Methods and Apparatus for Production Resource Management for Customized Products

摘要

Methods and apparatus for coordinating production of an item by dynamically assigning production resources. In some embodiments, responsive to receiving from a customer an item request, a method includes deconstructing the item request from the customer into a plurality of order components, constructing a tentative assignment of the order components to a plurality of production resources. In some embodiments, the method includes communicating to the customer an estimate of a set of transaction satisfaction conditions derived from the tentative assignment. In some embodiments, the method includes, responsive to acceptance of the transaction satisfaction conditions, distributing the order components to the plurality of production resources.

主权项

1. A system for producing items using dynamically assigned production resources, the system comprising:
a processor; and program instructions computer-executable to implement:
an order intake module configured to:
receive from a customer an item request,communicate to the customer an estimate of a set of transaction satisfaction conditions derived from a tentative assignment of order components to a plurality of production resources, andreceive acceptance of the transaction satisfaction conditions; anda production coordination module configured to:
responsive to the customer item request, deconstruct the item request from the customer into a plurality of order components,construct a tentative assignment of the plurality of order components to the plurality of production resources, wherein
the tentative assignment further comprises: for each of the plurality of order components, an identification of a task to be performed by a selected one of the plurality of production resources, an accounting of any dependencies that exist between ones of the plurality of order components, and expected scheduling of completion for each task, andgenerate from the tentative assignment the transaction satisfaction conditions,responsive to acceptance of the transaction satisfaction conditions, distribute the order components to the plurality of production resources.