Apparatus and method for production planning
US5280425A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 26, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P90/02
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and method for production planning in a manufacturing facility is provided. The apparatus and method generates a plurality of theoretical plans and a constraint-based model for receiving one of the theoretical production plans, and applying at least one constraint thereto. Further, a cost function is computed for the theoretical production plans. Then, the apparatus and method searches for a feasible production plan among the plurality of theoretical plans, where the feasible plan is the plan which does not violate the applied constraint and has the least computed cost function.
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