Patents by Inventor Dennis Barts

Dennis Barts has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20050288986
    Abstract: A product delivery system that moves products from manufacturing plant to destination. Particularly applicable to the delivery of vehicles from vehicle assembly plants to dealerships, the system utilizes a centralized management organization overseeing independent entities in a delivery network, and provides a management team with improved visibility of and improved tools for operating the network, such as a tracking system by which managers in many parts of the network have access to the status of individual products and network facilities, a simulation tool by which managers can test scenarios for the purpose of changing product routing plans based on predicted capacity and bottlenecks, and a planning tool that can facilitate preparation of product routing plans in response to information from the other tools. The system also uses feedback from the delivery network to influence the sequence in which the products are manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Dennis Barts, Jay Woodley, Keith Kimura, James Melwing, Charles Sallusti
  • Publication number: 20040107111
    Abstract: A product delivery system that moves products from manufacturing plant to destination. Particularly applicable to the delivery of vehicles from vehicle assembly plants to dealerships, the system utilizes a centralized management organization overseeing independent entities in a delivery network, and provides a management team with improved visibility of and improved tools for operating the network, such as a tracking system by which managers in many parts of the network have access to the status of individual products and network facilities, a simulation tool by which managers can test scenarios for the purpose of changing product routing plans based on predicted capacity and bottlenecks, and a planning tool that can facilitate preparation of product routing plans in response to information from the other tools. The system also uses feedback from the delivery network to influence the sequence in which the products are manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Barts, Jay Woodley, Keith Kimura, James Melwing, Charles Sallusti
  • Publication number: 20040073448
    Abstract: A product delivery system that moves products from manufacturing plant to destination. Particularly applicable to the delivery of vehicles from vehicle assembly plants to dealerships, the system utilizes a centralized management organization overseeing independent entities in a delivery network, and provides a management team with improved visibility of and improved tools for operating the network, such as a tracking system by which managers in many parts of the network have access to the status of individual products and network facilities, a simulation tool by which managers can test scenarios for the purpose of changing product routing plans based on predicted capacity and bottlenecks, and a planning tool that can facilitate preparation of product routing plans in response to information from the other tools. The system also uses feedback from the delivery network to influence the sequence in which the products are manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Barts, Jay Woodley, Keith Kimura, James Melwing, Charles Sallusti
  • Publication number: 20040054554
    Abstract: A product delivery system that moves products from manufacturing plant to destination. Particularly applicable to the delivery of vehicles from vehicle assembly plants to dealerships, the system utilizes a centralized management organization overseeing independent entities in a delivery network, and provides a management team with improved visibility of and improved tools for operating the network, such as a tracking system by which managers in many parts of the network have access to the status of individual products and network facilities, a simulation tool by which managers can test scenarios for the purpose of changing product routing plans based on predicted capacity and bottlenecks, and a planning tool that can facilitate preparation of product routing plans in response to information from the other tools. The system also uses feedback from the delivery network to influence the sequence in which the products are manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Barts, Jay Woodley, Keith Kimura, James Melwing, Charles Sallusti
  • Publication number: 20040039597
    Abstract: A product delivery system that moves products from manufacturing plant to destination. Particularly applicable to the delivery of vehicles from vehicle assembly plants to dealerships, the system utilizes a centralized management organization overseeing independent entities in a delivery network, and provides a management team with improved visibility of and improved tools for operating the network, such as a tracking system by which managers in many parts of the network have access to the status of individual products and network facilities, a simulation tool by which managers can test scenarios for the purpose of changing product routing plans based on predicted capacity and bottlenecks, and a planning tool that can facilitate preparation of product routing plans in response to information from the other tools. The system also uses feedback from the delivery network to influence the sequence in which the products are manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Barts, Jay Woodley, Keith Kimura, James Melwing, Charles Sallusti
  • Publication number: 20020082893
    Abstract: A product delivery system that moves products from manufacturing plant to destination. Particularly applicable to the delivery of vehicles from vehicle assembly plants to dealerships, the system utilizes a centralized management organization overseeing independent entities in a delivery network, and provides a management team with improved visibility of and improved tools for operating the network, such as a tracking system by which managers in many parts of the network have access to the status of individual products and network facilities, a simulation tool by which managers can test scenarios for the purpose of changing product routing plans based on predicted capacity and bottlenecks, and a planning tool that can facilitate preparation of product routing plans in response to information from the other tools. The system also uses feedback from the delivery network to influence the sequence in which the products are manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Dennis Barts, Jay Woodley, Keith Kimura, James Melwing, Charles Sallusti