Patent References 5237508 Production schedule making method System for forming automatic production line control data Production management system and its application method Method and apparatus for scheduling work orders in a manufacturing process Dynamic lot dispatching required turn rate factory control system and method of operation thereof Method and system for production planning Method for allocating resources and processes for design and production plan scheduling Patent #: 5826236 InventorsApplicationNo. 250388 filed on 02/16/1999US Classes:700/97, Design or planning700/99, Resource allocation700/100Job schedulingExaminersPrimary: Picard, Leo P.Assistant: Rapp, Chad Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 019/00Foreign Application Priority Data1998-02-17 JPAbstractA production scheduling management system includes: a long-range production scheduling unit that receives long-range production scheduling information including at least information on a delivery date of each lot, produces a lot processing schedule based on the delivery date of each lot, and outputs a long-range production schedule; a short-range production scheduling unit that receives the long-range production schedule and short-range production scheduling information, produces a short-range schedule of lot processing so as to fulfill the long-range production schedule, and outputs a short-range production schedule; and a work scheduling unit that receives the short-range production schedule and work scheduling information, produces a work schedule so as to fulfill the short-range production schedule, while taking account of conditions of each machine and conditions of each lot, and generates work schedule.Field of SearchIntegrated circuit production or semiconductor fabricationPaper machine or subsystem control Transport position identification Having identification controlled manufacturing operation Mobile transport Having operator control interface (e.g., control/display console) Operator interface (e.g., display with control) Having operator interface feature Job scheduling Digital audio data processing system Design or planning | |