Embodiments described herein provide a system for facilitating a process plan for manufacturing an object. During operation, the system can determine a target search space based on a set of constraints. The target search space can include a set of manufacturing actions associated with a manufacturing process of the object. A respective manufacturing action can include an additive or subtractive manufacturing operation corresponding to the addition or removal of a predefined region of the object, respectively. The system can then traverse a set of sequence of actions in the target search space based on a search operation and select a sequence of actions satisfying a target objective as the process plan. A respective sequence of actions can include one or more manufacturing operations capable of producing the object. Subsequently, the system can provide the process plan to a controller configured to manage the manufacturing process of the object.

A support system displays, on the basis of management information as a past record which shows, for each product loaded in a production system in which a plurality of different models of products are loaded and a sequential order of two or more of a plurality of steps is different depending on the model, an execution time of each of the steps, at least one of a first holistic chart (having a time axis and showing a feature value of production situation of the product during a display target period on a per predetermined unit basis) and a second holistic chart (showing a relationship between a plurality of steps with respect to a flow of a plurality of models of products). The support system selects at least one of a model and a step for one of the holistic charts, and displays step element information.

A mining system for directing mine operations including a flow planner and a dispatcher. The flow planner receives operating parameters and global mine data and calculates a flow plan based on the operating parameters and the global parameters. The dispatcher then determines dispatch assignments based on the flow plan from the flow planner, and effects a dispatch of mining equipment based on the dispatch assignments.

In an example, a method is performed by a computing system that is one of a group of computing systems involved in facilitating a manufacturing of an aircraft. The method comprises generating a plurality of manufacturing task work statements (MTWSs), each MTWS being associated with a task involved in the manufacturing and comprising smart contract data and computer code. The method also comprises receiving system state information indicating (i) a schedule according to which the aircraft is to be manufactured, (ii) resources available for use in executing the MTWSs, and (iii) one or more aircraft certification requirements with which the tasks involved in the manufacturing of the aircraft are to comply. The method also comprises executing the MTWSs based on the system state information and storing, in a blockchain-based distributed ledger accessible by the group of computing systems, an end state result of the execution of each MTWS.

Systems and methods for providing power search and harvesting in a drone device provide execution of one or more tasks, wherein one of the tasks has a higher priority than the remaining tasks. A power mode is determined for executing the highest priority task by sequentially determining whether the highest priority task can be executed in one of a plurality of execution scenarios including from a charging pad associated with the drone, from another location using energy harvested from an existing energy source, from another location using energy harvested from an energy source enabled by the drone, or from another location using battery power alone. The highest priority task is executed in keeping with the first usable execution scenario found during the sequential determination.

A method for the automated booking of manual activities carried out by a worker in an industrial manufacturing plant while processing a workpiece is disclosed. The booking is performed in a digital control system for the creation of a digital process chain of the manufacturing. The digital process chain includes activity profiles, each of which is assigned to a manual activity. The method includes: providing movement data of a manual activity to be booked; providing position data of the manual activity to be booked; evaluating the movement data and the position data, wherein the movement data and the position data are input data of a classification process in which the input data are classified with respect to the activity profiles and a specific activity profile is output for the movement data; and booking the output specific activity profile in the digital process chain of the workpiece.

A system for managing and tracking plant management at a site is provided. The system includes a device management server and a plant management device communicatively connected to the device management server via a network. The plant management device is configured to: receive a plant management task order including task instructions for performing a plant management task and automatically perform the plant management task according to the task instructions; send a task receipt notification to the device management server, the task receipt notification including task beneficiary data; and transmit task performance data to the device management server, the task performance data logged during performance of the plant management task. The device management server is configured to: generate a work report for the plant management device from the task performance data; generate a billing report for the plant management device from the task beneficiary data and billing rate data, the billing report including a billable amount; and generate a productivity profile for the plant management device.

The invention relates to production planning systems and methods. A production optimization system is provided which has the following: a production environment with at least one first machine, a second machine, a distribution unit configured to be connected to the first machine and the second machine via a communication network and to ascertain the machine state thereof, and an optimization unit configured to generate a production plan where at least one task for producing a product is separated into machine-specific sub-tasks for the first machine or the second machine, said sub-tasks being provided with a sequence for the first machine or the second machine. The distribution unit ascertains the next occurring sub-task for the first machine or the second machine from the optimization unit while taking into consideration the respective machine state, to remove the sub-task from the production plan, and to assign the sub-task to the respective machine.

A support system displays, on the basis of management information as a past record which shows, for each product loaded in a production system in which a plurality of different models of products are loaded and a sequential order of two or more of a plurality of steps is different depending on the model, an execution time of each of the steps, at least one of a first holistic chart (having a time axis and showing a feature value of production situation of the product during a display target period on a per predetermined unit basis) and a second holistic chart (showing a relationship between a plurality of steps with respect to a flow of a plurality of models of products). The support system selects at least one of a model and a step for one of the holistic charts, and displays step element information.

A system for managing and tracking plant management at a site is provided. The system includes a device management server and a plant management device communicatively connected to the device management server via a network. The plant management device is configured to: receive a plant management task order including task instructions for performing a plant management task and automatically perform the plant management task according to the task instructions; send a task receipt notification to the device management server, the task receipt notification including task beneficiary data; and transmit task performance data to the device management server, the task performance data logged during performance of the plant management task. The device management server is configured to: generate a work report for the plant management device from the task performance data; generate a billing report for the plant management device from the task beneficiary data and billing rate data, the billing report including a billable amount; and generate a productivity profile for the plant management device.