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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2006
Jochen Steinbach, Bad Schoenborn, DE;
Klaus Reinelt, Kraichtal, DE;
Tesfaldet Negash, Leimen, DE;
Arno Eifel, Eppelborn, DE;
Jochen Steinbach, Bad Schoenborn, DE;
Klaus Reinelt, Kraichtal, DE;
Tesfaldet Negash, Leimen, DE;
Arno Eifel, Eppelborn, DE;
SAP AG, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
An electronic data structure, tangibly embodied in an electronic information carrier, models a manufacturing process, and a computer-implemented method that generates and that uses the data structure. The data structure includes a header structure comprising planned time duration information for a defined manufacturing operation of the manufacturing process. The data structure also includes a resource capacity requirement structure linked to the header structure. The resource capacity requirement structure includes, firstly, planned resource capacity requirement information for a defined resource used in the manufacturing operation, and secondly, planned time refinement information that defines, within the header time duration information, a further refined timeframe during which the defined resource is estimated to be consumed.