section as a compensation power amount that can be used by another power consumer by being added to another planned power amount of the other power consumer planned in advance for another unit interval that is later than the one unit interval. | 08-22-2013 |
20130226647 | INTEGRATING PROJECT PLANS INTO USER DATA STORES - Embodiments enable the selection and application of project plans to user data stores. A project plan having one or more project content items is created according to a pre-defined schema. The project plan is analyzed to identify the project content items that correspond to user data stores available on a computing device. The user data stores include, for example, calendar appointments, tasks, and shopping lists. The project content items are integrated with the user data stores, such as by creating calendar entries, adding tasks, and adding items to the shopping lists. A manifest is defined to describe and record the integrated project content items and the corresponding user data stores. The manifest may also be used to remove or suspend the project plan. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226648 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMISING A PRODUCTION PROCESS - A method and an apparatus are disclosed for operating a production plant in a production process in the manufacturing industry or the process industry by optimizing the operation of the production process, in which the efficient use of the available energy is taken into account as a further optimization variable. | 08-29-2013 |
20130238378 | MANAGING RESOURCES USING RESOURCE MODIFIERS - Systems, methods, and computer-storage media are provided for employing environment and resource data to facilitate management of shopper traffic and resource allocation. Shopper traffic information is received from environmental sensors located in or nearby a business establishment. Resource information associated with the business establishment is also received. A traffic modifier is determined based on the shopper traffic information and the resource information; the traffic modifier is used to influence the behavior of shoppers with respect to the business establishment. As well, a resource modifier for the business establishment is also determined based on a projected result of dissemination of the traffic modifier. | 09-12-2013 |
20130262172 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE OPERATION OF PLANTS - A method for operation of plants includes a) Registering those operating resources which are present in a plurality of plants and have an influence on the functional capability of said plants, b) Specifying in each case first and second availability criteria for these operating resources, c) Registering availability data relating to the operating resources, d) comparing the availability data with the availability criteria, in order to determine operating resources which do not satisfy the availability criteria, e) For those operating resources that do not satisfy the first availability criterion: identifying measures by means of which the functional capability of the plants is extended by increasing the availability of the operating resource or by providing an alternate operating resource, and implementing these measures, f) For those operating resources that do not satisfy the second availability criterion: requesting and registering current availability data and repeating d. | 10-03-2013 |
20130275173 | Real-Time Publishing of Finite Schedules and Real-Time Response to Schedule Changes - A method for real-time publishing of a finite schedule that includes a plurality of activities and a plurality of resources is presented. The method utilizes at least one master schedule derived from an output of the finite schedule and at least one published schedule associated with the at least one master schedule. The at least one master schedule includes at least one master activity instance and the at least one published schedule includes at least one published activity instance. The method creates a schedule mapping table and an activity instance-mapping table. The schedule mapping table stores at least one relationship between the at least one master schedule and the at least one published schedule. Furthermore, the method updates the finite schedule and communicates schedule deviations in real-time with the finite schedule. | 10-17-2013 |
20130297367 | MANUFACTURING OPTIMIZER BASED ON PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION TARGETS - An optimizer is used to help manage a process that has multiple consumption inputs with differing costs, multiple production outputs with differing sale prices and intermediates. The process may have storage capabilities for some consumption inputs, production outputs and intermediates. Further, there may be multiple production and consumption targets for the total amount of consumption inputs/production outputs, consumed/produced over a fixed period of time. The optimizer finds the most economical solution while staying in a region from which the contract target is reachable for any combination of uncertain fixed trajectories from pre-selected intervals. | 11-07-2013 |
20140019186 | CAPACITY PLANNING MANAGEMENT - In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, systems and methods are provided for capacity planning management by generating a capacity expansion plan for a plurality of production resources used to produce one or more products relative to one or more time intervals. The systems and methods may include evaluating production patterns for each production resource to determine a production capacity within each time interval, evaluating budget patterns for each production resource to determine a production cash flow within each time interval, generating one or more potential capacity expansion forecasting schemes for each production resource and production budget based on the production patterns for each production resource and the budget patterns for each production budget, and generating the capacity expansion plan within each time interval based on the one or more potential capacity expansion forecasting schemes for each production resource and production budget. | 01-16-2014 |
20140032255 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULE OPTIMIZATION - There is disclosed a system and method for tracking of the progress of scheduled tasks, and for schedule optimization of projects using a heuristic method. In an embodiment, the method comprises: starting the time-cost trade-off (TCT) process by resetting project activities to their cheapest options with the longest project duration; while in any TCT cycle all critical activities are not crashed, selecting and crashing the cheapest critical activities one-by-one to reduce the project's critical path; when in any TCT cycle all critical project activities are crashed, then crashing the cheapest non-critical activities one-by-one; performing a constrained resource scheduling (CRS) analysis at the end of each TCT cycle to meet project resource limits and provide at least one feasible solution for a project duration that does not violate project resource limits; saving the best solution with cheapest total cost from any cycle; and performing a time-cost trade-off (TCT) analysis within each cycle to consider all costs. In another aspect, there is disclosed a system and method for collecting data for schedule optimization, selecting an eligible project activity for which a progress update is required, and obtaining contact information for a user device associated with the project activity; initiating contact with the user device to request a progress update collecting from the user device required progress information for the project activity; and updating progress information for the project activity based on the progress update collected from the user device. | 01-30-2014 |
