Heuristics for efficient supply chain planning in a heterogeneous production line
First Claim
1. A capacity planning system that allocates usage of a plurality of manufacturing elements of a manufacturing enterprise comprising:
- a capacity planning processor in communications with at least one order management system of said manufacturing enterprise to receive at least one fabrication forecast describing scheduling and types of product lots that are predicted to be fabricated within a first period of time by said manufacturing enterprise and in communication with at least one computer integrated manufacturing system to receive rolling statistics of products lots fabricated during a second period of time, wherein said capacity planning processor performs the steps of;
determining a priority ranking of said product lots predicted to be fabricated from heuristics developed from said product lots fabricated during said second period of time, allocating of said predicted product lots to said manufacturing elements, and balancing said predicted product lots between said manufacturing elements according to manufacturing element balancing guidelines.
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Abstract
A computer integrated manufacturing system executes a program process that performs a capacity planning method that allocates usage of a plurality of manufacturing elements of a manufacturing enterprise by major and minor apparatus, squeezing for overhead cost consideration, and site balance for maintain basic operation. The program process begins by receiving at least one fabrication forecast describing scheduling and types of product lots that are predicted to be fabricated within a first period of time by the manufacturing enterprise from at least one order management system of the manufacturing enterprise. Rolling statistics of products lots fabricated during a second period of time are retrieved from a data retention device of the computer integrated manufacturing system. Capacity planning for the allocation of the product lot predicted to be fabricated by the manufacturing elements is performed.
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1. A capacity planning system that allocates usage of a plurality of manufacturing elements of a manufacturing enterprise comprising:
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a capacity planning processor in communications with at least one order management system of said manufacturing enterprise to receive at least one fabrication forecast describing scheduling and types of product lots that are predicted to be fabricated within a first period of time by said manufacturing enterprise and in communication with at least one computer integrated manufacturing system to receive rolling statistics of products lots fabricated during a second period of time, wherein said capacity planning processor performs the steps of;
determining a priority ranking of said product lots predicted to be fabricated from heuristics developed from said product lots fabricated during said second period of time, allocating of said predicted product lots to said manufacturing elements, and balancing said predicted product lots between said manufacturing elements according to manufacturing element balancing guidelines. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented capacity planning method that allocates usage of a plurality of manufacturing elements of a manufacturing enterprise comprising the steps of:
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receiving from at least one order management system of said manufacturing enterprise at least one fabrication forecast describing scheduling and types of product lots that are predicted to be fabricated within a first period of time by said manufacturing enterprise;
receiving from at least one computer integrated manufacturing system rolling statistics of products lots fabricated during a second period of time; and
planning capacity allocation of product lots predicted to be fabricated to said manufacturing elements by the steps of;
determining a priority ranking of said product lots predicted to be fabricated from heuristics developed from said product lots fabricated during said second period of time, allocating of said predicted product lots to said manufacturing elements, and balancing said predicted product lots between said manufacturing elements according to manufacturing element balancing guidelines. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A capacity planning apparatus that allocates usage of a plurality of manufacturing elements of a manufacturing enterprise comprising:
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means for receiving from at least one order management system of said manufacturing enterprise at least one fabrication forecast describing scheduling and types of product lots that are predicted to be fabricated within a first period of time by said manufacturing enterprise;
means for receiving from at least one computer integrated manufacturing system rolling statistics of products lots fabricated during a second period of time; and
means for planning capacity allocation of product lots predicted to be fabricated to said manufacturing elements, said means for planning capacity allocation comprising;
means for determining a priority ranking of said product lots predicted to be fabricated from heuristics developed from said product lots fabricated during said second period of time, means for allocating of said predicted product lots to said manufacturing elements, and means for balancing said predicted product lots between said manufacturing elements according to manufacturing element balancing guidelines. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer integrated manufacturing system that executes a program process that performs a capacity planning method that allocates usage of a plurality of manufacturing elements of a manufacturing enterprise, the program process comprising the steps of:
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receiving from at least one order management system of said manufacturing enterprise at least one fabrication forecast describing scheduling and types of product lots that are predicted to be fabricated within a first period of time by said manufacturing enterprise;
receiving from at least one computer integrated manufacturing system rolling statistics of products lots fabricated during a second period of time; and
planning capacity allocation of product lots predicted to be fabricated to said manufacturing elements by the steps of;
determining a priority ranking of said product lots predicted to be fabricated from heuristics developed from said product lots fabricated during said second period of time, allocating of said predicted product lots to said manufacturing elements, and balancing said predicted product lots between said manufacturing elements according to manufacturing element balancing guidelines. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A medium for retaining a computer program which, when executed by a computing system, said program process performs a capacity planning method that allocates usage of a plurality of manufacturing elements of a manufacturing enterprise, the program process comprising the steps of:
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receiving from at least one order management system of said manufacturing enterprise at least one fabrication forecast describing scheduling and types of product lots that are predicted to be fabricated within a first period of time by said manufacturing enterprise;
receiving from at least one computer integrated manufacturing system rolling statistics of products lots fabricated during a second period of time; and
planning capacity allocation of product lots predicted to be fabricated to said manufacturing elements by the steps of;
determining a priority ranking of said product lots predicted to be fabricated from heuristics developed from said product lots fabricated during said second period of time, allocating of said predicted product lots to said manufacturing elements, and balancing said predicted product lots between said manufacturing elements according to manufacturing element balancing guidelines. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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