International Business Machines Corporation

Warren Boldrin

Chanchal Saha

Oswald J Mantilla

Sreekanth Ramakrishnan

Jason McAllister

Jason Hirst

Faisal Aqlan

Nosaiba Dar Mousa

A component testing plan considers both distinguishable components and undistinguishable components for each of the distinguishable components. In addition to distinguishable and undistinguishable components, inputs to the system include a level of customer demand, using component-based demand forecasting, and what test types are to be performed. The system then determines a set of combinatorial test options for each of the test types and a cycle time for each combinatorial test option. The system then cognitively develops a component testing plan including a listing of combinatorial test(s) of the set of combinatorial test options for each test type to be performed and how many times to perform each combinatorial test(s) on a testing machine with a known capacity in order to minimize a total cycle time for all of the test types and a number of the testing machine needed; and implementing the component testing plan on a set of test components on a production line.

Component testing plan considering distinguishable and undistinguishable components

The embodiments relate to dynamic server drawer build plan management. Output data associated with a data source is received. A drawer build plan list and one or more inventory scenarios are generated based on the received data. At least one build plan is chosen from the build plan list, and one or more drawer design configurations are compared to at least one inventory scenario to produce a set of eligible drawer design configurations. A drawer design configuration is selected from the set for one or more respective drawer build plans based on one or more constraints. A connection is established to a computer, and information associated with each selected drawer design configuration is transmitted to the second computer.

Dynamic planning and configuration based on inconsistent supply

A method, data processing system and computer program product for managing inventory used in a manufacturing operation to manufacture a product. The method includes a processor communicating with at least one database containing manufacturing operation data. Several inventory locations and components are identified within the manufacturing operation data. A current component inventory and space data, historical component usage data and a demand forecast are retrieved. A statistical analysis is performed upon the current component inventory and space data, the historical component usage data and the demand forecast to obtain a target inventory level range for each of the components at each of the inventory locations. An inventory level control chart is generated, based on the statistical analysis, for selected components associated with at least one inventory location.

Performing hierarchical data-driven inventory and warehouse management in manufacturing environments

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