20140058781 | ASSORTMENT PLANNING AND OPTIMIZATION - The present subject matter relates to systems and methods for assortment planning and optimization in a retail environment. In one implementation, a method for assortment planning and optimization is described. The method includes receiving assortment parameter data, and input information. The input information includes performance data, product data, fixture data and store data. Further, the method includes ranking product items based at least on the assortment parameter data and the input information. Furthermore, the method includes creating a listing of the product items based at least on the ranking. Such listing of the product items is processed based at least on predefined business rules, to generate one or more assortment solutions for providing optimal gross margins. | 02-27-2014 |
20140095243 | DATA METRIC RESOLUTION RANKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a plurality of period combinations for a metric of interest. Each period combination comprises one or more time periods and each of the one or more time periods comprises one or more segments. The method further includes, for each period combination of the plurality of period combinations and each historical value of a plurality of historical values of the metric of interest, incrementally inserting the historical value into corresponding segments of the one or more time periods. Moreover, the method includes ranking the plurality of period combinations based on comparisons of the plurality of historical values to sets of corresponding predicted values. The method also includes selecting a highest-ranked period combination as best characterizing the metric of interest. | 04-03-2014 |
20140136268 | Validating Feasibility of Proposed Contract Provisions - Validating feasibility of proposed contract provisions includes obtaining a job request with a proposed contract provision at a validation engine, obtaining at the validation engine status information from a production monitoring engine that monitors production resources for completing the job request, and determining with the validation engine whether the proposed contract provision is feasible for executing the job request with the production resources. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136269 | DYNAMIC RECOMMENDATIONS TAKEN OVER TIME FOR RESERVATIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES - Embodiments are directed towards providing dynamic recommendations of reserving information technology resources over time that may be visually displayed over that time. In one embodiment, the recommendations may be determined based on an analysis of actual usage data obtained over a prior time period and used to predict future resource demands. The subject innovations enable a user to dynamically perform various ‘what-if’ analysis to determine optimum purchase times, and configurations. In some embodiments, the user is further provided information about currently purchased resource under-utilizations to enable the user to redistribute work, release resources, or take other actions directed towards improving management of their IT budget. While subject innovations are may be directed towards managing IT resources obtained through one or more cloud computing service providers, some embodiments further allow the user to perform make/buy decisions such as when to use in-house resources versus using cloud-based resources. | 05-15-2014 |
20140149168 | OUTBOUND DIALING PACE - A method establishes a formula for average value factor for an outbound campaign having a known number of agents, a known gain for an established call, and a known loss for an abandoned call, wherein the average value factor is a function of dialing pace and the known values. The method assumes a first value for dialing pace and calculates by a computing device having a processor, following the established formula, a first average value factor. Assuming a second value for dialing pace, the method repeats calculation of average value factor by the computing device, and notes direction of change in the calculated average value factor. The method then determines a maximum for the average value factor by successive choices for dialing pace chosen to increase the average value factor, and uses the dialing pace that produces in calculation the maximum average value factor to drive the outbound campaign. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149169 | IMPACT ANALYSIS METHOD, IMPACT ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an impact analysis method in which a management computer acquires configuration information that defines configuration elements of the hardware and configuration elements of the software, and relation information between the configuration elements of the hardware and the configuration elements of the software, influence definition information that defines influences among the configuration elements of the configuration information, in time-series information that defines information related to operation of the software in time-series, and determines an influence of the configuration elements of the hardware on the configuration elements of the software on a basis of operation states in time-series defined by the time-series information from the relation information and the influence definition information to determine a configuration element of the software that is influenced by the hardware among the configuration elements of the software in the time band. | 05-29-2014 |
20140164044 | USE OF ENHANCED USER STATUS TO FACILITATE DOCUMENT WORKFLOW SOLUTIONS - A document workflow management system monitors progress of a document as it moves between various personnel to whom workflow actions have been assigned. When the system identifies that one of the personnel is causing a delay, or is likely to cause a delay, it will identify an alternate person who may perform the action. It may send the document to the alternate person and then return the document to the original workflow when the alternate person has completed the action. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172488 | SYNTHESIS OF A SCHEDULE REPRESENTATION FROM A PROCESS MODEL - Synthesizing a schedule representation from a process model includes: defining a process model for a project plan by capturing model parameters and process flow; performing quantitative analysis on the process model, such as, for example, stochastic and queuing analysis; and synthesizing a schedule representation from the process model. In an exemplary embodiment, a discrete event simulation engine is used to synthesize a schedule representation from a process model. In an exemplary embodiment, the synthesized schedule is exported to a project viewer capable of interacting with one or more users. The system and method may include receiving one or more plan change and/or decision inputs, modifying the process model based on such inputs, performing quantitative analysis on the modified process model, and synchronizing the modified process model and the schedule representation. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172489 | TECHNIQUES FOR USING A HEAT MAP OF A RETAIL LOCATION TO DISPERSE CROWDS - A computer-implemented method is disclosed herein. The computer-implemented method includes the step of monitoring, at a processing device, regions of a retail location. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of determining, at the processing device, a crowd size for each region based on the monitoring step and indicative of an amount of people in the region when the monitoring step is executed. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of generating, at the processing device, a heat map based on the crowd sizes in each region, the heat map being indicative of the amount of people in each of the regions. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of promoting a reduction in the crowd size in at least one of the regions. | 06-19-2014 |
