System and method for performing capacity checks and resource scheduling within a supply chain management system

A system and method are described for performing bucket-oriented capacity checks on resources to determine whether activities can be processed prior to a desired delivery date. For example, a method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: subdividing a supply chain scheduling timelin...

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Main Authors BIEGLER HANS-JUERGEN, EMBACHER CHRSTIAN, ALTMEYER JOACHIM, FORSTREUTER ANTON, SCHEUER TOBIAS, WEDNER STEFAN, ANSELMANN PETER, BOOSS DANIEL, SIEBERT STEFAN, ENGELMANN THOMAS, SOEHNER VOLKMAR, KULICK THORSTEN, LOKOWANDT BERNHARD, BRAUN HEINRICH, FUHLBRUEGGE CHRISTIAN, NEGASH TESFALDET, SCHULZ THOMAS, OSTERNMEIER JAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.11.2006
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Summary:A system and method are described for performing bucket-oriented capacity checks on resources to determine whether activities can be processed prior to a desired delivery date. For example, a method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: subdividing a supply chain scheduling timeline for a particular resource into a plurality of time-buckets, each of the time buckets having a specified time period and a specified total capacity supply, the total capacity supply comprising utilized capacity supply which has been consumed by previously-scheduled activities and unutilized capacity supply which is available for processing new activities; in response to receiving a customer request for a specified activity to be completed by a desired date, determining if sufficient unutilized capacity supply exists within one of the time-buckets prior to the desired date; scheduling the specified activity on the resource within the time period defined by a particular time-bucket if sufficient unutilized capacity exists within the time-bucket; and reducing the unutilized capacity by an amount of capacity supply consumed by the specified activity.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20050140665