METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE UTILIZATION OF MANUFACTURING MACHINES IN MANUFACTURING PROCESSES

摘要

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for improving the utilization of manufacturing machines in manufacturing processes. In a typical implementation, manufacturing machine utilization is improved by publishing a schedule of Production Events, accepting customer orders within Production Events, and calculating prices for the customers modified based on the customer orders.

主权项

1. A computer-based method for scheduling production processes comprising:
publishing, over a computerized network, a schedule of production events, accepting a first customer order within a first production event, accepting at least one additional customer order within the first production event, wherein a price is impacted by the first customer order and the at least one additional customer order.