摘要 |
The invention relates to an automated manufacturing system (902), comprising:
- a production line (908) configured to automatically produce a plurality of goods (P) from a plurality of materials (M1, M2) and components (C1, C2, C3);
- a monitoring unit (906) configured to repeatedly generate monitoring data;
- a materials requirements planning system (910) comprising a database (115, 912), an application program (240, 916) and a processor (914); and
- an automated ordering system (904) configured for using the calculated results of the materials requirements planning system as input for automatically or semi-automatically ordering the materials and components that need to be replenished. |