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Method and apparatus for scheduling work orders in a manufacturing process

  • US 7,519,444 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2006
  • Issued: 04/14/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for scheduling a plurality of work orders for manufacturing products in a manufacturing process, each work order including operations to be performed using a plurality of resources and materials, the method comprising:

  • obtaining resource availability information and material availability information for the manufacturing process;

    obtaining work order information comprising date information for the work order, identity and a sequence of operations to be performed for the work order, resources needed to perform each operation and material requirements information comprising the materials needed to perform each operation and the quantity of each material needed for the operation;

    scheduling the operations to be performed for the work order when both the resources and the materials required for a particular operation are concurrently available based upon the work order information; and

    providing an assigned resource capacity and the scheduling for each operation.

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