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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
May. 05, 2010
Timothy Reed Hayes, McKinney, TX (US);
Aamer Rehman, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Dale Jay Raar, West Olive, MI (US);
Jonathan Bier, Ashland, MA (US);
George Edward Barton, Jr., Somerville, MA (US);
Timothy Reed Hayes, McKinney, TX (US);
Aamer Rehman, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Dale Jay Raar, West Olive, MI (US);
Jonathan Bier, Ashland, MA (US);
George Edward Barton, Jr., Somerville, MA (US);
JDA Software Group, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for providing levelness of a production schedule. The system includes a computer configured to access demand data of one or more items to be processed within a sequence of tasks, access the demand data of the one or more items, calculate one or more time intervals for each of the one or more items, and calculate a weighted average for each of the one or more items. The computer is further configured to calculate a time ratio according to the sequence of tasks by calculating the average of the calculated time intervals and the calculated weighted averages and calculating a minimum ratio of an adjusted time interval for each of the one or more items and the calculated weighted averages. The computer is still further configured to generate a production schedule based on a sequence of tasks having a predetermined calculated time ratio.