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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1998
Brenda Lynn Dietrich, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, MA (US);
Abstract
A method suitable for producing a production plan that is feasible with respect to capacity availability. The method includes the steps of reading an end product demand and capacity availability information; selecting a specific demand derived from the end product demand and comprising an end product, a time period, and a quantity; determining whether the quantity can be produced in the time periods using the available capacity and surplus capacity from earlier periods; and, recording the amount of capacity used in each time period to produce this quantity; thereby enabling realization of end product demand when an imbalance of demand and capacity exists.