Abstract: A supervisor adds to a subordinate's tasks, verifies completion and/or awards incentives upon completion for tasks managed by a task management device. The subordinate can also add tasks and/or reminders. Each task/reminder can have various prompts to the subordinate, a completion time/window, a prompt frequency/interval, a task repetition frequency./interval, and/or a completion incentive. Upon someone approaching the task management device, sensors incorporated into the device activates and identifies active tasks based on data associated with the stored tasks. The subordinate is reminded of each active task, visually and/or audibly. The subordinate can indicate whether an active task has been completed. The supervisor reviews the tasks' status to verify whether a particular task has been completed, and, upon verification, awards an incentive associated with that task to the subordinate.

Abstract: This invention provides a method utilizing component-to-attribute relationships resulting in a bill of materials documenting the specific structure of the configuration of an end product. Attributes and their values together with option attributes which describe the end product are input to a database. A check is made to determine if dependent attributes are required to further define the end product. A check is then made to determine if incompatible attribute combinations exist. Components are selected to satisfy the specific structure of the configuration of the end product. Part numbers and nomenclature are created to identify the configuration just created. A bill of materials is created to document the specific structure of the end product together with price/cost of the end product.