SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SCHEDULING MANUFACTURING RESOURCES

摘要

A system and method of scheduling demand for a manufacturing resource (DTF 102) in response to a customer order (105) for a product is provided. The system and method includes device for tracking scheduled finished goods orders, existing finished goods inventory, past due finished goods orders, unallocated customer orders (206) and marketing orders (207), and the manufacturing lead time for the product, among other manufacturing process parameters. The customer order (105) amount and the date requested for the order are entered, and depending on whether the date requested is inside, equal to or outside the manufacturing lead time, manufacturing resources are consumed from one or more of the scheduled finished goods (FGO 101) orders, existing finished goods inventory, available to promise amounts, past due finished goods orders, unallocated customer orders (206), marketing orders (207), and high flex amounts.