20140207512 | Timeline-Based Visual Dashboard For Construction - An embodiment of the invention includes a computer implemented method for monitoring construction. The method may include receiving information about a construction project. The received information may include information about construction milestones and schedule information about the construction milestones. The information may include graphical data related to the construction milestones and the schedule information. Information about the location of a computing device may be received. Based on the location information and the information about the construction project, a graphical display user-interface may be prepared. In an embodiment of the invention, the display may include a visual representation of expected progress of the project. The display may include information about expected activity related to the project for a period of time. Embodiments include receiving an indication from a user that the representation of the expected progress differs from actual progress of the project and determining revised information about the construction project. | 07-24-2014 |
20140222485 | EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF CHANGING PROJECT PARAMETERS ON THE LIKELY DELIVERY DATE OF A PROJECT - A user may be allowed to specify a change in one or more parameter data associated with the project, the one or more parameter data used previously to compute a probability distribution of completion time of the project. The probability distribution of completion time of the project may be recomputed based on the change. The recomputed probability distribution of the completion time of the project may be presented. An option to save the recomputed probability distribution may be provided. An option may be provided to specify another change in one or more parameter data associated with the project and repeat the recomputing and the presenting procedures based on another change in one or more parameter data associated with the project. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222486 | ENERGY SEARCH ENGINE METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Systems and methods dynamically assess energy efficiency by obtaining a minimum energy consumption of a system, receiving in a substantially continuous way a measurement of actual energy consumption of the system, and comparing the minimum energy consumption to the measurement of actual energy consumption to calculate a substantially continuous energy performance assessment. The system further provides at least one of a theoretical minimum energy consumption based at least in part on theoretical performance limits of system components, an achievable minimum energy consumption based at least in part on specifications for high energy efficient equivalents of the system components, and the designed minimum energy consumption based at least in part on specifications for the system components. | 08-07-2014 |
20140257907 | GENERATING A CAPACITY SCHEDULE FOR A FACILITY - In a method for generating a capacity schedule for a facility to meet a predefined operational goal, in which the facility is to receive resources from a first resource supply, a prediction of a supply of resources available from the first resource supply for a predetermined period of time is accessed. In addition, a prediction of a demand for resources in the facility during the predetermined period of time is accessed. The prediction of the supply of resources and the prediction of the demand for resources are inputted into a constrained optimization problem and the capacity schedule for the facility is generated by finding a solution to the constrained optimization problem. | 09-11-2014 |
20140278687 | System and Method for Optimizing A Demand Response Event - A system and method is disclosed for optimizing a demand response event. Strategizes for demand response events developed according to the present disclosure consider a customer's individual satisfaction ranking in creating a customer-specific demand response participation schedule so that customer dissatisfaction is reduced and a more uniform customer response across the entire demand response event is achieved. Customers participating in a demand response event need not participate in the entire event and can limit their participation to coincide with their individual satisfaction ranking. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278688 | GUEST MOVEMENT AND BEHAVIOR PREDICTION WITHIN A VENUE - Techniques are disclosed to predict movement and behavior of a guest within a geographic region. In one embodiment, a map is received that contains locations and further contains routes connecting the locations within the geographic region. A historical data set is received that specifies actions and locations of one or more previous guests with respect to the map. A new data set is received that specifies actions and locations of a current guest within the geographic region. The new data set is correlated with the historical data set. Characteristics of the guest are interpreted based on the correlation, to generate a set of predicted future actions of the guest within the geographic region. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278689 | ACCOMMODATING SCHEDULE VARIANCES IN WORK ALLOCATION FOR SHARED SERVICE DELIVERY - Accommodating schedule variance in work, in one aspect, may comprise tracking information associated with work packets; identifying one or more work packets deviating from a planned schedule based on the tracking; identifying one or more features associated with the identified one or more work packets; computing metrics associated with the one or more features; prioritizing the identified one or more work packets based on the computed metrics using a predictive model, the predictive model calibrated at least based on historical data; and recommending one or more actions to take associated with the one or more prioritized work packets. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278690 | ACCOMMODATING SCHEDULE VARIANCES IN WORK ALLOCATION FOR SHARED SERVICE DELIVERY - Accommodating schedule variance in work, in one aspect, may comprise tracking information associated with work packets; identifying one or more work packets deviating from a planned schedule based on the tracking; identifying one or more features associated with the identified one or more work packets; computing metrics associated with the one or more features; prioritizing the identified one or more work packets based on the computed metrics using a predictive model, the predictive model calibrated at least based on historical data; and recommending one or more actions to take associated with the one or more prioritized work packets. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278691 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RANKING POTENTIAL ATTENDED DELIVERY/PICKUP LOCATIONS - A computer system for ranking potential attended delivery/pickup locations is disclosed. In various embodiments, a user or computer system identifies an area in which to establish at least one attended delivery/pickup location. In a particular embodiment, the system receives data associated with potential attended delivery/pickup locations (e.g., attended delivery/pickup location candidates), including the specific characteristics of those candidates. The system then, based at least in part on the characteristics of each of the attended delivery/pickup location candidates, ranks the attended delivery/pickup location candidates and displays the rankings to a user for use in selecting the most suitable candidate for the area. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278692 | MANAGING A FACILITY - In a method for managing a facility that is to receive resources from a first resource supply, a supply of resources available from the first resource supply is predicted for a predetermined period of time. In addition, a demand for resources in the facility during the predetermined period of time is predicted. A capacity schedule for the facility is planned to meet a predefined operational goal, in which the plan of the capacity schedule uses as inputs, the predicted supply of resources available from the first resource supply and the predicted demand for resources in the facility during the predetermined period of time. Moreover, a determination as to whether the planned capacity schedule meets the predefined operational goal is made. | 09-18-2014 |
