Tiling production of packaging materials

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016239775-A1
Application number	US-201615135059-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 21, 2016
Priority date	Jan 18, 2013
Publication date	Aug 18, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments described herein generally relate to a customizable management system for various unique packaging production architectures. The customizable management system can be configurable to universally integrate with various systems within a variety of unique packaging production architectures. For example, the customizable management system can comprise one or more importer modules that receive package creation requests and translate the requests into a second format that is readable by one or more staging and selection modules. The system may also comprise staging and selection modules that are configured to identify within each translated packaging creation order one or more final packaging parameters and identify a workgroup that is capable of meeting the one or more final packaging parameters. The system may also comprise one or more machine group modules in communication with one or more packaging stations.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A customizable management system for various unique packaging production architectures, wherein the customizable management system is configurable to universally integrate with various systems within a variety of unique packaging production architectures, the customizable management system comprising:
one or more importer modules that are configured to receive package creation requests and translate the received package creations requests into a second format that is readable by one or more staging and selection modules; the one or more staging and selection modules in communication with the importer module and configured to:
receive translated packaging creation orders from the importer module;
identify within each translated packaging creation order one or more final packaging parameters, and
identify a workgroup that is capable of meeting the one or more final packaging parameters; and
one or more machine group modules in communication with one or more packaging stations.

2 . The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more staging and selection modules are configured to integrate with one or more distinct packaging architectures.

3 . The system as recited in claim 1 , further comprising an importer module plugin, wherein the importer module plugin comprises a functionality that the one or more importer modules lack.

4 . The system as recited in claim 3 , wherein the importer module plugin provides the one or more importer modules with the ability to receive and interpret packaging template requests from a particular production architecture.

5 . The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more staging and selection modules comprises a trigger detection component that determines when a specific packaging template creation order should be sent to a specific machine group.

6 . The system as recited in claim 5 , wherein one or more machine group configuration scripts determine when the trigger detection component receives a triggering action.

7 . The system as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a selection module plugin, wherein the selection module plugin comprises a functionality that the one or more staging and selection modules lack.

8 . The system as recited in claim 7 , wherein the selection module plugin provides the one or more selection modules with the ability to provide packaging template orders within a particular picking line architecture.

9 . The system as recited in claim 8 , further comprising:
a first selection module plugin that provides the one or more selection modules with the ability to provide packaging template orders within a first picking line architecture; and a second selection module plugin that provides the one or more selection modules with the ability to provide packaging template orders within a second picking line architecture that is different from the first picking line architecture.

10 . A method for configuring a packaging production architecture with a customizable management system, wherein the customizable management system is configurable to universally integrate with various systems within a variety of unique packaging production architectures, the method comprising:
receiving, at a selection module, one or more picking line configuration scripts, wherein the one or more picking line configuration scripts comprise instructions for interacting with particular picking line architectures; receiving, at a machine group module, one or more packaging production machine configuration scripts, wherein the one or more packaging production machine configuration scripts comprise instructions for interacting with particular machine groups; and generating a packaging creation order based upon a packaging request received by an importer module and instructions received from the one or more picking line configuration scripts and the one or more packaging production machine configuration scripts.

11 . The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein at least a portion of the received one or more picking line configuration scripts are compatible with different respective picking line architectures.

12 . The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein at least a portion of the received one or more packaging production machine configuration scripts are compatible with different respective packaging production machines.

13 . The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein at least one of the picking line configuration scripts is configured for a box-last packaging production architecture and at least one of the picking line configuration scripts is configured for a box-first packaging production architecture.

14 . The method as recited in claim 10 , further comprising receiving, at the selection control module, an indication associating each of the received one or more picking line configuration scripts with one or more of packaging production machines.

15 . The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein at least one of the particular machine groups comprises a virtual machine group that does not comprise a packaging production machine.

16 . The method as recited in claim 15 , wherein at least one of the one or more picking line configuration scripts comprises instructions for:
identifying that the packaging request does not require the construction of a packaging template, and communicating the packaging creation order to the virtual machine group.

17 . The method as recited in claim 16 , wherein the virtual machine group comprises a label printer and the packaging request comprise a request for a label.

18 . The method as recited in claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving, at the importer module, one or more import configuration scripts, wherein the one or more import configuration scripts comprise instructions for interpreting packaging requests.

19 . The method as recited in claim 18 , wherein the one or more import configuration scripts comprise instructions for interacting with a box cubing system.

20 . A computer program product comprising one or more computer storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed at a processor, cause the computer system to perform a method for configuring a packaging production architecture with a customizable management system, the method comprising:
receiving, at a selection module, one or more picking line configuration scripts, wherein the one or more picking line configuration scripts comprise instructions for interacting with particular picking line architectures; receiving, at a machine group module, one or more packaging production machine configuration scripts, wherein the one or more packaging production machine configuration scripts comprise instructions for interacting with particular machine groups; and generating a packaging template creation order based upon a packaging request received by an importer module and information received from the one or more picking line configuration scripts and the one or more packaging production machine configuration scripts.

Assignees

• Packsize Llc

Inventors

• Featherstone Chris R
• Rasmussen Jeffrey Lee
• Harnesk Andreas
• Osterhout Ryan
• Karlsson Stefan
• Lingstyul Robert
• Smith Clinton P

Classifications

• G06Q50/04

  Manufacturing · CPC title

• G06Q10/06313 Primary

  Resource planning in a project environment · CPC title

• Y02P90/30

  Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing · CPC title