Patents by Inventor Leon McGinnis

Leon McGinnis 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).

  • Associated systems and methods for improving planning, scheduling, and supply chain management
    Patent number: 7499766
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for improving planning, scheduling, and supply chain management. Embodiments of the invention can provide some or all of the following: improved systems and methods for determining an optimal lot size, improved systems and methods for determining optimal WIP levels, improved systems and methods for an inventory advisor module, improved systems and methods for integrating functionality of a lot sizer and WIP module and an inventory module, improved systems and methods for implementing multi-echelon inventory analysis, and improved systems and methods for partitioning planning information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Invistics Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Knight, Donald Rosenfield, Steven Graves, Otis B. Jennings, John Bishop, Sichong Guan, Brian Sulka, Leon McGinnis, Patrick McDonnell
  • Associated systems and methods for improving planning, scheduling, and supply chain management
    Publication number: 20060235557
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for improving planning, scheduling, and supply chain management. Embodiments of the invention can provide some or all of the following: improved systems and methods for determining an optimal lot size, improved systems and methods for determining optimal WIP levels, improved systems and methods for an inventory advisor module, improved systems and methods for integrating functionality of a lot sizer and WIP module and an inventory module, improved systems and methods for implementing multi-echelon inventory analysis, and improved systems and methods for partitioning planning information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Knight, Donald Rosenfield, Steven Graves, Otis Jennings, John Bishop, Sichong Guan, Brian Sulka, Leon McGinnis, Patrick McDonnell