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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1989
Nils O Edstrom, Dover, MA (US);
Stewart A Davis, Andover, MA (US);
George B Bennett, Brookline, MA (US);
Ronald V Simmons, Arlington, MA (US);
John B Neal, Charlestown, MA (US);
John P Long, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Tom R Kibler, Groton, MA (US);
Daniel R Ries, Belmont, MA (US);
Symmetrix, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
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.