Patents by Inventor Melissa Beebe

Melissa Beebe 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).

  • Flexible ordering of inventory from material sources according to material requirements for manufacturing operations
    Patent number: 7346530
    Abstract: A method, computer system, computer program product, and signal embodied on a carrier wave for scheduling delivery of material to a manufacturer with a plurality of manufacturing lines. Each manufacturing line may include at least one operation, and deliveries are made according to the material requirements for the operation. Parts and/or raw materials are requested and delivered to an operation of at least one operation on a manufacturing line in the factory from in-house and external inventory based upon the work scheduled for that operation. Deliveries are scheduled continuously to allow changes in truck arrival schedules from material sources and changes in material requirements. Requests for materials to be delivered are delayed until the last possible moment for making the request to allow for these changes and to ensure that inventory is stored at a manufacturing line and/or operation for minimum time prior to the time the material is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin T. Jones, Melissa Beebe, Shafali Rastogi
  • Flexible Ordering of Inventory From Material Sources According to Material Requirements for Manufacturing Operations
    Publication number: 20070271159
    Abstract: A method, computer system, computer program product, and signal embodied on a carrier wave for scheduling delivery of material to a manufacturer with a plurality of manufacturing lines. Each manufacturing line may include at least one operation, and deliveries are made according to the material requirements for the operation. Parts and/or raw materials are requested and delivered to an operation of at least one operation on a manufacturing line in the factory from in-house and external inventory based upon the work scheduled for that operation. Deliveries are scheduled continuously to allow changes in truck arrival schedules from material sources and changes in material requirements. Requests for materials to be delivered are delayed until the last possible moment for making the request to allow for these changes and to ensure that inventory is stored at a manufacturing line and/or operation for minimum time prior to the time the material is needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Kevin Jones, Melissa Beebe, Shafali Rastogi
  • Flexible ordering of inventory from material sources according to material requirements for manufacturing operations
    Publication number: 20020103726
    Abstract: A method, computer system, computer program product, and signal embodied on a carrier wave for scheduling delivery of material to a manufacturer with a plurality of manufacturing lines. Each manufacturing line may include at least one operation, and deliveries are made according to the material requirements for the operation. Parts and/or raw materials are requested and delivered to an operation of at least one operation on a manufacturing line in the factory from in-house and external inventory based upon the work scheduled for that operation. Deliveries are scheduled continuously to allow changes in truck arrival schedules from material sources and changes in material requirements. Requests for materials to be delivered are delayed until the last possible moment for making the request to allow for these changes and to ensure that inventory is stored at a manufacturing line and/or operation for minimum time prior to the time the material is needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Kevin T. Jones, Melissa Beebe, Shafali Rastogi