Manufacturing planning system

• US 5,231,567 A
• Filed: 11/25/1991
• Issued: 07/27/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Watanabe, Masahiro, Matoba, Hideaki, Onari, Hisashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Envall, Jr., Roy N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Khai
• Application Number:
  US07/796,850
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 364/401, 364/402, 364/408, 364/468, 364/200
• US Class Current: 700/100
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/41865 characterised by job scheduling, process planning, material flow
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

A manufacturing planning system has lead time estimating function, MRP executing function, work demand calculating function, problem analyzing function, capacity adjusting function, product completion data adjusting function, and alternative shop designating function for planning a production schedule by calculating successively lead time in consideration of amount of work demanded and capacity for production, analyzing problems in the production schedule and performing relevant adjustments for solving the problems. An on-line display function is provided for simultaneous display of the problems and load/capacity states of production shops in association with solution of the problems and various adjustment together with the results thereof.

Claims

1. A manufacturing planning system, comprising:

data input/output means having a data input/output display function and an arithmetic function;

lead time estimating means for estimating a lead time on the basis of a production capacity and a work demand;

MRP executing means for performing calculation of amounts of materials as required;

work demand calculating means for calculating said work demand in response to a command issued by said MRP executing means;

problem analyzing means for analyzing a problem on the basis of output of said MRP executing means in response to a command issued by said data input/output means;

capacity adjusting means for commanding outputting of the result of calculation from said MRP executing means in response to a command issued by said data input/output means; and

data storage means;

wherein the result of adjustment of a production schedule made by calculating the lead time in consideration of said work demand and said capacity is outputted.

2. A manufacturing planning system according to claim 1, further comprising:

MPS generating means for generating a master production schedule on the basis of product specifications, appointed date of delivery and production process states;

initial plan data generating means for issuing sequentially a command for generation of said master production schedule, a command for estimation of a work demand, a command for estimation of a lead time and a command for execution of calculation to said MRP executing means; and

work demand estimating means for estimating the amount of work in response to a command issued by said initial plan data generating means;

wherein a production schedule is created on the basis of said product specifications, said appointed date of delivery and said production process states and wherein result of production schedule adjustment made by calculating the lead time in consideration of said work demand and said capacity is outputted.

3. A manufacturing planning system according to claim 2, further comprising:

product completion data adjusting means responsive to a command of said data input/output means for adjusting the product completion date at which the product is scheduled to be completed, and outputting the result of adjustment of said product completion date.

4. A manufacturing planning system according to claim 3, further comprising:

alternative shop designating means for designating an alternative shop in response to a command of said data input/output means to output said designated alternative shop to said MRP execution means.

5. A manufacturing planning system according to claim 1, further comprising:

display means for displaying a shop to which a part providing a cause for delay is related and pointing out a problem by displaying simultaneously load and capacity states of said shop on a time-interval basis.

6. A manufacturing planning system according to claim 2, further comprising:

display means for displaying a shop to which a part providing a cause for delay is related and pointing out a problem by displaying simultaneously load and capacity states of said shop on a time-interval basis.

7. A manufacturing planning system according to claim 3, further comprising:

display means for displaying a shop to which a part providing a cause for delay is related and pointing out a problem by displaying simultaneously load and capacity states of said shop on a time-interval basis.

8. A manufacturing planning system according to claim 4, further comprising:

display means for displaying a shop to which a part providing a cause for delay is related and pointing out a problem by displaying simultaneously load and capacity states of said shop on a time-interval basis.

9. A manufacturing planning system according to claim 1, further comprising:

display means for displaying on an on-line basis alteration of production capacity resulting from the adjustment performed by said capacity adjusting means together with alteration of production process accompanying said alteration of the capacity.

10. A manufacturing planning system according to claim 3, further comprising:

display means for displaying on an on-line basis alteration of said product completion date resulting from the adjustment by said product completion date adjusting means together with alteration of production process accompanying said alteration of the product completion date.

11. A manufacturing planning system according to claim 4, further comprising:

display means for displaying on an on-line basis alteration of the shop states resulting from the adjustment by said alternative shop designating means together with alteration of the production process accompanying said shop alteration.