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Customizable scheduling tool, manufacturing executing system containing the tool and method of using the tool

  • US 8,396,581 B2
  • Filed: 06/01/2010
  • Issued: 03/12/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A non-transient computer-readable medium having a set of computer-executable instructions stored thereon for implementing a customizable scheduling tool usable in a system for managing and controlling manufacturing processes planned by enterprise resource planning (ERP) and produced by a plant floor, wherein a manufacturing executing system (MES) implements the manufacturing process planned and controls a corresponding production at the plant floor, the scheduling tool comprising:

  • a set of built in data relating to the plant floor forming a data model and built-in formula templates;

    means for defining new data, said means for defining new data being operable to edit new fields to expand the set of built in data; and

    means for modifying the built-in formula template.

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