Abstract: An operation control apparatus of the invention includes a KPI tree preparation field for accepting an issues-structure tree indicating a causal relation of an issue of an organization having a plurality of departments, and KPI definition information having a KPI for evaluating the issue mutually associated with the department responsible for the KPI, and a KPI tree generation field for generating a KPI tree indicating the causal relation of the KPI from the issues-structure tree indicating the causal relation of the issue by accepting a user's association of the KPI with the issue constituting the issues-structure tree.

Abstract: The present invention provides a takt system and method for the collaboration of production processes with uncertain time, which relates to the technical field of task collaboration. The present invention measures the collaboration efficiency of the production processes with indices such as estimated wasted time, and calculates the estimated wasted time by the expectation of the weighted sum of wasted time. For the collaboration of the production processes with uncertain time, the propagation of uncertainty factors and occurrence of wasted time in the collaborative production process are limited in a manner of takt. In different scenarios focusing on the collaboration efficiency and completion probability of the production processes, two takt control models are established, and takt solutions for the collaboration of production processes with uncertain time are obtained by solving the models.

Abstract: A difference extracting device includes an information collecting unit configured to collect, from each of a plurality of production facilities each including a device having an electric motor and a control device configured to control the device, status information representing a state of each of the plurality of production facilities, a difference extracting unit configured to extract a difference in the status information between the plurality of production facilities, and a difference display processing unit configured to display the extracted difference on a display screen.

Abstract: A shipping container optimization and utilization system and method for identifying and utilizing otherwise unused, deadheading shipping containers. The systems and methods aggregate, compile, and index cargo capacity data into a searchable database so that users can identify and pair loads with unused shipping containers. The systems and methods improve efficiency in transportation and shipping routes.

Abstract: Performance quantifying and reporting for machine assets includes storing, in a work plan, asset tag assignments for a plurality of assets, and receiving location information, for example, indicative of a segment of a work cycle, being worked on by an asset. Attributes of an asset, including an inferred occurrence or non-occurrence of an asset-to-asset interaction, are based upon the location information and matching of role-based asset tags between or amongst assets. Performance history of the asset is quantified and reported based on the identified attributes for displaying, on a user interface, machine asset performance metrics.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating an agenda for a group meeting are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment, the collaboration environment being configured to facilitate interaction by users with the collaboration environment; obtain user input information conveying user input to initiate individual group meetings with individual groups of users; responsive to obtaining the user input information: identify the individual groups of users corresponding to the individual group meetings, and/or identify the work unit records corresponding to the individual group meetings; generate agenda information defining individual agendas for the individual group meetings, the individual agendas including individual sets of agenda items, an individual agenda item corresponding to an individual work unit record; and/or perform other operations.

Abstract: A mobile Quality Management/Control system for performing mobile product inspections is provided. A mobile device, such as a tablet, is configured to communicate with one or more databases and allow for real time entry (and subsequent access) of the details of product inspections for quality control and management purposes. The details of such inspections are maintained and available for all subsequent inspections. The mobile device is further configured to provide inspectors with inspection procedures and/or tutorials associated with the inspections being performed.

Abstract: System and methods may facilitate user guidance to risk relationship documents for an enterprise. A risk relationship document data store may contain a set of electronic data records, each electronic data record being associated with a risk relationship document and including a document identifier and a set of document metadata values. A document navigation computer may receive information from a user associated with the enterprise, and, based on the information received from the user and document metadata values, dynamically create a sub-set of the documents in the risk relationship data document data store. An interactive user interface display computer may provide indications associated with the documents in the dynamically created sub-set to the user via an interactive user interface and receive a selected document of the dynamically created sub-set. The user interface display computer may then, responsive to the selection, deliver the selected document to a remote user device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for crawling feedback sources and generating a product improvement recommendation. In an embodiment, a Product Optimization Crawler and Monitor (POCM) system may crawl feedback comments from different sources such as an Internet source or a customer feedback database. The POCM system may apply artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and constraint modeling techniques to the feedback comments to identify product features as well as a feedback category corresponding to the product feature. The feedback category may include a positive, negative, or neutral feedback category. Using this information, the POCM system may generate a summary of the feedback from different sources and/or generate product improvement recommendation. The product improvement recommendation may include suggesting that a component from a first product be replaced with a similar component from a second product.

Abstract: This document describes impact networks that enable stakeholders to measure and take actions to adjust the impact of changes to products and services. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a stakeholder impact graph defining stakeholders. Each stakeholder is a node that is connected to at least one other stakeholder by an impact relationship edge. Data defining a first design perturbation in one or more design properties for a product or service of a first stakeholder is received from the first stakeholder. A determination is made, for one or more second stakeholders of the stakeholders connected to the first stakeholder by a respective impact relationship edge, a respective impact on the second stakeholder caused by the first design perturbation. Data defining a remediation perturbation that adjusts the respective impact of the first deign perturbation on the one or more second stakeholders is received.

