Patents by Inventor Patrick Dennis Regan

Patrick Dennis Regan 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).

  • Methods and systems for evaluating the impact of consolidating print shops on inventory levels
    Patent number: 8190488
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system of evaluating an impact of consolidating a plurality of print shops on inventory levels may include a processor and a processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processor. The processor-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for performing a method of evaluating an impact of consolidating a plurality of print shops on inventory levels. The method may include identifying a plurality of print shops to consolidate from an enterprise, identifying an inventory policy, receiving corresponding job demand information and determining a plurality of total inventory requirements for the identified print shops. The total inventory requirements may include a total average inventory level and a total order-up-to level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Sudhendu Rai, Patrick Dennis Regan
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF CONSOLIDATING PRINT SHOPS ON INVENTORY LEVELS
    Publication number: 20090313061
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system of evaluating an impact of consolidating a plurality of print shops on inventory levels may include a processor and a processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processor. The processor-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for performing a method of evaluating an impact of consolidating a plurality of print shops on inventory levels. The method may include identifying a plurality of print shops to consolidate from an enterprise, identifying an inventory policy, receiving corresponding job demand information and determining a plurality of total inventory requirements for the identified print shops. The total inventory requirements may include a total average inventory level and a total order-up-to level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sudhendu Rai, Patrick Dennis Regan