| US 7,477,957 B2 | ||
| Method and system of controlled movement of dynamic-route WIP | ||
| Richard G. Burda, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. (US); Aseem K. Joshi, Wappingers Falls, N.Y. (US); Sameer T. Shikalgar, Wappingers Falls, N.Y. (US); Susan Kangas van Oss, Lagrangeville, N.Y. (US); and Patrick R. Varekamp, Croton on Hudson, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 30, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/393,030. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0239303 A1, Oct. 11, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 700—101 [700/95; 700/97; 700/100] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A system, comprising at least one device configured to:
create a target based on a sum of active work-in-progress (WIP) targets for at least one route;
find all lots of active WIP on the at least one route;
tag each of the lots until a first occurrence of a sum of WIP of the tagged lots exceeds or equals the target; and
assign a priority to each of the tagged lots based on a predetermined criteria,
wherein the target is a daily takt rate for a new technology WIP flow,
the new technology WIP flow contains all routes having a level of experimental activity that exceeds a predetermined threshold,
and
tagging is stopped after the first occurrence of the sum of WIP of the tagged lots exceeds or equals the target, such that
any remaining lots of active WIP are untagged.
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