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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Faisal Aqlan, Erie, PA (US);
Juan F. Garzon, Staatsburgh, NY (US);
Alex R. Jorge-Ortiz, Wallkill, NY (US);
Sreekanth Ramakrishnan, Salem, MA (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Technical solutions are described to for assigning a team to resolve a defect during a manufacturing process. The method includes identifying a root cause of a defect from a root cause database by generating a reference code. The method also includes generating a defect score based on characteristics of the defect and the root cause, and identifying a set of solutions for the defect based on the defect score. The method also includes selecting a first solution from the set of solutions to implement and determining a candidate skill for the implementation. The method also includes identifying, from an employee database, a candidate employee that has the candidate skill and assigning the candidate employee to the team to resolve the defect.