US 7,489,976 B2
System and method for dynamically simulating process and value stream maps
Hosni I Adra, 1532 Placer Ct., Naperville, Ill. 60565 (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/225,708.
Prior Publication US 2007/0078531 A1, Apr. 05, 2007
Int. Cl. G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G06F 7/60 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 700—29  [703/2] 53 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer readable medium comprising instructions executed by a computer system to implement a method for dynamically improving a process flow, the method comprising:
identifying a plurality of cells of the process flow, which are each characterized by a corresponding plurality of productivity parameters;
triggering a state engine to simulate the process flow, the state engine configured to manage the plurality of productivity parameters and operations rules related to the process flow;
determining at least one process improvement;
identifying at least one productivity parameter that corresponds to the at least one process improvement; and
providing on the fly an adjustment of the at least one identified productivity parameter to the state engine to dynamically modify the simulation of the process flow.