Determining a possible lot size

US8301476B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Heinrich Braun · Bischofswerda, DE
• Markus Riepp · Reilingen, DE
• Thomas Dehoust · Walldorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2005
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2012
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for of determining a possible lot size of units with respect to a fixed date for a chain of at least two process steps, each process step requiring a respective assigned resource, and consuming a respective time per unit for being performed by the respective assigned resource, where the process steps are sequentially dependent on each other. This is achieved by the following: