Dynamic Pacing Tool for Home Builders

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Solution Overview

Problem

Production home builders face challenges in effectively utilizing data for optimizing home construction and sales processes, leading to inefficiencies and suboptimal decision-making due to incomplete information and reliance on personal judgment.

Innovation Solution

The development of data-driven computerized tools that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to process disparate data sources, providing automated performance analysis and actionable recommendations for improving pacing, pricing, and market positioning of homes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If production home builders rely on personal judgment and gut feeling to make decisions, then decision-making speed may be maintained, but decision accuracy and data utilization efficiency deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedecision accuracyVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an automated analytics platform as an intermediary between raw data and decision-makers. This platform aggregates data from multiple sources (public records, MLS, consumer behavior data), processes it through standardized frameworks, and delivers actionable insights. The intermediary handles the complexity of data processing, allowing principals to make accurate decisions without directly managing data complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical process of human agents manually gathering and interpreting data with an automated computational system. The system uses algorithms to aggregate, clean, and analyze data from disparate sources, substituting manual mechanical efforts with automated electronic processing to improve both accuracy and efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Loss of information

If production home builders use multiple different data analytics tools and trained agents to interpret data, then data analysis capability is improved, but time consumption and operational efficiency deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata interpretation qualityVSAvoidtime for reviewing data sources
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent consolidates multiple data analytics functions into a single integrated platform. Instead of using separate tools for data collection, cleaning, analysis, and visualization, the system merges these functions into one unified solution that handles the entire data lifecycle, eliminating the need to switch between multiple tools and reducing time consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The analytics platform is designed to be universal, handling various types of data (public records, MLS data, consumer behavior data) and providing multiple analytical functions (trend identification, market positioning, pricing analysis) through a single system, replacing the need for specialized tools for each function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Ease of operation

If production home builders aggregate and display available data using conventional analytics tools, then data accessibility is improved, but actionable insights and trend identification capability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata accessibilityVSAvoidtrend identification accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system continuously monitors market data, compares it against established frameworks and benchmarks, and adjusts insights accordingly. The system provides feedback loops that refine trend identification over time by comparing predicted outcomes with actual market performance, improving accuracy while maintaining accessibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system transforms raw data into meaningful insights by changing parameters through standardized analytical frameworks. It applies specific transformations to convert disparate data formats into uniform metrics, enabling both easy access and precise trend identification through consistent parameter standardization across all data sources.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20250182224A1Interactive tool for inventory-based dynamic pacing and ordering for home builders
Publication Date: 2025.06.05 LENNAR CORP
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AI summary

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for control and management of production home builders. According to aspects of the disclosure, computerized tools described herein may enable home builders to react more quickly and consistently to new data relating to market forces and home buyer demand. Some features disclosed herein may enable and provide improved performance metric tracking, including dynamically determining a pacing metric based on data. In some aspects, the system may determine a performance pace for a first plurality of homes based on a comparison of home status data for the first plurality of homes to performance data for a second plurality of homes. Such operations may beneficially enable effective pacing of home builder performance that more accurately matches the home sales pace to the home production pace. Additionally, the system may output instructions of actionable steps to improve home production and performance in the market.