George M Hurtis

7302445, Nov 27, 2007

Aug 29, 2003

10/652017

George M. Hurtis - Rochester MN, US
Ivory W. Knipfer - Rochester MN, US
Jeffrey G. Komatsu - Kasson MN, US
Manivannan Thavasi - Rochester MN, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 17/00

707102, 707101, 707103 R, 7071041

An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method, system, and storage medium for providing a dynamic multi-dimensional commodity modeling process. The method comprises creating a commodity hierarchy data structure. The commodity hierarchy data structure includes at least one top level node and at least one leaf node dependent upon the top level node. The method further comprises assigning uniform attributes to nodes in the hierarchy and selectively assigning at least one dimensional attribute to a node for invoking an analysis based upon the dimensional attribute. The dependent nodes inherit dimensional attributes assigned to corresponding upper level nodes. Other embodiments include an apparatus, a system, and storage medium.

7702656, Apr 20, 2010

Aug 17, 2007

11/840531

George M. Hurtis - Rochester MN, US
Ivory W. Knipfer - Rochester MN, US
Jeffrey G. Komatsu - Kasson MN, US
Manivannan Thavasi - Rochester MN, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 17/00

7071041, 707101, 707102, 707103 R

An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method, system, and storage medium for providing a dynamic multi-dimensional commodity modeling process. The system includes a data collection component operable for collecting raw data, a dynamic multi-dimensional commodity model component, and a commodity tree generated by the dynamic multi-dimensional commodity model component. The system also includes a closed loop/corrective action component operable for resolving nonconformance issues resulting from analysis of the raw data and commodity tree, and an analytic engine in communication with the data collection component, the multi-dimensional commodity model component, and the closed loop/corrective action component. The analytic engine receives the raw data from the data collection component, receives the commodity tree, performs analytics on the raw data according to rules defined by the commodity tree, and transmits any nonconformance data resulting from performing the analytics to the closed loop/correction action component for resolution of any identified nonconformances.

7844631, Nov 30, 2010

May 28, 2008

12/128033

George M. Hurtis - Rochester MN, US
Ivory W. Knipfer - Rochester MN, US
Jeffrey G. Komatsu - Kasson MN, US
Manivannan Thavasi - Rochester MN, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 17/30

707791, 707802, 707822, 707828

An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method, system, and storage medium for providing a dynamic multi-dimensional commodity modeling process. The system includes a data collection component operable for collecting raw data, a dynamic multi-dimensional commodity model component, and a commodity tree generated by the dynamic multi-dimensional commodity model component. The system also includes a closed loop/corrective action component operable for resolving nonconformance issues resulting from analysis of the raw data and commodity tree, and an analytic engine in communication with the data collection component, the multi-dimensional commodity model component, and the closed loop/corrective action component. The analytic engine receives the raw data from the data collection component, receives the commodity tree, performs analytics on the raw data according to rules defined by the commodity tree, and transmits any nonconformance data resulting from performing the analytics to the closed loop/correction action component for resolution of any identified nonconformances.

8280784, Oct 2, 2012

Oct 19, 2006

11/550845

George Michael Hurtis - Rochester MN, US
Ivory Wellman Knipfer - Rochester MN, US
Manivannan Thavasi - Rochester MN, US
Thembani Togwe - Rochester MN, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06Q 10/00

705 28, 235385

Performing an inventory count is provided. A scan of an object is initiated according to a profile in order to perform the inventory count of the object. A scan result is compared with a recorded level for the object to determine if a variance exists between the scan result and the recorded level. A variance analysis is performed if the variance exists.

8600840, Dec 3, 2013

Dec 5, 2007

11/951054

John L. Fjellanger - Zumbro Falls MN, US
George M. Hurtis - Rochester MN, US
Manivannan Thavasi - Rochester MN, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06Q 10/00

705 28

A novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for controlling movement of assets is provided. A method for controlling movement of assets can include reading a first information from a first electronic marker coupled to an asset and reading a second information from a second electronic marker of a transport mechanism in possession of the asset. The method can further include storing in a record the first and second information and a third information comprising a location of the asset. The method can further include retrieving at least one rule comprising at least one value and an action and comparing information in the record to the at least one value. The method can further include executing the action of the at least one rule if the information in the record matches the at least one value.

20090150264, Jun 11, 2009

Dec 5, 2007

11/951074

George M. Hurtis - Rochester MN, US
Brian T. Kreifels - Rochester MN, US
Manivannan Thavasi - Rochester MN, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06Q 10/00

705 28

A novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for controlling movement of assets is provided. A method for controlling movement of assets can include reading a first information from a first electronic marker coupled to an asset and reading a second information from a second electronic marker of a transport mechanism in possession of the asset. The method can further include storing in a record the first and second information and a third information comprising a location of the asset. The method can further include retrieving at least one rule comprising at least one value and an action. The method can further include executing a statistical test on the information in the record and executing the action of the at least one rule if a result of the statistical test is outside a predefined confidence level. Information from the record is then added to the empirical data.

20090164285, Jun 25, 2009

Dec 20, 2007

11/961594

George M. Hurtis - Rochester MN, US
Jason S. Lee - Oronoco MN, US
Kay M. Momsen - Rochester MN, US
Ryan T. Paske - Rochester MN, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06Q 10/00

705 8

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for an auto-cascading clear to build (CTB) tool for multiple enterprise parts management. A method for auto-cascading (CTB) for multiple enterprise parts management can include receiving a demand resulting in an inventory requirement to satisfy the demand, soft allocating inventory meeting a portion of the inventory requirement from multiple different intra-plant locations in an order of priority specified by a set of inventory location priority rules, further soft allocating inventory meeting a remaining portion of the inventory requirement from inventory of multiple different external suppliers in an order of priority specified by the set of inventory location priority rules, and hard reserving the soft allocated inventory and updating inventory levels both in each of the intra-plant locations and also in the external suppliers.

20090164343, Jun 25, 2009

Dec 20, 2007

11/961584

George M. Hurtis - Rochester MN, US
Jason S. Lee - Oronoco MN, US
Kay M. Momsen - Rochester MN, US
Ryan T. Paske - Rochester MN, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06Q 10/00

705 28

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for multiple-location auto-cascading clear to build inventory management. In an embodiment of the invention, an order processing method can be provided. The order processing method can include determining a required allocation of parts necessary to build an order, recursively soft allocating parts in different locations until enough parts have been soft allocated to satisfy the required allocation of parts necessary to build the order, and hard allocating the soft allocated parts. In one aspect of the embodiment, it can be determined that not enough parts remain amongst the different locations to satisfy the required allocation of parts necessary to build the order. In that circumstance, the soft allocated parts can be cleared for allocation by a different order. Alternatively, the order can be built short by hard allocating the soft allocated parts even though not enough parts are soft allocated to satisfy the required allocation of parts.