SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PROCESSOR OR EQUIPMENT PROFIT

摘要

In the embodiment specifically described and illustrated, there is disclosed a system and method for maximizing the profit of a tobacco manufacturing process by computing a measure of the process spread, which can be calculated either in response to standard deviation or fraction defective. In response to the calculation of process spread, the average weight of cigarettes manufactured is controlled to maximize profit so that average weight is minimized and variable percentage of the cigarettes weigh less than a limit value. Those cigarettes weighing less than the limit value are identified and the tobacco therein is reused.