20140310048 | SUPPLY RISK DETECTION - Systems and methods for supply risk detection are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes identifying fulfillment-related features corresponding to an item to be stored in inventory. The method also includes selecting a subset of the fulfillment-related features that is correlated with a supply constraint associated with the item. For example, in some cases the correlation is based on historical supply constraint data. The method further includes building a supply risk early detection model based, at least in part, upon the subset fulfillment-related features and evaluating the model to determine a probability that a third-party vendor will suffer a shortage of the item, as well as an expected duration of the shortage. Upon evaluation of the model, the method may include creating a purchasing plan for the item that takes into account the probability of the shortage and the expected duration of the shortage. | 10-16-2014 |
20140316837 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT - A method of construction project management is disclosed. In one embodiment, parameters of a construction project design are provided to an asset at a construction site. Geospatial information is then collected by the asset while the asset is implementing parameters of the construction project design at the construction site. The geospatial information is provided to a construction management computing system in real-time. The construction management computing system is remote from the asset. Progress on the construction site design is then dynamically updated in real-time by the construction management computing system based on the geospatial information to create a real-time, as constructed model of the construction project. | 10-23-2014 |
20140324507 | DEMAND RESPONSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A demand response management system which may be implemented with demand response logic. The system may be used by utilities, independent system operators, intermediaries and others to manage operations of demand response programs relative to customers, clients, participants, and users of outputs from the utilities, independent system operators, and the like. Demand response logic of the demand response management system may provide demand signal propagation and generation from demand response events. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324508 | BUSINESS SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A Business Service Management system for controlling a layout of resources, in real time, the system comprises: a DBMS; at least one data item, stored in the DBMS, wherein each of the data items being associated with a resource of the layout; an infographic user interface for defining the layout on a control display, the user interface comprises a plurality of icons, each associated with a controlled resource of the layout, each icon presents information related to an operation of the controlled resource thereof! arrow(s) connecting at least two of the icons, for presenting data flow between resources associated with the icons, and operational dependency between resources connected by the at least one arrow! the system is adapted for automatic analyzing an operation of the resources of the layout according to the operational dependency, and changing automatically an indication thereof. | 10-30-2014 |
20140343997 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OPTIMIZATION VIA REAL-TIME ANALYTICS - Automated processes generate optimization options in response to collecting inventory data relevant to components installed within an implemented information technology system. An interactive graphical user interface dashboard displays different selectable primary analysis criteria elements and analytics modules. A collected data type (geographic location, hardware or software identity indicia, operating or energy costs) is specified as a root organizing data type, and another as a branch organizing data type depending from the root organizing data type, based on a primary analysis criteria element and analytic module selection. The components having common collected root organizing data type values are grouped into root subsets, and the root subsets are further split into branch subsets of components having common collected data values of the specified branch organizing type or another collected data type, and the subsets are displayed with respective aggregate numbers of the components within the subsets. | 11-20-2014 |
20140358616 | ASSET MANAGEMENT FOR A COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM USING AGGREGATED WEIGHTS OF CHANGED ASSETS - Asset management for a computer-based system includes detecting, using a processor, a change to at least one of a plurality of assets of the computer-based system, wherein the plurality of assets are managed using version control, and determining a weight for each changed asset. Using the processor, an aggregate weight is calculated according to the weight of each changed asset and the aggregate weight is compared with a threshold weight. Responsive to determining that the aggregate weight exceeds the threshold weight, a state of the plurality of assets of the computer-based system is recorded. | 12-04-2014 |
20140372163 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING COMPENSATION FOR TASKS - Method and system for dynamically adjusting compensation for one or more tasks are disclosed. The method includes estimating the compensation for each task in a batch of tasks based on at least one of a minimum wage for a task in the batch of tasks, one or more attributes associated with the worker, a number and type of tasks in the batch of tasks, or a target level of service. The compensation for the each task of the batch of tasks is then adjusted based on at least one of an observed level of service associated with the batch of tasks and the target level of service. The method is performed using a processor. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372164 | Method and System for Prioritizing a Plurality of Variable Speed Devices - A method, computer system, and computer readable medium for prioritizing a plurality of variable speed devices. The method includes: determining, for a first variable speed device, a cost dependent on an operating cost of the first variable speed device operating at part loads for a specified period of time, determining, for a second variable speed device, a second cost dependent on an operating cost of the second variable speed device operating at part loads for the specified period of time, and displaying on a graphical interface screen a listing of the first variable speed device and the second variable speed device in a priority order based on the cost and the second cost. | 12-18-2014 |
20140379409 | SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SOLUTION ANALYSIS - A method and system for performing a technical solution analysis is provided. The method includes receiving requirements associated with an IT system for design, assumptions, dependency data, stakeholder data, and entry criteria readiness data. A quality level of the requirements is evaluated and a requirements quality sub-score for each requirement is calculated. The assumptions are evaluated for hidden requirements and an assumptions score is generated. The dependency data is evaluated and a dependencies score is generated. The stakeholder data is evaluated and a stakeholder approval level score is generated. The entry criteria readiness data is evaluated and an entry criteria readiness score is generated. An overall score summary summarizing the requirements quality score, the assumptions score, the dependencies score, the stakeholder score, and the criteria readiness score is generated. | 12-25-2014 |
