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  • Patent number: 6738747
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a production plan forming apparatus is provided with a constitution wherein based on basic data necessary for forming a production plan and state data changing with time stored in a memory unit (11), an event receiving part (2) receives a change of production state as an event, a pseudo event generation part (4) generates a pseudo event (14a) at a time when it should be processed for an event of which times when it occurred and when a production indication is carried out are different, a dispatching part (3) determines a manufacturing apparatus and a production lot in connection with the event from the event (14) or the pseudo event (14a), and a formed production plan is displayed by a display unit (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Tanaka, Satoru Yamamura, Itsuhiro Yamada, Kazuhiro Shintani