System and methods for excess capacity in dynamic production systems

摘要

The present application presents a new and improved system and method of enhanced Lean Document Production (LDP), which employs cellular manufacturing concepts. The LDP process utilizes a processor to compute a dynamic production algorithm to generate an indication of a manufacturing or print shop excess capacity level.

主权项

1. A method for determining the excess capacity of a cellular manufacturing environment, the method comprising:
providing an overall job mix including at least existing jobs to be processed; determining feasibility, at a fixed time interval, of adding at least one excess job to the overall job mix; and adding the at least one excess job to an excess-capacity jobs list, if and only if the at least one excess job is determined feasible, wherein feasibility is based on determining if adding the at least one excess job instance delays at least one job in the overall job mix, and the method is performed by at least one processing device.