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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2015
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Sanat A. Talmaki, Peoria, IL (US);
Jason Smallenberger, Morton, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for allocating resources includes a plurality of first machines at a work area and a plurality of second machines at a remote location. A controller stores a material movement goal for a production time period, and determine a total capacity at the work area based upon a capacity of the first machines and the production time period. The total capacity at the work area is compared to the desired material movement goal and upon the total capacity at the work area exceeding the desired material movement goal, operational instructions are generated for and communicated to selected ones of the first machines. Upon the total capacity at the work area being less than the desired material movement goal an alert command is generated and some of the second machines may be moved to the work area.