SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED CELLULAR MANUFACTURING WITH OUTSOURCING GROUP CONSTRAINTS

摘要

To preserve job integrity and minimize multi-site coordination overhead such as shipping, a technique to control the amount of outsourcing activities in a distributed manufacturing environment is provided. This approach to multi-site scheduling allows outsourcing control for distributed cellular manufacturing based on scheduling constraints called outsourcing group constraints.

主权项

1. A system for managing scheduling of a plurality of jobs in a multi-site shop environment comprising:
a plurality of shops having resources and equipment to complete at least one type of job; and a multi-site scheduler configured to assign and schedule jobs to one of a home shop or a non-home shop, assignments to non-home shops based on a logical grouping of outsourceable jobs such that all jobs in the same group receive the same outsourcing treatment.