Abstract: Scheduling software provides date and time allocation of resources to a sequence of processes for manufacturing a desired item. Scheduling is performed by a backward-forward method and alternatively by an backward-jump forward method to meet a requested due date. Resources are dynamically allocated to satisfy processes according to pre-established rules for allocation. Also resources are allocated in certain amounts or in a predetermined pattern to minimize waste or left over amounts of the resource. To allocate certain resources, purchase or production of the resource is scheduled first.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 19, 1989
Date of Patent:
August 3, 1993
Assignee:
Symmetrix, Inc.
Inventors:
Nils O. Edstrom, Stewart A. Davis, George B. Bennett, Ronald V. Simmons, John B. Neal, John P. Long, Tom R. Kibler, Daniel R. Ries