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Method, system and apparatus for multi-site production scheduling

A site and production line technology, applied in the field of multi-site production scheduling

Pending Publication Date: 2018-04-17
纽乐金公司
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Thus, the scheduling of such productive runs presents various challenges

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[0011] figure 1 A system 100 for manufacturing an article is depicted. Any of a wide variety of articles may be manufactured within system 100 . For example, an article of manufacture may include food, cosmetics, a kit including various products manufactured elsewhere, and the like.

[0012] Articles manufactured in system 100 are processed at one or more production sites such as figure 1 Stations 104-1 and 104-2 shown in ) (collectively referred to as stations 104, and generally referred to as station 104; this nomenclature is used for other references herein) manufacture. For example, site 104-1 may be operated by a first entity, such as a contract packager, while site 104-2 may be operated by a second entity, such as another contract packager. However, in some embodiments, sites 104-1 and 104-2 may be operated by the same contract packager entity. In general, sites 104 are physically separated from each other. For example, sites 104 may be located in different building...

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A computing device is provided, comprising: a communications interface; a memory storing a plurality of item records, a plurality of line records containing attributes of production lines, and a plurality of site records each containing identifiers of a subset of the production lines; and a processor interconnected with the communications interface and the memory. The processor is configured to: receive a project including an item identifier corresponding to an item record; retrieve at least one of the site records; retrieve the item record corresponding to the item identifier, and the line records identified in the at least one retrieved site record; and select one of the retrieved line identifiers for the project based on the retrieved site records, the retrieved item record and the retrieved line records.

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technical field [0001] The present description relates generally to controlling production facilities, and in particular to methods, systems and apparatus for multi-site production scheduling. Background technique [0002] Various challenges are involved in the production of goods by entities such as contract packers and contract manufacturers in order to coordinate entities such as brands. A given brand entity may contract with a number of different contract packagers or manufacturers (or both) to produce a certain article. Additionally, the production of articles by each contracting entity can be characterized by high variability in the nature of the goods being produced and short productive runs. Scheduling of such productive runs thus presents various challenges. For example, it may be desirable to produce a large number of different articles within a relatively short period of time using multiple production lines, each with different capabilities. Contents of the in...

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IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/06
CPCG06Q10/06311G06Q10/06315G06Q10/087G06Q50/04G06Q10/06316G06Q10/06313G06Q10/063118G06Q10/08
Inventor C·帕尔科P·索博辛斯基A·洛马斯J·彻昂-金-尤C·沃洛施恩J·刘J·A·云J·斯蒂芬斯-威尔斯
Owner 纽乐金公司