220 results about "Product group" patented technology

A method for cross linking personal information provided by a plurality of consumers in order to offer such consumers a testing product that will match the profile of such consumer with one or more products or product groups.

A method for cost variance analysis for assessment of the effects of products/product groups, activities/activity-producing-departments, and resource acquisition, within an organization. The method utilizes the Broyles and Lay p′RUm cost variance model. By converting one or more variables of the Broyles and Lay model into a diagonal or grouped matrix, effects within departments can be apportioned, to identify problematic factors, as well as areas of opportunity. A related method of revenue and profit variance analysis. Revenues are calculated as (Selling Prices)×(Volume and mix of products). Revenue variances are the difference between actual and budgeted revenues, and can be attributed to the changes in selling prices and volume and mix of products. Profit is defined as revenue less cost Profit variances depend on both revenue and cost variances.

The present invention is a system and method for determining the hierarchical purchase decision process of consumers in front of a product category. The decision path of consumers is obtained by combining behavior data with the category layout and transaction data based on observed actual in-store purchase behavior using a set of video cameras and software for extracting sequence and timing of each consumer's decision process. A hierarchical decision tree structure comprises nodes and edges, wherein a node represents the state-of-mind of the consumer, the number of nodes is predefined, and an edge represents the transition of the decision. The decisions for each product group are captured down to the product attribute level and analyzed by demographic group. The outcome provides relative importance of each product attribute in the purchase decision process, and helps retailers and manufacturers to evaluate the layout of the category and customize it for key segment.

The inventive approach provides a dynamic data system and computationally efficient method to uniquely identify a product of interest and by means of querying any number of databases for pertinent transaction data, create a complete product history (lifecycle) as well as the current product state. The inventive method provides a means for rapidly assigning a unique identifier to specific instances of a product or component. The invention also provides for the elimination of duplicative or obsolete lifecycle data, generating a current picture of product data (denominated, by reason of the method of creation, a “transactional bill of materials” (T-BOM™) for every product component or composite product. The invention provides a method supportive of improved product uptime as well as other advantages including improved customer service, reduced costs to provide customer service, and profitability management.

Three dimensional models representing retail store elements (gondolas, kiosks, etc.) are identified and tracked for location and orientation on a surface representing a retail store space. Each retail store element is associated with particular retail products or retail product groups. A point of view with respect to the models may be identified and an image of the retail store space and elements displayed on a human-scale display from the identified point of view. As the store elements and/or point of view are changed, the displayed image is updated to provide an immersive experience.

The present invention makes it possible to narrow down desired products comfortably and efficiently while comparing products and checking a combination of products for compatibility on an EC site. An EC site screen containing a list screen of a product group, fitting platform, keep box, and the like is displayed on a client terminal accessing the EC site. When a user drags and drops thumbnail images of one or more products of interest from the list screen to the keep box, information about the products is held in the keep box. To view detailed information including the held images of the products, the user drags and drops the thumbnail images from the keep box to the fitting platform. Mannequin images and are provided on the fitting platform, and the user can compare products and check a combination of the products for compatibility by placing the images of the products (apparel products) on the mannequin images.

Product is conveyed as a continuous stream by a meter conveyor (12) unto a transfer plate (32) and a transfer device (42). The transfer device (42) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position extending over a sweep conveyor (22). In a preferred form, the transfer device (42) is in the form of a thin piece of flexible material and is moved in the conveying direction from the retracted position to the extended position by engaging with the sweep conveyor (22) and is moved to the retracted position by being wrapped around a rotated roller (46). Product is transferred from the transfer device (42) to the sweep conveyor (22) as the transfer device (42) moves from the extended position to the retracted position and is engaged by a metering bar (52ba) which controls the product acceleration on the sweep conveyor (22) to match the meter conveyor (12) until the product group leaves the transfer device (42). With nested product, the leading edge of the transfer device (42) is scalloped to represent the product bottom leading edge.

