US 11,687,056 B2
Machinery conversion pivot opportunity identification
Trudy L. Hewitt, Cary, NC (US); Zachary A. Silverstein, Austin, TX (US); Alan Chung, Hopewell Junction, NY (US); and Jeremy R. Fox, Georgetown, TX (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/122,106.
Prior Publication US 2022/0187784 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/402 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/402 (2013.01) [G05B 2219/49311 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
capturing, by one or more processors, baseline measurements of machinery of a user;
identifying, by the one or more processors, a plurality of alternative uses for the machinery from a public cloud database based on the baseline measurements of the machinery, wherein for each alternative use the machinery would be modified to produce an alternative good;
ranking, by the one or more processors, the plurality of alternative uses for the machinery based on a set of factors, wherein the set of factors are selected from the group consisting of: a time required to modify the machinery, a cost required to modify the machinery, a projected revenue expected from a production of a respective alternative good, a return on investment from a modification of the machinery, and a permanency of the modification of the machinery; and
sending, by the one or more processors, the ranked plurality of alternative uses for the machinery to the user.