20150039372 | REAL-TIME PREDICTION AND CORRECTION OF SCHEDULED SERVICE BUNCHING - A method includes: a computer receiving historical data from at least one service vehicle; the computer receiving network definitions for the least one service vehicle; the computer receiving dynamic data from the at least one service vehicle; and the computer developing predictions and corrective actions to prevent service bunching, based upon the historical data, the network definitions, and the dynamic data. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039373 | Method and Apparatus for Material Requirements Planning Adjustments - A method and apparatus provide material requirements planning adjustments. A system generated future material requirements planning value can be generated for at least one material for a product. An estimated future lifecycle requirements planning value can be determined for the at least one material. The system generated material requirements planning value can be compared with the estimated future lifecycle requirements planning value. The system generated future material requirements planning value can be adjusted based on comparing the system generated material requirements planning value with the estimated future lifecycle requirements planning value. A material requirements planning signal representing the adjusted system generated future material requirements planning value can be output. | 02-05-2015 |
20150058061 | ZONAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION SYSTEMS FOR SMART GRIDS APPLICATIONS - An energy management and optimization system for smart grids is proposed to manage available zonal tools and resources to fulfill the objectives of a decision maker. The present invention is based on an efficient energy management system that monitors and manages the power of a zonal segment of the power system, at a flexible scale while taking into account the nature and characteristics of the zone. The system can be easily integrated with existing single unit and whole system. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058062 | FLEET MANAGEMENT PORTAL FOR OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a fleet management system that assists with management and monitoring fleets of powered machines and their operators, such as fleets engaged in landscaping, grounds care, and forestry service. In this regard, embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for automatically gathering data about one or more pieces of outdoor power equipment and one or more human operators of the equipment, processing the data into more useful data and data formats, and providing useful feedback, data, and tools to users of the system via, for example, a web portal that either assists users with management of a fleet of equipment and operators or provides useful information to owner-operators of outdoor power equipment about their performance and their machines. | 02-26-2015 |
20150073852 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING PROJECT OUTCOMES - A method and system for analyzing a project. Values may be assigned to each factor of a predetermined set of factors relating to a project. A score representing a likely outcome of the project may be determined using the values. | 03-12-2015 |
20150088576 | FACILITATING REVENUE GENERATION FROM WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY MARKETS BASED ON A SELF-TUNING ENERGY ASSET MODEL - The apparatus, systems and methods herein facilitate generation of energy-related revenue for an energy customer of an electricity supplier. The apparatuses and methods herein can be used to generate suggested operating schedules for the energy assets that including a controllable energy asset, using an objective function. The objective function is determined based on a dynamic simulation model of the energy profile of the energy assets. The dynamic simulation model is adaptive to physical changes in the energy assets based on a parametric estimation using at least one model parameter. The model parameter is at least one of an operation characteristic of the controllable energy asset, a thermodynamic property of the energy assets, and a projected environmental condition. Energy-related revenue available to the energy customer is based at least in part on a wholesale electricity market or on a regulation market. | 03-26-2015 |
20150095089 | WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT FOR LICENSE COST OPTIMIZATION - A workload change evaluator may receive workload metrics characterizing a plurality of workloads executed within a license environment during a license period, and cost metrics characterizing license costs incurred by license environment during the license period. A baseline model generator may generate a baseline model providing a time-based contribution of each of the plurality of workloads to the license cost during the license period. A cost estimator may receive a potential workload change, and may estimate a license cost change caused by the potential workload change, based on the baseline model. | 04-02-2015 |
20150120363 | Product Chemical Profile System - A computer-implemented system and method for obtaining product related information. Information related to a product obtained from a plurality of different sources is transformed into processed product data with a plurality of levels. Callouts and contexts are identified in the processed product data. A product-to-chemical continuum is generated by creating callout-context pathway segments between the plurality of levels of the processed product data based on the callouts and contexts identified. A query request for product information is transformed into a set of context search parameters, which is used to traverse the product-to-chemical continuum through the callout-context pathway segments that span the plurality of levels. The product information that matches the set of context search parameters is extracted from the product-to-chemical continuum. The callout-context pathway segments reduce processing resources and time needed to obtain the product information. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120364 | POP-UP STORE LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - According to an aspect, a method for pop-up store logistics management includes receiving locality context information pertaining to a pop-up store in a locality including a weather forecast or a special event associated with the locality. A pop-up store inventory is generated based in part on the locality context information. Inventory records are received from multiple locations where inventory is identified for collection to stock the pop-up store. A pop-up store itinerary is generated including a pick list identifying quantities of items to be collected from inventory, a pick route for walking through a store or distribution center for collecting the items from inventory, and a shelving layout for placing the items into the pop-up store. | 04-30-2015 |
20150127406 | ROLES BASED ACCESS - Embodiments for providing roles based system access to a user include systems for identifying an application login event and a role associated with the login event. Further the embodiments include selecting code associated with the identified role, inserting, by a processor, the code into an application shell; and providing, by a processor, the content of the shell to an application associated with a computing device of the user in response to the login event, the content of the shell comprising only role specific data. In specific embodiments, data unrelated to the identified role is not provided to the application or stored in the computing device. | 05-07-2015 |
20150302332 | MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INCLUDING LARGE-SCALE WIND POWER - The present invention discloses a maintenance schedule optimization method for an electric power system including large-scale wind power to build objective function to make it get optimal results, then constrain the objective function, constraint conditions include: constrain according to maintenance natural environment; constrain according to maintenance time of wind power plant; constrain according to maintenance site of wind power plant; constrain according to system reliability at wind power plant; constrain according to maintenance continuity of generator unit. Under the above constraint conditions, the electric power system is modeled with heuristic algorithm according to the above objective function. Through modeling the electric power system including large-scale wind power, optimize maintenance time of wind turbines in electric power system through modeling under a certain constraint conditions to maintain the wind power equipment properly while ensuring maximum efficiency of wind power generation at the same time. | 10-22-2015 |
