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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING A MANUFACTURING PROCESS

  • US 20100217418A1
  • Filed: 02/08/2010
  • Published: 08/26/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of scheduling a manufacturing process planned by an enterprise resource planning and performed by equipment of a shop floor, wherein a production scheduler within a manufacturing executing system schedules tasks of the manufacturing process, the method which comprises the following steps:

  • displaying a current production schedule by way of a Gantt-chart;

    displaying in the Gantt-chart for each piece of equipment of the shop floor time periods already scheduled and time periods still unscheduled;

    selecting for a specific piece of equipment a time period still unscheduled;

    querying a production database for the specific piece of equipment to find at least one task that fits into the time period still unscheduled; and

    if a single task is found, scheduling the task, or if a plurality of tasks are found, scheduling at least one of the plurality of tasks, by way of a decision entered by a user interaction or by way of a decision determined automatically by a selection preference.

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