Abstract: Methods and systems determine at least one production constraint for a material loading system and a material processing system; estimate an effect of entropy on a cycle time of a material conveying system to produce a future cycle time estimate; estimate an effect of entropy on a material processing time to produce a future material processing time estimate; predict whether a delay will occur during the operation of the material loading, material conveying, and material processing systems; estimate a duration of the predicted delay; determine a loading system capacity and a conveying system capacity required to meet the defined production target based on the production constraint and estimates of the future cycle time, the future material processing time, and the duration of the predicted delay; and deploy one or more material loading and conveying systems to meet the determined loading and conveying system capacities.

Abstract: This invention innovates an integrated instructional educational methodology called (An)x-to-One training model to students both in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (“STEM”) or other fields of education and in leadership development into one professional integrated training program. The system has testimonial feedbacks for effective and positive results when providing training for a wide range of students from children to adults. Examples of the present educational model can be particularly useful for high school students, undergraduate students who are learning STEM, and in interaction with formal working employees through the system's integration of many kinds of events and social activities. The system uses formation of an advisor team and labs to enhance leadership training as well as a follow up service which provides support to students.

Abstract: Methods and systems for data modelling. One method includes receiving a data stream including a first plurality of data points, aggregating the first plurality of data points to a second plurality of data points including values at a first frequency, and building, with at least one electronic processor, a first model based on the second plurality of data points, wherein the first model is configured to generate data values at the first frequency. The method also includes accessing a second model based on a third plurality of data points, wherein the second model is configured to generate data values at a second frequency shorter than the first frequency, generating a first data output using the first model, generating a second data output using the second model, multiplying the first data output by the second data output to generate a third data output, and outputting the third data output for display.

Abstract: A system and method of combining table management software and customer experience skills by generating profiles of patrons, servers, and restaurants and using machine learning algorithms on those profiles to build more intimate relationships between patrons, food service establishments, and food service professionals. Trait matching provides optimized matchmaking between patrons and servers who share certain commonalities while also balancing the table management operations. Machine learning algorithms may be used to identify patterns of commonality that would not otherwise be recognized. This system allows patrons to choose servers at an establishment over a plurality of electronic devices by using the cluster analysis results. It provides servers more lateral work experience between participating restaurants, and restaurants more power to operate smoothly and build highly cohesive teams.

Abstract: In an aspect, a method includes: providing, to a first client device, an invitation configuration interface for display on the first client device, the invitation configuration interface including a selectable option to specify a date associated with an invitation for a milestone event, a selectable option to configure a value storage account, and a selectable option to define a recipient associated with the invitation; receiving, through the invitation configuration interface, a configuration parameter for the value storage account and a messaging address for the recipient; and providing an electronic invitation to the recipient by sending a message to a recipient device using the messaging address, the electronic invitation including a selectable option to send an electronic response to the invitation and a selectable option to transfer value to the value storage account.

Abstract: A computerized trading system includes a master node and a plurality of regional nodes, the master and regional nodes each including a processor and memory, and where the master node is communicatively coupled to each of the regional nodes over a network. The master node and regional nodes are programmed to perform a method for updating limits for each of the regional nodes, where the master node maintains a global limit and a ratio representing a proportion of the global limit allocable to each of the regional nodes. The master node allocates to each regional node a local limit that is a proportion of the global limit in accordance with the ratio, and monitors the local limit utilization at each of the regional nodes. When the master node detects one or more events, the master node allocates a new local limit to one or more of the regional nodes.

Abstract: An online survey platform and process for correlating the bid price offered by a supplier for the completion of an out-of-network survey hosted on the survey platform to one or more intrinsic value indicators of the survey. If the supplier's bid price is less than or equal to the survey budget price set by the buyer, then the routing platform of the present invention will route the supplier's respondent(s) to the survey.

Abstract: Determines an optimal route for a given user to travel from the given user's current physical location to a secondary location so that the given user can perform an exercise routine at the secondary location. In order to determine the optimal route for the given user, at least some of the following factors are considered: the amount of available time the given user has between engagements in his or her daily schedule, the distance between the current location and the secondary location, and the weather.

Abstract: A method includes generating a control set, based on input received via a user interface, the control set comprising at least a first product of a product category type. The method further includes generating a test set, based on input received via the user interface, the test set comprising at least a second product of the product category type other than the first product in the control set. The method further includes changing a feature of the second product in the test set, the feature being visible on a web page via the internet, while maintaining the feature of the first product in the control set. The method further includes measuring competitor or consumer responses to the changing. The method further includes generating a recommendation based on the measured competitor or consumer responses.

Abstract: A method and system for a machine learning cluster analysis of historical lead time data, which is augmented by one or more features. The data can also be divided into groups, based on time-density of the data, with clustering performed on each group. Furthermore, clustering can also be projected onto two dimensions. In addition, the historical lead time data is separated into a plurality of tolerance zones based on tolerance criteria. The clusters are separated in accordance with a tolerance zone of each group; and further separated according to one or more lead time identifiers to provide one or more separated clusters.