Global Patent Index - EP 1364327 A2

EP 1364327 A2 20031126 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING THE SUPPLY OF CRITICAL MATERIAL COMPONENTS AND MANUFACTURING CAPACITY

Title (en)

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING THE SUPPLY OF CRITICAL MATERIAL COMPONENTS AND MANUFACTURING CAPACITY

Title (de)

SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUM ZUTEILEN DES VORRATS KRITISCHER MATERIALKOMPONENTEN UND DER HERSTELLUNGSKAPAZITÄT

Title (fr)

SYSTEME ET PROCEDE PERMETTANT PLANIFIER LA FOURNITURE DE COMPOSANTS DE MATERIAUX CRITIQUES ET CAPACITE DE FABRICATION

Publication

EP 1364327 A2 20031126 (EN)

Application

EP 02707588 A 20020129

Priority

  • US 0202371 W 20020129
  • US 26432101 P 20010129

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO02060235A2] The present invention provides a system and method for allocating the supply of critical material components and manufacturing capacity by optimizing critical material planning decisions and dynamically allocating constrained materials. The supply allocation system and method support detailed bills-of-material (BOMs) and optimize the use of constrained materials through advanced substitution logic that even considers alternate suppliers and supports the complete product life cycle from design through end-of-life. The supply allocation system and method of the present invention utilize unique synchronized allocations and matched sets logic. The synchronized allocations ensure that all necessary materials for production of a product are available in the appropriate time-phased allocation before beginning production to help ensure that production and materials are not wasted on products that cannot be completed. The supply system may include various combination of components including, a Supply Planner, a Resource Optimizer, a Constraint Based Master Planner, a Product Change Analyzer, a Comparer, a Resource Requirements Planner, a Finite Resource Planner, a Customer Promiser, and an Interactive Master Scheduler. The core of the simulation process is the Supply Planner. Other components, such as the Resource Optimizer and the Comparer, then perform their analyses on the output of the Supply Planner. Another embodiment of the supply system include "SmartBILL" substitution to increase responsiveness.

[origin: WO02060235A2] The invention provides a system and method for allocating the supply of critical material planning decisions and allocating constrained materials. The synchronized allocations ensure that all necessary materials for production of a product are available in the appropriate time-phased allocation before beginning production to help ensure that production and materials are not wasted on products that cannot be completed. The supply system may include various combination of components including, a Supply Planner (200), a Resource Optimizer (300), a Constraint Based Master Planner (400), a Product Change Analyzer (500), a Comparer (600), a Resource Requirements Planner (700), a Finite Resource Planner (800), a Customer Promiser (900), and an Interactive Master Scheduler (1000). The core of the simulation process is the Supply Planner (100). Other components, such as the Resource Optimizer and the Comparer, then perform their analyses on the output of the Supply Planner.

IPC 1-7

G06F 17/60

IPC 8 full level

G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G06F 17/10 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); Y02P 80/40 (2015.11); Y02P 90/02 (2015.11)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 02060235A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 02060235 A2 20020808; WO 02060235 A3 20021219; AU 2002241987 A1 20020812; EP 1364327 A2 20031126; JP 2004537772 A 20041216; TW 578071 B 20040301

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0202371 W 20020129; AU 2002241987 A 20020129; EP 02707588 A 20020129; JP 2002560446 A 20020129; TW 91101503 A 20020129