Maintenance Task Assignment Through Historical Filtering and Group Codes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current maintenance operations for large-scale equipment face challenges in tracking daily attendance of maintenance technicians, high turnover rates, and manual assignment of teams, leading to inefficient team organization and management.
Innovation Solution
A maintenance task assignment device and method that includes an assignment database, filtering module, code generation module, and team management module to automatically select and assign team leaders and members using a group code system, enhancing team formation efficiency and accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual assignment of maintenance technicians is used, then flexibility in team composition is maintained, but team formation efficiency and management accuracy deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic self-assignment of maintenance technicians through the following process: The assignment database automatically retrieves historical maintenance records, the filtering module automatically identifies suitable candidates based on predefined criteria, and the code generation module automatically creates group codes. This eliminates manual intervention while maintaining system flexibility, thereby improving team formation efficiency without requiring complex manual management processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-storing historical maintenance records and technician information in the assignment database before actual maintenance tasks occur. This pre-prepared data enables rapid automatic assignment when maintenance needs arise, improving team formation efficiency without requiring complex real-time decision-making processes.
2Measurement precision
If manual tracking of technician attendance is used, then operational simplicity is maintained, but management accuracy and real-time tracking capability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical tracking methods with an automated digital system. The assignment database electronically stores and retrieves technician information, the filtering module automatically processes attendance data, and the code generation module creates digital group codes. This substitution of manual processes with automated digital systems improves measurement precision while keeping the overall system relatively simple.
3Stability of the object's composition
If high turnover rate of maintenance technicians is accepted, then hiring flexibility is maintained, but team stability and collaboration deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces dynamic adaptability through the filtering module, which automatically adjusts team assignments based on current technician availability and historical performance data. The code generation module creates unique group codes that can be dynamically assigned to different technician combinations. This dynamic approach maintains team stability by automatically reassigning technicians based on real-time needs while preserving flexibility to accommodate high turnover rates.
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AI summary
A maintenance task assignment device is provided. An assignment database stores past maintenance records. An assignment filtering module receives a maintenance case in a task list, and search the past maintenance records to obtain a candidate team leader list. The code generation module generates a group code. The team management module receives a selection command for a designated team leader chosen from the candidate team leader list. The team management module instructs the code generation module to generate the group code based on a team leader identity data entry in response to verifying that the selection command for the designated team leader matches the team leader identity data entry sent from a first user device of the designated team leader. The group code is displayed on the first user device, allowing the group code to be scanned by second user devices of team members to form a task team.