An embodiment of the invention discloses a product similarity based e-commerce recommendation system and a method thereof. The method of the product similarity based e-commerce recommendation system comprises analyzing e-commerce shopping website log information and performing filtration statics on the log; obtaining product popular information from a product database and performing weight customization; extracting corresponding recommendation information in combination with a user search log and the product popular information, establishing a similar product group through a collaborative filtering algorism which is based on the product similarity, transmitting data of similar products to a recommendation element redis; recommending a search engine with the http serving as a request protocol, supporting two recommendation functions according to different requirements (highly recommendation and browsing history recommendation), obtaining corresponding recommendation element set according to user parameters and expanding search query conditions to research; returning a recommendation result in Json data format. The method of the product similarity based e-commerce recommendation system has the advantages of improving the recommendation accuracy, achieving accurate recommendation of products and satisfying user requirements for selecting individualization products from mass products.

A system and method for grouping products for packaging, including a metering station in which a line of products is engaged by a series of metering lugs. The metering lugs urge the products into off-set positions to form multiple lanes of products. Selected ones of the products are then engaged by a series of selector lugs at a selector station to urge the products together to form product groups for packaging.

A method and unit for packing groups of products, whereby each group is fed, at a loading station, to a respective radial first seat of a first wheel, together with a relative blank, which is first folded into a U and then completely about the relative group to form a packed group, which is transferred, at a transfer station, to a respective radial second seat of a second wheel, together with a relative sheet of overwrapping material, which is first folded into a U and then completely about the relative packed group to form an overwrapped group; the blank and the sheet of overwrapping material both being fed successively to a respective same gripper associated with the relative first seat and fitted to the first wheel, downstream from the first seat.

The invention discloses a boxing machine. According to the boxing machine, a product group is upwards loaded into a box from the bottom of the box, during working, under the driving of a rotary mechanism, the forming of the box, the inputting of the product group and the boxing of the product group are correspondingly finished at a carton box forming work station, a product group input work station and a boxing finishing work station respectively, then a bottom folding and page folding mechanism on a main machine is used for finishing folding works of small bottom page folding, large front bottom page folding and large rear bottom page folding, finally, a box sealing device is used for folding top folding pages and sealing the box, and works of each work station can be performed simultaneously and not be interrupted. According to boxing machines in prior art, moving mechanisms are required to drive catching assemblies to move back and forth at positions of main machine catching and boxing to catch the product group and the product group is downwards loaded into the box from the top of a box; and compared with the boxing machines, the boxing machine is higher in efficiency, simpler in structure and smaller in occupied space.

A system and process for packaging groups of products, such as spirally wound paper products are disclosed. During the packaging of groups, a continuous supply of a wrapping material is unwound and cut periodically in the edge regions. Optionally, a perforation line may also be formed into the wrapping material in between the two cut edges. The cut edges form flaps that are then wrapped around the product groups and sealed. The wrapping material is then broken along the perforation lines in order to form individual packages. Finally, the ends of the packages are folded and sealed.

A method, apparatus and computer usable medium for selecting a developer for fixing a defect within a component is set forth. The process makes use of previous real-work statistics to select the appropriate developer to help more accurately determine a time-frame to fix the defect. The process enables limiting a selection list to only those developers that are appropriate to fix a particular defect. The process also enables expanding a search for developers to fix the defect to outside an immediate product group.

It is possible to surely commit a revision made on a software component in a software component database and a software product group and to create a new software product from the same database. Provided is a software configuration management system which includes a software component database and a software product management unit and accepts data transmission/reception from a software component database management client and a software product operation client. The software configuration management system further includes: a component-product correspondence table, component-file correspondence information, a synchronization unit for mutually committing a modification of the software component database and a modification of a software product; update information; and a correspondence table update unit.

The invention discloses a laboratory simulation detection device for a low-voltage meter reading system and aims to provide the laboratory simulation detection device for the low-voltage meter reading system, wherein the laboratory simulation detection device can carry out comprehensive test on all independent collecting equipment of the low-voltage meter reading system and the whole low-voltage meter reading system and can evaluate the data collecting and communication ability of the low-voltage meter reading system under the site environment in the laboratory environment. The laboratory simulation detection device comprises a to-be-detected product group, an equipment basic-parameter testing unit, a carrier wave launching testing unit, a receiving sensitivity testing unit, an interference signal simulation module, a relay routing simulation module, a reactive power compensation simulation module, a line impedance simulation module, a testing unit and simulation module control system, a testing device master station platform, a testing device master station control software and a power supply. In the laboratory simulation detection device, the software simulation technique and the hardware simulation technique are adopted to carry out the comprehensive test on all the independent collecting equipment of the low-voltage meter reading system and the whole low-voltage meter reading system, and the data collecting and communication ability of the low-voltage meter reading system under the site environment can be evaluated under the laboratory environment.

