Predictive cost reduction based on a thermodynamic model, in which parameters associated with a process are accessed. The parameters include a quantity of units of Work-in-process at first and second times, and first and second constants respectively indicative of growth between the first and...

This Application claims the priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/479,333, Filed: June 18, 2003.

Derivation of the the conversion factor BM, from bits of entropy to dollars of waste

Predictive cost reduction based on a thermodynamic model, in which parameters associated with a process are accessed. The parameters include a quantity of units of work-in-process at first and second times, and first and second constants respectively indicative of growth between the first and...

Entropy was first glimpsed in 1824 when Sadi Carnot, son of the Prime Minister of France, observed that steam engines wasted 97% of their heat energy, and wondered how efficient they could be. An engine works by drawing in heat energy Hi from gasoline and exploding it at high temperature Ti,...

Presentation to John D C Little and Steve Graves