20150310366 | Security region based security-constrained economic dispatching method - The present invention relates to a power system and provides a method for considering the network security constraints of in the operation of economic dispatch of power systems, which comprises the power flow constraint of branches, the static voltage stability constraint and the transient stability constraint, and provides an effective way for coordinating contradiction between the economy and security of power system operation. The security region based security-constrained economic dispatching method comprises the following steps: step 1, calculating the coefficients for the active power static security region, the cut-set voltage stability region and the dynamic security region respectively; step 2: building the models for security region based security-constrained economic dispatch; step 3: solving the unit on/off state optimal sub-problem through Social Evolutionary Programming; step 4: calculating the generation cost, the static voltage stability margin and the transient stability margin in the dispatching period; step 5: obtaining a feasible economic dispatching scheme, otherwise, return to step 3. The invention is mainly applied in load dispatching optimization. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310367 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS DETERMINING A BIT TRIPPING SCHEDULE AND BIT SELECTION BASED ON TOTAL COST OF DRILLING - Some embodiments of a method for optimizing drilling include determining at least one section of a wellbore for which to determine a schedule for replacing one or more drill bits during drilling the wellbore. Some embodiments of the method also include determining one or more constraints on the schedule for replacing the one or more drill bits. Some embodiments of the method also include determining, based on the one or more constraints, a plurality of scenarios for replacing the one or more drill bits during drilling the at least one section. Some embodiments of the method include determining, by one or more processors, a total cost for each scenario in the plurality of scenarios. Some embodiments of the method include identifying at least one scenario in the plurality of scenarios that has the lowest cost compared to other ones of the plurality of scenarios. | 10-29-2015 |
20150317583 | Business Scheduling Method and Apparatus and Convergence Device - A business scheduling method and apparatus and a convergence device are provided. The method is applied to a convergence device comprising a CDN business unit providing a content delivery service and a network business unit providing network access and bearing services, wherein the CDN business unit comprises a business processor and an internal storage device, and the CDN business unit is connected to an external storage device. The method comprises: dividing and allocating business processor resources and storage resources in the CDN business unit into multiple business service unit groups, and when the CDN business unit receives an application visit request from a user, scheduling the application visit request to one business service unit group according to the attribute of the user, the visited content, the application type or the source IP address and/or port number. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317584 | CONSERVATION MODELING ENGINE FRAMEWORK - Methods, including service methods, articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices provide a conservation modeling engine framework. Programmable conservation modeling engines in communication with different customizable resource conservation modules, each resource conservation module customized to a distinct resource, select one of the modules customized to a resource identified for conservation, and user-defined criteria as a function of the identified resource and the selected module. Input data is selected and collected as a function of the resource identified and the selected module and used to weight the input data. Different optimized conservation plans are created as a function of the weighted input data and the selected module, each of the optimized conservation plans displayed having a different implementation cost, a different time for implementation and a different total amount of the identified resource saved. | 11-05-2015 |
20150324712 | INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS AND BENEFITS TRACKING - A method and system for tracking an IT infrastructure is provided. The method includes modeling an IT infrastructure as a collection of hardware components, software components, and networking components. An observer agent is deployed on each of the components. The observer agent performs a measurement process with respect to each of the components and a mapping process is performed with respect to the measurement process. An aggregation module is deployed and an aggregation process is performed with respect to results of the mapping process. In response, a two dimensional moving graph indicating results of the aggregation process is generated and displayed. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324719 | MODEL REFERENCED MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF A WORKSITE - A reference model generates a model output indicative of modeled operations of one or more worksites. The model output is compared against actual operation data indicative of actual worksite operations. A recommendation engine generates recommendations to adjust the worksite operations so that they more closely conform to the model operations. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324720 | Roadside Assistance Management - Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses provide a system for establishing base stations and allocating service vehicles to the base stations in order to provide roadside assistance. The system may include computing devices associated with customer vehicles and service vehicles as well as network computing devices. The system may receive a service request from a customer regarding a disabled vehicle. The system may then identify an appropriate service vehicle to assist the customer and assign the service request to the identified service vehicle. The system may select the appropriate service vehicle based on a location of the disabled vehicle. In an example, the system may choose a service vehicle from a base station closest to or within the shortest driving time to the disabled vehicle. By setting-up base stations in advance of service requests, service vehicles may reach disabled vehicles within a predetermined period of time. | 11-12-2015 |
20150332189 | Method And System For Planning Paratransit Service - A method and system for scheduling paratransit service are provided. Demand metrics in a database are identified for a set of past days matching the type of a day for which service is being planned. The database is stored in storage of a computer system. One of the set of past days whose demand metrics correspond to a target demand level to be satisfied is selected. A service schedule for the day is initialized using actual service provided for the one past day. The service schedule is adjusted for the service fit metrics for the one past day stored in the database. The service schedule for the day is outputted. | 11-19-2015 |
20150339609 | A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A CARGO STORAGE AREA - A method for managing storage of a group of containers in a cargo storage area, is provided, the group is characterized by one or more parameters for each container. The method comprising: selecting among the parameters at least one parameter as a basis for selecting storing configuration for the group. The storing configuration are one of a first storing configuration which allows direct access to each one of the containers and a second storing configuration which allows direct access only to some of the containers. The method further comprising selecting one of the configurations based on the at least one parameter. | 11-26-2015 |