A packaging system utilizes two sides of a loading carousel, which reduces both the height and footprint of the packaging system. Mass and inertia are also reduced, allowing higher operational speeds. The loading carousel receives opened cartons on a first side and lowers them over product groups on a second side.

A generating system of automatically generating electrical type product bill of materials of the present invention comprises a stock number grouping database, a stock number ranking database, and a bill of materials automatically generating processing program. The stock number grouping database comprises at least one material group records comprising at least a product group with the same electrical specification and at least one stock number group component supplier/vendor code. The stock number ranking database comprises at least one stock number ranking record, each stock number ranking record corresponds to one of the stock number group records and is used to record an evaluating rate after evaluating with the stock number group records according to a ranking critical factor. The bill of materials automatically generating processing program is used to generate a bill of materials of the corresponding electrical circuit design according to the bill of materials outline of the input electrical circuit design diagram, stock number grouping database, stock number ranking database, and a material choosing critical factor.

Methods and systems for tracking product groups associated with orders through an automated packaging system are presented.

Disclosed herein are split leather for car seats and a manufacturing method thereof. The method comprises a preparation process, a tanning process, a pre-dyeing process, a dyeing process, a drying process and a finishing process, wherein the method comprises, after the preparation process, but before the tanning process, a re-splitting process of splitting pelt into an upper grain layer and a split layer, having a thickness of 2.5-4 mm, and re-splitting the split layer to have a thickness of 1.8-2.5 mm starting from the upper side thereof, thus obtaining split leather, and the finishing process comprises sequentially forming a roll base sealing layer, a roll base cover layer, a medium color top coating layer and a final top coating layer on the split leather, thus treating the surface of the split leather. The split leather for car seats has a luxuriousness close to that of full-grain leather and a soft touch and feel, and can give customers a cost advantage. Also, the range of selection of raw material for manufacturing car seat leather can be widened, and waste can be recycled to thus reduce the generation of waste, thus being helpful to the environment. In addition, leather seats can be diversified and a new product group can be created.

Product is conveyed as a continuous stream by a meter conveyor (12) unto a transfer plate (32) and a transfer device (42). The transfer device (42) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position extending over a sweep conveyor (22). In a preferred form, the transfer device (42) is in the form of a thin piece of flexible material and is moved in the conveying direction from the retracted position to the extended position by engaging with the sweep conveyor (22) and is moved to the retracted position by being wrapped around a rotated roller (46). Product is transferred from the transfer device (42) to the sweep conveyor (22) as the transfer device (42) moves from the extended position to the retracted position and is engaged by a metering bar (52ba) which controls the product acceleration on the sweep conveyor (22) to match the meter conveyor (12) until the product group leaves the transfer device (42). With nested product, the leading edge of the transfer device (42) can be scalloped to represent the product bottom leading edge. Alternatively, nestable product is conveyed by the meter conveyor (12) through a guide rail unit 82 including an infeed portion (84) for conveying product in a conveying direction, a nesting portion (86) at an arranging angle (N) to the conveying direction, and an aligning portion (88) at a grid angle (Z) to the nesting portion (84) to align the product in a square grid pattern when transferred unto the transfer device (42).

A defect detecting parametric analysis method comprises the steps of, searching the data base to obtain the defect detecting parameter value for a plurality of products, dividing the products into at least one acceptable product group and one disqualified product group, searching the process stations relating to the defect detecting items from the data base, searching for machine benches where the acceptable product set passes during the process, searching for machine benches where the disqualified product set passes during the process, determining the machine bench in which the passing probability of the disqualified product set is higher than that of the acceptable product set.