Patent ReferencesPlant maintenance control system Numerical control data dividing and editing apparatus for numerical control machine tool Numerical control device for scheduling machining of groups of workpieces Job scheduling method and system Job shop scheduling and production method and apparatus Patent #: 4896269 InventorsApplicationNo. 396882 filed on 08/22/1989US Classes:700/100Job schedulingExaminersPrimary: Heckler, Thomas M.International ClassG06F 015/46AbstractAn improved job scheduling system provides for scheduling of a variety of jobs without special purpose coding by the use of time maps to maintain current data, including the preferred path through the shop, as well as scheduling jobs around bottleneck shop resources in a dynamic manner. | |