Projected supply planning matching assets with demand in microelectronics manufacturing
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented decision-support method to generate a projected supply planning (PSP) or estimated supply planning (ESP) match between existing assets and demands within boundaries established by manufacturing specifications and process flows and business policies using manufacturing specification and calendar information accessed by material requirements planning (MRP) matching tools to ensure synchronization between these matching tools to determine what supply can be provided over what time-frame, the method comprising the steps of:
- selecting user provided part numbers of interest and modifying a user provided production specification information to reflect this selection;
specifying substitution rules, wherein the substitution rules allow one part to be substituted for another part;
specifying a start date and shutdown dates;
optionally allowing a user to modify any due dates for projected receipts;
specifying a "from/to" split of allocation fractions to reflect business plans, and to allow the projection of assets across multiple bills of material levels;
selectively inputting new starts for an individual date and dates propagated across a span of dates;
executing a forward-flush solver to generate a projected or estimated supply plan;
aggregating the supply plan and required starts into user-defined time buckets;
creating and analyzing explanation reports of the solution generated by the forward flush solver; and
comparing the supply plan with the required demands to assess a "fitness" of the plan relative to meeting demand.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented decision-support tool serves as a solver to generate a projected supply planning (PSP) or estimated supply planning (ESP) match between existing assets and demands across multiple manufacturing facilities within the boundaries established by the manufacturing specifications and process flows and business policies to determine what supply can be provided over what time-frame by manufacturing and establishes a set of actions or guidelines for manufacturing to incorporate into their manufacturing execution system to ensure that the delivery commitments are met in a timely fashion. The PSP or ESP tool resides within a data provider tool that pulls the required production and distribution information. PSP matching is driven directly by user-supplied guidelines on how to flow or flush assets "forward" to some inventory or holding point. After the supply plan is created, the analyst compares this plan against an expected demand profile.
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7 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented decision-support method to generate a projected supply planning (PSP) or estimated supply planning (ESP) match between existing assets and demands within boundaries established by manufacturing specifications and process flows and business policies using manufacturing specification and calendar information accessed by material requirements planning (MRP) matching tools to ensure synchronization between these matching tools to determine what supply can be provided over what time-frame, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting user provided part numbers of interest and modifying a user provided production specification information to reflect this selection; specifying substitution rules, wherein the substitution rules allow one part to be substituted for another part; specifying a start date and shutdown dates; optionally allowing a user to modify any due dates for projected receipts; specifying a "from/to" split of allocation fractions to reflect business plans, and to allow the projection of assets across multiple bills of material levels; selectively inputting new starts for an individual date and dates propagated across a span of dates; executing a forward-flush solver to generate a projected or estimated supply plan; aggregating the supply plan and required starts into user-defined time buckets; creating and analyzing explanation reports of the solution generated by the forward flush solver; and comparing the supply plan with the required demands to assess a "fitness" of the plan relative to meeting demand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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