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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Francis E. Del Rosario, Rochester, MN (US);
Kael B. Eddy, Lanesboro, MN (US);
Clinton W. Erie, Adams, MN (US);
Ivory W. Knipfer, Rochester, MN (US);
Matthew H. Zemke, Rochester, MN (US);
Francis E. Del Rosario, Rochester, MN (US);
Kael B. Eddy, Lanesboro, MN (US);
Clinton W. Erie, Adams, MN (US);
Ivory W. Knipfer, Rochester, MN (US);
Matthew H. Zemke, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present routing returned inventory assets and provide a method, system and computer program product for routing items in a manufacturing environment. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for routing items in a manufacturing environment can be provided. The method can include defining attributes of work pools in the manufacturing environment, defining a set of reuse strategies for use in the manufacturing environment, receiving a returned inventory asset in the manufacturing environment and obtaining at least one attribute of the returned inventory asset, comparing the obtained at least one attribute of the returned inventory asset to the set of reuse strategies to select the reuse strategy to apply to the returned inventory asset and applying the selected reuse strategy to the returned inventory asset to assign the returned inventory asset to one of the work pools in the manufacturing environment. The method can further include the transportation of the returned inventory asset to a temporary location other than the assigned work pool, and can include updating a returned inventory asset tracking record to indicate the assigned work pool.