20150347941 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPLEX DYNAMIC SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS MODELING MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION - A system includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium includes instructions that when executed by the processor perform a method. The method comprises receiving component data from a plurality of actors and determining a pre-optimization validation of a supply chain optimization model. The supply chain optimization model is created using a linear optimization technique when the pre-optimization validation indicates a valid supply chain optimization model where creating comprises executing an optimization algorithm. Results associated with a supply chain systems model are displayed. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347942 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETAIL LABOR BUDGETING - A computer implemented method for determining labor forecasts is described. The method includes determining a forecasted business demand in long time intervals based at least in part on historical business demand data. For each time interval in the forecasted business demand, a distribution of the associated forecasted business demand in short time intervals is determined. The method also includes determining forecasted labor hours in the long time intervals based at least in part on the forecasted business demand, the distribution of the associated forecasted business demand and labor standards. The labor standards are specified with respect to time intervals of the second length. A forecasted labor cost in long time intervals is determined based at least in part on the forecasted labor hours and wage rate data. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347943 | LOAD PROFILE MANAGEMENT AND COST SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS - A system, computer-implemented method, and a computer program product are provided for load profile management and cost sensitivity analysis. A baseline load profile is input via a user interface, wherein the baseline load profile is based on a set of equipment load profiles. A target load profile is generated based on a selected modification of the baseline load profile. The target load profile is compared with the baseline load profile. The comparison of the target load profile and the baseline load profile is output via the user interface. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347958 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SUPPLY INFORMATION IN REAL TIME - Providing supply information in real-time including: providing, in real-time information about a change in a supply state generated before products are stored, and changing supply information including information about available-to-promise products; and adjusting, in real-time, a delivery deadline of delivery promised supply quantities based on the changed supply information in response to the supply information being changed. | 12-03-2015 |
20160019483 | MONITORING RESPONSES TO CHANGES TO BUSINESS PROCESS ASSETS - A method, system, and/or computer program product monitors a response to a notification of a change to a business process. Criteria for delivery of a notification of a change to a business process are configured. In response to the criteria being met, the notification of the change to the business process is transmitted to a receiving device. The receiving device is monitored for a response to the notification of the change to the business process. In response to detecting no response to the notification of the change to the business process from the receiving device within a predefined amount of time, a corrective instruction is issued to a monitoring device. | 01-21-2016 |
20160034834 | CAPTURING EVOLUTION OF A RESOURCE MEMORANDUM ACCORDING TO RESOURCE REQUESTS - The present disclosure teaches capturing a resource memorandum as triggers happen in a workflow. A workflow manager detects the triggers and instructs a chronicle processor to update the resource memorandum. The workflow manager instructs a version generator to capture the updated resource memorandum by storing a resource request identifier, a version identifier, a likeness of the resource memorandum, and/or data from the resource memorandum. The workflow manager also forwards a new version of the resource memorandum to institute agents for further review and/or processing according to the workflow. | 02-04-2016 |
20160063403 | ASSET ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SOFTWARE - Vendors and customers join a purchasing consortium which maintains vendor and customer databases, and a product catalogue database. Vendors enter product, product pricing and product maintenance data into product catalogue database. A customer searches the catalogue data base and purchases product selected from product catalogue. The purchasing customer's information from the customer/vendor database, and the product product, pricing and product maintenance data for the selected product or products, are linked to an inventory and/or customer asset management data base, such that the customer can retrieve, use and manipulate the product, product pricing and product maintenance data in connection with the management of the assets purchased. Purchase payments are processed to the appropriate vendor, and optionally a portion thereof to the consortium manager. | 03-03-2016 |
20160063411 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING OPTIMAL ALLOCATIONS OF PRODUCTION RESOURCES TO MAXIMIZE OVERALL EXPECTED PROFIT - Manufacturing companies deliver large quantities of products every day to multiple customers through different modes of transportation. The variety of products and the spread of manufacturing possibilities creates a complex cost management problem. The system used the mathematical framework of a directed graph to create a mathematical structure that captures dimensions within which the manufacturing facilities operate to deliver thousands of products to customers spread across various parts of the country. By assigning the most cost effective manufacturing facility to the most profitable and most probable demands, it ensures that the overall manufacturing network is optimized for maximum profit not just cost minimization. The solution design for the capacity optimization platform combines capacity and price to maximize profitability. | 03-03-2016 |
20160071038 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING EMPLOYEE RETENTION - Techniques are described for facilitating an organization's retention of employees through improved compensation planning A subset of the organization's employees who are “at risk” (e.g., who are a risk to depart the organization, who are a high value employee to the organization, who are underpaid by the organization, and/or based on other factor(s)) may be identified. The cost of replacing these “at risk” employees may then be estimated, in any suitable fashion. The budgeted compensation for each “at risk” employee may be compared to an amount calculated based upon the estimated replacement cost for that employee (e.g., a percentage of the estimated replacement cost for the employee). If the budgeted compensation is less than the amount, then a recommendation to increase compensation for the employee may be generated and presented, such as via a graphical user interface. | 03-10-2016 |
20160071044 | FLIGHT SCHEDULE OPTIMIZATION - Methods, systems, and computer program products for optimizing schedules for a plurality of flights in a network of flights. the schedules for the flights may be received. In general, the schedules indicate, for each flight, a departure point, an arrival point, a departure time, and an arrival time. The schedules may be globally optimized to identify one or more schedule adjustments for one or more of the flights that results in an increase in a schedule connection value associated with the schedules, where the global optimization is based at least in part on one scheduling rule that constrains combinability of the flights in the network of flights. | 03-10-2016 |
