Supply chain management anomaly detection

Abstract

An integrated supply chain management with anomaly detection. An order schedule has one or more orders, each of which has a production requirement and a due date. An asset schedule has asset commitments associating assets with orders. Each asset has equipment specifications, including an asset class and one or more operational thresholds. The computer system identifies an asset of a class corresponding to a production requirement of an order and modifies the asset schedule to commit the asset to the order prior to the due date of the order. The computer system receives sensor input for the asset and determines whether an anomaly exists. If so, the computer system commits a second asset to the order.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for integrated supply chain management, the method comprising:
 identifying, by a computer system, a first asset of one or more assets, the first asset having an asset class corresponding to a first production requirement of a first order and, in response, modifying an asset schedule with a first asset commitment, the first asset commitment associating the first asset with the first order for a period of time prior to a first due date of the first order;   determining, by the computer system, whether a sensor input violates one or more operational thresholds and, if so, identifying, by the computer system, an anomaly of the first asset;   determining, by the computer system, a second asset with a production capability corresponding to the first production requirement; and   modifying, by the computer system, the first asset commitment to associate the second asset with the first order for the period of time prior to the due date of the first order.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein identifying the anomaly of the first asset comprises:
 presenting to a user at least one of the one or more threshold values and the input; and   receiving user input, the user input confirming the anomaly.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving a duration of a corrective action associated with anomaly; and   associating the first asset with a maintenance commitment, the maintenance commitment having a duration at least equal to the duration of the corrective action.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving an asset availability update for a third asset associated with a second order; and   determining whether the asset availability update requires an adjustment to an asset commitment for the third asset and, if so, identifying a fourth asset with an asset class corresponding to a second production requirement of the second order and, in response, modifying the asset schedule with a second asset commitment, the second asset commitment associating the fourth asset with the second order.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein modifying the first asset commitment further comprises modifying the first asset commitment to disassociate the first asset with the first order. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein comparing the sensor input to one or more operational thresholds further comprises:
 determining, by the computer system, a future value of the sensor input, the future value corresponding to a time; and   determining, by the computer system, whether the future value violates an operational threshold of the one or more operational thresholds.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 presenting, by the computer system, to a user, the future value and the time.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving, at the computer system, equipment specifications for each of the one or more assets, the equipment specifications including an asset class and one or more operational thresholds; and   receiving, at the computer system, the sensor input from one or more sensors, each sensor of the one or more sensors monitoring a measure of a component of the first asset.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein determining whether the sensor input violates one or more operational thresholds further comprises:
 determining whether the sensor input violates the one or more operational thresholds and, if so, determining a frequency corresponding to the sensor input violating the one or more operational threshold; and   determining whether the frequency exceeds a frequency threshold, the frequency threshold corresponding to the component of the first asset.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 maintaining, by the computer system, one or both of an order schedule and the asset schedule, the order schedule comprising one or more orders, each of the one or more orders comprising a production requirement and a due date, and the asset schedule comprising one or more asset commitments associating one or more assets with the one or more orders.