Patents by Inventor Kimball A. Stanton

Kimball A. Stanton 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).

  • Managing assemblies with uncertain demands containing common parts
    Patent number: 8321305
    Abstract: A system and method for planning common-use parts in such a way that operating inventory levels are reduced without introducing more risk of parts outages. One embodiment comprises determining use of at least one common component in a plurality of product models, receiving a forecast for the plurality of product models that use the common component, computing a demand correction factor for each of the forecasts, and determining inventory requirements for the at least one common component based at least in part on the respective forecasts and demand correction factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kent K. Komejan, Randy M. Reimer, Kimball A. Stanton
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MANAGE ASSEMBLIES WITH UNCERTAIN DEMANDS CONTAINING COMMON PARTS
    Publication number: 20100070390
    Abstract: A system and method for planning common-use parts in such a way that operating inventory levels are reduced without introducing more risk of parts outages. One embodiment comprises determining use of at least one common component in a plurality of product models, receiving a forecast for the plurality of product models that use the common component, computing a demand correction factor for each of the forecasts, and determining inventory requirements for the at least one common component based at least in part on the respective forecasts and demand correction factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Kent K. Komejan, Randy M. Reimer, Kimball A. Stanton