IP Library Granted Patent US 9,741,015
Granted Patent B2
US 9,741,015 · App. 14/010,262 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

Map based routing from bill of materials

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Patent No.
US 9,741,015
App. No.
14/010,262
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and system includes a bill of materials stored on a computer readable storage device, listing multiple components to be assembled. A mapping table is stored on a computer readable storage device having rows listing attributes of components of the bill of materials and a routing operation attribute identifying work centers or another unique attribute. A plurality of routing templates stored on a computer readable storage device, the routing templates identifying work centers and routing operations between work centers. A route generator utilizes the mapping table to map components from the bill of materials to a routing template and its operations.

Claims (34)

1. A system comprising:

one or more hardware processors; and

a computer readable storage device, coupled with the one or more processors, the computer readable storage device comprising:

a bill of materials stored on the computer readable storage device, listing multiple components to be assembled;

a mapping table stored on the computer readable storage device having rows listing components of the bill of materials and a routing attribute for each of the components, the mapping table identifying a uniform set of rules valid for a first system and a second system in a manufacturing process to synchronize the first system and the second system by creating a link between a routing of the first system and a routing of the second system, wherein the routing of the first system is structured differently than the routing of the second system;

a plurality of routing templates stored on the computer readable storage device, the routing templates identifying work centers and routing operations between work centers; and

a route generator to map components from the bill of materials to a routing template and its operations using the mapping table;

the computer readable storage device including instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

analyzing the bill of materials to identify the components in an order corresponding to an order of assembling the components during manufacture;

linking the components to the mapping table;

determining a first routing template for the first system that best matches the components in the bill of materials based on the linking of the components to the mapping table;

selecting the first routing template from the plurality of routing templates based on the mapping table to generate a routing for the components;

determining a second routing template for the second system that best matches the components in the bill of materials based on the linking of the component to the mapping table:

selecting the second routing, template from the plurality of routing templates based on the mapping table to generate a routing for the components, wherein the first routing template is different than the second routing template; and

modifying the selected second routing template based on the mapping table to generate a routing for the identified components.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the routing templates comprise templates for a manufacturing routing.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the routing templates for manufacturing routing include loops to handle rework.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the routing templates comprise templates for enterprise resource planning routing.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the routing templates for enterprise resource planning routing include work centers for ordering components.

6. The system of claim 1 , the instructions further comprising:

determining a number of hits on templates corresponding to the multiple components and selecting the routing template with the most hits to map the components.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mapping table includes a functional name for each component and the corresponding routing attribute identifying a work center.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein components in the bill of materials are listed in an order of manufacture.

9. The system of claim 8 , the instructions further comprising:

determining that a component of the components of the bill of material does not match an operation in the selected routing template; and

inserting the component into the selected routing template based on the order of manufacture in the bill of materials.

10. The system of claim 1 , the instructions further comprising:

determining that a component of the components of the bill of material does not match an operation in the selected routing template;

allowing a user to manually add an operation; and

inserting a row in the mapping table corresponding to the component and routing attributes that have been manually added.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first routing template from the plurality of routing templates based on the mapping table to generate a routing for the components further comprises:

modifying the selected routing template based on the mapping table to generate a routing for the identified components.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first routing template from the plurality of routing templates comprises selecting more than one routing template, and the instructions further comprising:

combining the more than one routing templates to create a new routing template.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2014
From: SAP AG
To: SAP SE
Reel/Frame 033625/0223 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2013
From: KOHLHOFF, STEPHAN
To: SAP AG
Reel/Frame 031084/0805 →