Patents by Inventor Katsuyuki Tabuchi

Katsuyuki Tabuchi 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: 20040148227
    Abstract: A method for procuring parts includes the steps of determining a planned production quantity of a product to be produced during a predetermined time period; preparing an order form, the order form comprising an order quantity obtained by calculating, according to the planned production quantity, a required parts quantity required during the predetermined time period and calculating, according to the required parts quantity, a parts quantity to be delivered during the predetermined time period, and sending it to a supplier; determining an actual production quantity of the product to be produced during a predetermined time period taking a current production progress status into consideration; and issuing a delivery instruction form comprising a delivery quantity being a parts quantity to be delivered during the predetermined time period, the parts quantity calculated according to the actual production quantity, and sending the delivery instruction form to the supplier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Tabuchi, Shigeki Yamada