Linda Lorraine Perez

US Patent:

6615096, Sep 2, 2003

Filed:

Jan 31, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/494175

Inventors:

Douglas J. Durrant - Mission Viejo CA
Gerald L. Hill - Huntington Beach CA
Linda S. Perez - Laguna Niguel CA

Assignee:

NCR Corporation - Dayton OH

International Classification:

G06F 1900

US Classification:

700115, 700109, 700110, 7071041

Abstract:

A method and system for providing a manufacturing information system is disclosed. The system comprises a means for receiving and storing in a data warehouse component identifiers for identifying component manufacturing parameters for a quantity of components. The system further includes product identifiers for identifying manufactured products. The system further comprises a relational means for relating the component identifiers with the product identifiers for the products in which the components are included. The system further comprises a means for receiving a sub-set of the product identifiers, wherein the sub-set of product identifiers is for identifying a sub-set of the products which have a variation in performance. The system further comprises an analytical tool for correlating at least one of the component identifiers with the received sub-set of product identifiers, thereby identifying the component manufacturing parameter identified by the at least one component identifier as a possible cause of the variation in performance.