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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2012
Jason S. Lee, Oronoco, MN (US);
Ivory W. Knipfer, Rochester, MN (US);
Antoine Sater, Rochester, MN (US);
Manivannan Thavasi, Rochester, MN (US);
Yajun Tu, ShenZhen, CN;
Jason S. Lee, Oronoco, MN (US);
Ivory W. Knipfer, Rochester, MN (US);
Antoine Sater, Rochester, MN (US);
Manivannan Thavasi, Rochester, MN (US);
Yajun Tu, ShenZhen, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to staging manufactured items and provide a method, system and computer program product for staging items in a manufacturing environment. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for staging items in a manufacturing environment can be provided. The method can include defining attributes of staging locations in a distribution area of the manufacturing environment, defining a set of staging strategies for use in the distribution area of the manufacturing environment, receiving a manufactured item in the distribution area and obtaining characteristics of the manufactured item, and comparing the obtained characteristics of the manufactured item to the set of staging strategies to select the staging strategy to apply to the manufactured item.