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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2011
Eric Michael Gross, Rochester, NY (US);
Timothy Wayne Jacobs, Fairport, NY (US);
Jack Gaynor Elliot, Penfield, NY (US);
Sharath Srinivas, Webster, NY (US);
Sudhendu Rai, Webster, NY (US);
Eric Michael Gross, Rochester, NY (US);
Timothy Wayne Jacobs, Fairport, NY (US);
Jack Gaynor Elliot, Penfield, NY (US);
Sharath Srinivas, Webster, NY (US);
Sudhendu Rai, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and system for managing print shop workflow determines whether variations in print shop workflow may be reduced by shifting one or more customers' scheduled orders to different time periods. By shifting an order from one time period to another, the system may reduce variability in demand levels over time, thus helping increase overall system efficiency. To do this, one or more customers are selected as candidates for print shop order rescheduling. The system identifies customer orders that, if moved to other time periods, will most reduce demand level variations. A user may accept the system's recommendations, or the system may present a user with several alternative load leveling options for selection. The system may then cause the orders to be printed based on the load leveling proposal and the user's selection.