Scheduling AMHS pickup and delivery ahead of schedule
First Claim
1. A method for use in scheduling in an automated process flow, the method comprising:
- scheduling a material transport in the process flow; and
requesting a staging of a vehicle for the material transport a predetermined time period prior to the material transport.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for use in scheduling in an automated process flow such that vehicles for a material transport are staged prior to the commencement of an appointment for the transport are disclosed. The method includes scheduling a material transport in the process flow; and requesting a staging of a vehicle for the material transport a predetermined time period prior to the material transport. The apparatus, in various aspects, includes a computer and computing system programmed to perform the method in an automated process flow as well as a computer-readable program storage medium encoded with instruction that, when executed, perform such a method.
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103 Claims
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1. A method for use in scheduling in an automated process flow, the method comprising:
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scheduling a material transport in the process flow; and requesting a staging of a vehicle for the material transport a predetermined time period prior to the material transport. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing device, performs method for use in scheduling in an automated process flow, the encoded method comprising:
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scheduling a material transport in the process flow; and requesting a staging of a vehicle for the material transport a predetermined time period prior to the material transport. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A computing system, comprising:
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a computing device; a bus system; a storage communicating with the processor over the bus system; and a software application residing on the storage that, when invoked by the computing device, performs a method for use in scheduling in an automated process flow, the method comprising; scheduling a material transport in the process flow; and requesting a staging of a vehicle for the material transport a predetermined time period prior to the material transport. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for use in scheduling in an automated process flow, the method comprising:
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scheduling on behalf of a first portion of a plurality of manufacturing domain entities for the consumption of processing services provided by a second portion of the manufacturing domain entities; and influencing the scheduling through the management of the second portion of the manufacturing domain entities. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing device, perform a method for use in scheduling in an automated process flow, the encoded method comprising:
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scheduling on behalf of a first portion of a plurality of manufacturing domain entities for the consumption of processing services provided by a second portion of the manufacturing domain entities; and influencing the scheduling through the management of the second portion of the manufacturing domain entities. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A computing system, comprising:
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a computing device; a bus system; a storage communicating with the computing device over the bus system; and a software application residing on the storage that, when invoked by the computing device, performs a method for use in scheduling in an automated process flow, the method comprising; scheduling on behalf of a first portion of a plurality of manufacturing domain entities for the consumption of processing services provided by a second portion of the manufacturing domain entities; and influencing the scheduling through the management of the second portion of the manufacturing domain entities. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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76. A method for use in scheduling in an automated process flow, the method comprising:
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scheduling a material transport in the process flow; executing the scheduled material transport; and dynamically reallocating a port assignment during the execution of the scheduled material transport. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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87. A method for use in scheduling in an automated process flow, the method comprising:
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determining a port assignment and a port availability time for a proposed material transport; and providing the port assignment and the port availability time for use in scheduling a material transport; and scheduling the material transport in the process flow for delivery to the assigned port at the port availability time. - View Dependent Claims (88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103)
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