Data processing: generic control systems or specific application – Specific application – apparatus or process – Product assembly or manufacturing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-03
2006-01-03
Rodriguez, Paul (Department: 2125)
Data processing: generic control systems or specific application
Specific application, apparatus or process
Product assembly or manufacturing
C700S097000, C700S099000, C700S106000, C703S002000, C703S007000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06983190
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a method and system for efficiently modeling the situation where a product manufactured within a multi-stage manufacturing system has components upstream in the supply chain which may substitute for one another. The invention selectively permits substitutions based on rules associated with downstream operations or customer shipments. One component may substitute for another provided that the assembly consuming the component belongs to a certain set of assemblies. The invention also encompasses a method by which this can be integrated into a production planning system based on a linear programming (LP) model.
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Denton Brian Trevor
Milne Robert John
Gibb I.P. Law Firm LLC
Kotulak, Esq. Richard M.
Rodriguez Paul
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