Method and system for enterprise wide production scheduling

• US 20020007297A1
• Filed: 04/17/2001
• Published: 01/17/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 4Sight Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: 4Sight Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Clarke, Hernan Jose
• Granted Patent: US 7,171,375 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06312 Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06314 Calendaring for a resource
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0633 Workflow analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06375 Prediction of business process outcome or impact based on a proposed change

Abstract

A computer implemented method and system for enterprise wide planning is disclosed. In an embodiment, one or more work card templates are initially defined. Then a plurality of work cards representing a project are received and compared with the work card templates. Scheduling parameters from the work card templates are added to the matching work cards. Then, expected non-routine work cards are added to the work cards. Next, the expected non-routing work cards and the operational work cards are scheduled.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for planning comprising:

defining one or more work card templates;

receiving a plurality of operational work cards;

comparing the operational work cards with the work card template;

adding schedule parameters to the operational work cards that match the work cards template;

adding expected non-routine work cards to the operational work cards;

scheduling the expected non-routing work cards and the operational work cards;

receiving completed, suspended, modified, or non-routine work cards;

removing the completed work cards from an active work card schedule

displaying each work card for a work order graphically with a task bar representing each work card;

storing multiple work cards configuration in a first stack;

storing multiple work cards configuration in a second stack; and

comparing any configuration in the first stack with any configuration in a second stack;

using a critical path method to determine an overall plan.