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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2000
Masayuki Tanaka, Yawata, JP;
Satoru Yamamura, Kyoto, JP;
Itsuhiro Yamada, Hirakata, JP;
Kazuhiro Shintani, Neyagawa, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
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 ( ), an event receiving part ( ) receives a change of production state as an event, a pseudo event generation part ( ) generates a pseudo event ( ) 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 ( ) determines a manufacturing apparatus and a production lot in connection with the event from the event ( ) or the pseudo event ( ), and a formed production plan is displayed by a display unit ( ).