Abstract: This disclosure relates to tools for optimizing complex processes or systems, such as flow process charts and, more specifically to the automatic graphical renderings of processes. In an exemplary embodiment, the process is a complex process including hundreds or thousands of operations. In an exemplary embodiment, a device displays a first view that includes a complete progression diagram automatically generated from data stored in a database, and at least some directional lines of the complete progression diagram unintelligibly overlap. In response to a selection of a particular operation in the complete progression diagram, in an exemplary embodiment, the display toggles to a second view that includes a focus diagram. In an exemplary embodiment, an edit to the focus diagram is checked in real-time and rejected if the edit orphans of an object currently undergoing the process on a live production line.

Abstract: Tools for optimizing complex processes or systems, such as flow process charts are provided. More specifically, processes are automatically graphically rendered and editable. A progression diagram is automatically generated from data stored in a data storage, and at least some directional lines of the progression diagram unintelligibly overlap. In response to a selection of a particular operation in the progression diagram a view is presented that includes a focus diagram. The focus diagram and progression diagram are editable to enable a change in a functional relationship between two nodes within the focus diagram and/or the progression diagram.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to tools for optimizing complex processes or systems, such as flow process charts and, more specifically to the automatic graphical renderings of processes. In an exemplary embodiment, the process is a complex process including hundreds or thousands of operations. In an exemplary embodiment, a device displays a first view that includes a complete progression diagram automatically generated from data stored in a database, and at least some directional lines of the complete progression diagram unintelligibly overlap. In response to a selection of a particular operation in the complete progression diagram, in an exemplary embodiment, the display toggles to a second view that includes a focus diagram. In an exemplary embodiment, an edit to the focus diagram is checked in real-time and rejected if the edit orphans an object currently undergoing the process on a live production line.

Abstract: A quantitative approach to analytically assess technical elements within a system design. Numerical analysis and sorting is performed across the technical elements. Risk analysis is performed by evaluating criteria and ranking the evaluated criteria. The ranking criteria are placed into groups, with the groups identifying area that will be mitigated against risk.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to tools for optimizing complex processes or systems, such as flow process charts and, more specifically to the automatic graphical renderings of processes. In an exemplary embodiment, the process is a complex process including hundreds or thousands of operations. In an exemplary embodiment, a device displays a first view that includes a complete progression diagram automatically generated from data stored in a database, and at least some directional lines of the complete progression diagram unintelligibly overlap. In response to a selection of a particular operation in the complete progression diagram, in an exemplary embodiment, the display toggles to a second view that includes a focus diagram. In an exemplary embodiment, an edit to the focus diagram is checked in real-time and rejected if the edit orphans of an object currently undergoing the process on a live production line.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to tools for optimizing complex processes or systems, such as flow process charts and, more specifically to the automatic graphical renderings of processes. In an exemplary embodiment, the process is a complex process including hundreds or thousands of operations. In an exemplary embodiment, a device displays a first view that includes a complete progression diagram automatically generated from data stored in a database, and at least some directional lines of the complete progression diagram unintelligibly overlap. In response to a selection of a particular operation in the complete progression diagram, in an exemplary embodiment, the display toggles to a second view that includes a focus diagram. In an exemplary embodiment, an edit to the focus diagram is checked in real-time and rejected if the edit orphans of an object currently undergoing the process on a live production line.

Abstract: A system to facilitate analysis of component leads is provided and includes a device to form a picture of the leads, from which an image is extracted, to apportion the image and to perform first and second scans of the portions, and a processor, including a memory unit having a set of computer-readable executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed, cause the processor to receive data of each scan, to establish a rule, based on the data of the first scan of any one portion, governing when to judge that the data of the second scan of the one portion indicates a defect, to determine rule compliance for each of the second scans, to judge that any one second scan in a non-compliance state indicates a defect, and to report a location of the defect. A display unit displays the report to a user.

Abstract: A system to facilitate analysis of component leads is provided and includes a device to form a picture of the leads, from which an image is extracted, to apportion the image and to perform first and second scans of the portions, and a processor, including a memory unit having a set of computer-readable executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed, cause the processor to receive data of each scan, to establish a rule, based on the data of the first scan of any one portion, governing when to judge that the data of the second scan of the one portion indicates a defect, to determine rule compliance for each of the second scans, to judge that any one second scan in a non-compliance state indicates a defect, and to report a location of the defect. A display unit displays the report to a user.

Abstract: A system and a method for verifying the correct placement of feeders in automated placement machines. The system includes a general purpose computer having a visual display and a software application which processes identification information scanned by the handheld wireless identification reader and compares the identification information to a feeder list. The software application then provides instructions on the visual display to the operator. If the previously scanned feeder is determined by the verification program to be in the correct slot the program instructs the operator to proceed to and scan the next feeder. If the previously scanned feeder is determined by the verification program not to be in a correct slot then the verification program alerts the operator to the error and prevents the operator from proceeding to the next feeder until the determination of the previous feeder is corrected.

Abstract: According to a preferred embodiment, there is provided an automatic flowcharting method for diagrammatically representing a multi-nodal process comprising processing operations and decision operations, the method comprising: converting processing operations and decision operations of the multi-nodal process into a data structure; analyzing the data structure for identifying a first group of processing operations that appear once in the data structure, and for identifying a second group of processing operations that are associated with two or more decision operations in the data structure; traversing said data structure to generate an ordered sequence of processing operations for visual representation; and generating a diagrammatic representation of the ordered sequence including orienting successive processing operations in a vertical dimension and associating attributes to each processing operation of the processing operations according to their identified group while offsetting each successive processing op