20160098658 | Cascading Operational Workforce Planning to Lower Level Managers - Techniques are described for operational workforce planning tool. The planning tool can be utilized by a manager to analyze an existing workforce plan. A manager within the organization can adjust the workforce plan based on planning criteria. The adjustments can be stored as planning tasks of the workforce plan. Changes made to the workforce by a lower level manager can be rolled up to an upper level manager for review and approval before the changes are finalized. Furthermore, upper level managers can generate sub-plans for lower level managers. Sub-plans can include planning criteria that is created by an upper level manager for a lower level manager. The lower level managers can report back to the upper level manager on the completion of the sub-plan when the lower level manager rolls up his changes to the workforce plan for the manager to review. | 04-07-2016 |
20160125332 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING LAG TIMES IN A CLOUD COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE - A method of scheduling one or more virtual machines in a cloud computing infrastructure may include identifying, by a computing device, lag time data that has been collected over a period of time and that corresponds to one or more virtual machines in a cloud computing infrastructure, computing, by the computing device, a cumulative description of the identified lag time data, identifying a target performance level, determining, by the computing device, an estimated lag time that corresponds to the target performance level, and determining, by the computing device, whether to start a new virtual machine based, at least in part, on the estimated lag time. | 05-05-2016 |
20160125333 | EFFICIENT COMPUTERIZED CALCULATION OF RESOURCE REALLOCATION SCHEDULING SCHEMES - The present disclosure relates to a computer system comprising a database including, a reallocation scheduling module, the reallocation scheduling module configured to obtain an objective function including one or more integer-valued decision variables and automatically determine a proposed reallocation scheme for each of one or more items between a plurality of locations based on the objective function, wherein determining the reallocation scheme includes finding values of one or more decision variables that optimize the objective function while obeying the one or more constraints, wherein determining a proposed reallocation scheme includes solving an integer quadratic programming problem. | 05-05-2016 |
20160125334 | CONFIDENTIALITY PROTECTION FOR SURVEY RESPONDENTS - In one embodiment, the invention can be a method of protecting confidentiality in a real-time survey, the method including receiving from each of a plurality of organization respondents a real-time response to a survey topic; receiving an indication of an organizational change affecting a first member of the organization, the organizational change comprising the first member departing or joining a first department, the first department comprising a plurality of first department respondents, the plurality of first department respondents being a first subset of the plurality of organization respondents; defining a first safe group comprising a first subset of the plurality of first department respondents, the first safe group having first safe group responses to the survey topic; and providing a response report for at least the first department, the response report excluding the first safe group responses. | 05-05-2016 |
20160140514 | Proactive Management of Devices - Proactive management of devices provided at a site includes, responsive to an indication that a part of a device at a site needs to be replaced at a specified replacement time, determining additional parts for replacement at the specified replacement time. | 05-19-2016 |
20160148135 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BALANCING AN ASSEMBLY LINE - Systems and methods are disclosed for balancing an assembly line. According to certain embodiments, a plurality of routings is received. A plurality of fields is extracted from each of the plurality of routings. A line balancing report may be generated based on the extracted fields. | 05-26-2016 |
20160148136 | MULTIPLE SEQUENTIAL PLANNING AND ALLOCATION OF TIME-DIVISIBLE RESOURCES - A system and method provide optimized resource planning and allocation. Various constraints of each resource are factors of the overall optimization. In various implementations, one or more iterative algorithms are used in the optimization for efficient resource allocation. | 05-26-2016 |
20160148137 | OPTIMIZED ASSET MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE - There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for generating an optimal preventive maintenance/replacement schedule for a set of assets. The method includes receiving data regarding an asset, said data including a failure rate function of said asset, a cost of preventative maintenance (PM) of said asset, a cost of an asset failure, and a cost of replacing an asset. An optimal number K of preventative maintenance time intervals t | 05-26-2016 |
20160162822 | OPEN AUTOMATED DEMAND RESPONSE (OADR) ENDPOINT DEVICE - Implementations of the disclosure describe an Open Automated Demand Response (OADR) endpoint device. A method of the disclosure includes receiving, by a processing device of an endpoint device, a first message comprising a first market energy price, determining whether a first quantity of energy has been consumed within a first time period by at least one energy device associated with the endpoint device, responsive to a determination that the first quantity of energy has been consumed by the at least one energy device within the first time period, determining whether the first market energy price is greater than a price threshold and responsive to a determination that the first market energy price is greater than the price threshold, causing the at least one energy device to stop consuming additional amounts of energy. | 06-09-2016 |
20160171401 | LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION FOR INTERACTIONAL OBJECTS IN A CONSTRAINED GEOGRAPHICAL AREA | 06-16-2016 |
20160171403 | SYSTEM FOR MODELING ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF | 06-16-2016 |
20160180269 | ENERGY-SAVING-OPERATION RECOMMENDING SYSTEM | 06-23-2016 |
20160189070 | MANAGEMENT COMPUTER, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A management computer for managing a management target system comprises an operation situation evaluating part, an operation situation displaying part, an amelioration plan generating part, and an amelioration plan displaying part. The amelioration plan generating part identifies, as an amelioration plan, a business system configuration that ameliorates the operation situation of the business system that is in operation, based on operation situation value calculated by the operation situation evaluating part. The amelioration plan displaying part displays an operation situation that is expected in a case where a business system configuration identified by the amelioration plan generating part is applied, in association with the operation situation of the business system that is in operation. | 06-30-2016 |
20160189106 | PLAN ANALYSIS SERVER SYSTEM AND METHOD - Some embodiments include a plan analysis server system with a computing device that couples to a back-end database server including current plan data, and calculates an eligible employee total by counting the number of employees records in the current plan data. The operations also include totaling a plan asset size by summing account balances for all eligible employees, determining employees with non-zero deferral from the current plan data, and calculating a current participation rate by calculating the percentage of eligible employees with non-zero deferral. The current plan is displayed in a primary window as selected by the user from user input. The processor optionally processes a scenario display utilizing the eligible employee data and administrator input. The at least one scenario display is displayed as one or more layers on the current plan data and displayed in the primary window as selected by the user from the user input. | 06-30-2016 |
20190147390 | PREDICTING TIMELY COMPLETION OF A WORK ORDER | 05-16-2019 |