Patents by Inventor Mark L. Spearman

Mark L. Spearman 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).

  • Patent number: 8234149
    Abstract: A production and inventory control for a manufacturing facility is provided that facilitates and coordinates improved planning and execution of such facility in a supply chain with a focus on providing an improved and robust planning, production and inventory control, even in the presence of uncertainty. This may include Optimal Planning that can balance the need for low inventory, low cost (i.e., high utilization of equipment and labor), and efficient on-time delivery. The result of such planning is not a schedule per se but a set of parameters that form a dynamic policy that generates an evolving schedule as conditions (demand, production) materialize. An Optimal Execution applies the dynamic policy resulting in a manufacturing system that is robust enough to accommodate moderate changes in demand and/or capacity without the need to reschedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Factory Physics, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark L. Spearman
  • Publication number: 20110230994
    Abstract: A production and inventory control for a manufacturing facility is provided that facilitates and coordinates improved planning and execution of such facility in a supply chain with a focus on providing an improved and robust planning, production and inventory control, even in the presence of uncertainty. This may include Optimal Planning that can balance the need for low inventory, low cost (i.e., high utilization of equipment and labor), and efficient on-time delivery. The result of such planning is not a schedule per se but a set of parameters that form a dynamic policy that generates an evolving schedule as conditions (demand, production) materialize. An Optimal Execution applies the dynamic policy resulting in a manufacturing system that is robust enough to accommodate moderate changes in demand and/or capacity without the need to reschedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventor: MARK L. SPEARMAN
  • Patent number: 7941236
    Abstract: A production and inventory control for a manufacturing facility is provided that facilitates and coordinates improved planning and execution of such facility in a supply chain with a focus on providing an improved and robust planning, production and inventory control, even in the presence of uncertainty. This may include Optimal Planning that can balance the need for low inventory, low cost (i.e., high utilization of equipment and labor), and efficient on-time delivery. The result of such planning is not a schedule per se but a set of parameters that form a dynamic policy that generates an evolving schedule as conditions (demand, production) materialize. An Optimal Execution applies the dynamic policy resulting in a manufacturing system that is robust enough to accommodate moderate changes in demand and/or capacity without the need to reschedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Factory Physics, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark L. Spearman
  • Publication number: 20110082774
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a computer implemented method for an automated selection of an optimal inventory strategy from a set of available strategies based, at least in part, on a set of optimal individual policies associated with one or more items of a plurality of items maintained in a particular inventory stock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventor: Mark L. Spearman