Abstract: In a method of a technology for visual workflow process notation and layout, a workflow process graphical user interface is generated. A plurality of activity nodes is arranged along a workflow path, with each activity node representing a work activity. The activity nodes are arranged on the workflow path in representation of an order of performance of work activities within the process of performing work. A material flow path is arranged adjacent to the workflow path. The material flow path is representative of a flow of a material through the work activities associated with the plurality of activity nodes. A resource allocation node is disposed adjacent to a portion of the material flow path and one of said activity nodes. The resource allocation node represents a resource utilized in performing a work activity, represented by the adjacent activity node, upon a material represented by the portion of the material flow path.

Abstract: A data exchange system for communicating with a database having a plurality of data tables includes a plurality of internal classes adapted to represent data from the data tables in a business entity format, a plurality of query structures corresponding to the plurality of data tables and a plurality of document classes referencing one or more of the plurality of query structures. The data exchange system allows an application to communicate with the database without having to know the structure of the database. Moreover the data exchange system allows the database to communicate with a document without having to know any business logic governing the creation, retrieval, update, deletion, etc., of the document.

Abstract: An application development system includes a referencing component configured to reference an external component in an external development environment and to read type information for the referenced external component. An authoring component is configured to aid a user in authoring an application using the type information read from the referenced external component and using a language extension that allows external objects corresponding to the external component to be created by the external runtime environment and which allows methods to be invoked on the external objects and object declarations.

Abstract: A method of analyzing production throughput is disclosed. The method may define production constraints, define timing constraints, define resource constraints, add a weight to one or more solution strategies for the production throughput and calculate a production throughput solution to satisfy the constraints and the weighted solution strategies and report the calculated production throughput solution.

Abstract: An application development system includes a referencing component configured to reference an external component in an external development environment and to read type information for the referenced external component. An authoring component is configured to aid a user in authoring an application using the type information read from the referenced external component and using a language extension that allows external objects corresponding to the external component to be created by the external runtime environment and which allows methods to be invoked on the external objects and object declarations.

Abstract: The method includes steps for creating and or modifying the organizational structure and data content of a frame-based, hierarchical product database with the use of tabularly arranged product data. The method features steps for enabling determination of a hierarchical database organizational structure capable of accommodating importation of tabular product data. Additionally, the method feature steps for facilitating either modification of an existing organizational structure where the database already exists, or, creation of a new frame-based, hierarchical organizational structure suitable for receiving the tabular data by generating an entirely new, original structure where none is available.

Abstract: In response to the users actions relative to graphical representations of a multiple inheritance concept hierarchy to delete, add or modify the relationships between the various concepts, property declaration, property constraints and relationships therebetween, this system first, recognizes and disambiguates possible semantic incoherance introduced by the changes; second, suggests alternative procedures to ameliorate any perceived incoherence; third, interactively allows an agent (user or machine) to select from one of the alternatives; and fourth, performs the sequence of necessary operations to resolve semantic incoherence in the modified hierarchy.