Patents by Inventor Dirk Surholt

Dirk Surholt 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).

  • Method for the optimizing of a production process
    Patent number: 7369910
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for optimizing a production process having starting products, intermediate products and at least one final product. The present invention also relates to a digital storage medium and a computer program product that can be used in connection with the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Axxom Software AG
    Inventors: Dirk Surholt, Christopher Plapp
  • Method for the optimizing of a production process
    Publication number: 20050021164
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for optimizing a production process having starting products, intermediate products, and at least one final product, having the steps of quant generation and optimization. A feasible production plan for performing and/or controlling the production process is obtained as a result of the method, the feasible plan being established from the starting variables of target inventory quantities of the final products for at least one period and a material flow network, in which one or more production steps are each describable by one or more precursor products and one or more successor products and the linkages between production steps are describable through precursor and successor products and through the material factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Dirk Surholt, Christoph Plapp