TW578071B - System and method for allocating the supply of critical material components and manufacturing capacity - Google Patents

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The present invention provides a system and method for allocating the supply of critical material components and manufacturing capacity by optimizing critical material planning decisions and dynamically allocating constrained materials. The supply allocation system and method support detailed bills-of-material (BOMs) and optimize the use of constrained materials through advanced substitution logic that even considers alternate suppliers and supports the complete product life cycle from design through end-of-life. The supply allocation system and method of the present invention utilize unique synchronized allocations and matched sets logic. The synchronized allocations ensures that all necessary materials for production of a product are available in the appropriate time-phased allocation before beginning production to help ensure that production and materials are not wasted on products that cannot be completed. The supply system may include various combination of components including, a supply planner, a resource optimizer, a constraint based master planner, a product change analyzer, a comparer, a resource requirements planner, a finite resource planner, a customer promiser, and an interactive master scheduler. The core of the simulation process is the supply planner. Other components, such as the resource optimizer and the comparer, then perform their analyses on the output of the supply planner. Another embodiment of the supply system include ""SmartBILL"" substitution to increase responsiveness.

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578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the Invention (!) Relevant Application This application claims priority to US Provisional Application No. 60 / 264,321 filed on January 29, 2001. The disclosure of this application is cited by reference. Ways are fully incorporated into this article. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention disclosed herein relates to a system and method for configuring the supply and manufacturing capabilities of critical material components. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and method for optimizing the supply and manufacturing capabilities of critical material components in an automated electronic environment. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION When appropriate materials are not available, many companies experience manufacturing delays, higher material costs, and poor customer service. A solution to optimize material planning and regulation based on the product life cycle, customer specific needs, and manufacturing plans and schedules is the key to addressing these issues. Challenged companies have many products that utilize the same key material components, but they do not have enough of those components to meet all product requirements. The ideal material resource planner (MRP) will allow users to use those components in the best product mix to support their business goals. Furthermore, the ideal MRP should provide timed material availability and dynamic part / ingredient substitution and configuration in order to reduce work-in-process (WIP) inventory. The ideal MRP should also enable users to effectively locate the appropriate materials in order to support customer service and profitability. -5- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 5 2. Description of the invention (2) (profitability). The ideal MRP should also allow users: manage and reduce the costs associated with those actions. However, regardless of the shortage of other parts that cannot fulfill the order, many known MRPs will be equipped with scarce parts to fulfill future orders. This approach unnecessarily stagnates inventory that may be used on other orders that use the same parts. In addition, traditional MRP allocates parts based on date priorities, so it is often impossible to create a plan that recognizes other priorities or directly supports regular business goals. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In response to these and other needs, an invention provides a system and method for configuring the supply and manufacturing capabilities of critical material components. The supply configuration system and method of the present invention will optimize key material planning decisions and dynamically replace and configure constrained materials. The result: cycle time and material costs plummet with increased service and market share. Unlike other material planning solutions, the supply configuration system and method will support detailed bill of materials (B0M) and use advanced alternative logic to optimize the use of constrained materials. The alternative logic will consider some alternative suppliers and support from product design to End-of-life product life cycle. In order to overcome the many problems and limitations of traditional MRP logic, the provisioning configuration system and method of the present invention uses unique synchronous configuration and matching set logic. In the supply configuration system and method, the synchronous configuration guarantees that all necessary materials used to produce a product are available in an appropriate time period configuration before starting production, so as to help ensure that production and materials are not wasted On products that cannot be completed. With a supply system and method, it will span -6- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Invention description (3 Most internal and external networks will come from distribution Time, based on production, or customer orders are aggregated. Users can balance the constraints on material requirements for production or supplier commitments, and evaluate potential shortages of replacements. Supply systems and The method explores alternatives and matching alternatives in real time, and connects to alternative suppliers through the Internet for availability. Users can scan for alternatives and rules for purchasing opportunities that are suitable for reducing cost opportunities, and translate the results Decisions are automatically incorporated into appropriate planning and corporate transaction systems. By: optimizing key material planning decisions, allowing dynamic material substitution and configuration, and enabling more advantageous use of constrained materials; the invention further allows users to: increase customer service and Reduce procurement and reminders to mitigate costs. Supply systems may include many components. This combination includes: supply planning program 'resource optimization program, constraint-based master planning program, product change analysis program, comparator, resource demand planning program, limited resource planning program, customer commitment program, and interactive master program Scheduler. In this way, the supply system will provide users: a flexible but powerful method for supply chain management. The core of the simulation process is the supply planning program. Resources such as resource optimization programs and comparators The other components then perform their analysis on the processed output of the supply planner. That is, the resource optimizer and comparator will use the results of the supply plan run as inputs suitable for hypothetical planning and analysis. Use of data. Subsequently, other components such as the resource demand planning program and the limited resource planning program will use additional paper from the supply planning program and such as the resource optimization program. The paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X 297 mm). )

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578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the Invention (4) The combined result of one component to generate other findings. Other embodiments of the supply system include: "SmartBILL" replacement capability to increase resilience; synchronous configuration to maximize inventory usage; matching set logic to prevent unnecessary work in progress; "Can Build" (Limited Manufacturing) analysis to minimize obsolete parts; and configuration alternatives to increase customer service. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES By referring to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, it is possible to obtain The invention and its many advantages are more thoroughly understood; in the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same features, and among them: Figures 1A to 1D illustrate a block diagram of a supply configuration system according to various embodiments of the present invention And FIGS. 2 to 9 illustrate flowcharts for illustrating various steps in the operation of various components of the supply configuration system of FIGS. 1A to 1D according to various embodiments of the present invention. Explanation of the preferred embodiment The present invention provides a system and related method for configuring the supply and manufacturing capabilities of key material components. Now refer to FIG. 1 A to 1D, one aspect of the present invention is: a device for configuring the supply and manufacturing capabilities of key material components (hereafter referred to as the supply system 100). In various embodiments of the present invention, the supply system 100 is generally A real-time response system that is a collection of applications, software tools, and analytical capabilities; this system enables manufacturers to respond quickly and easily to the many challenges that may make their business last or be interrupted. -8- This paper standard applies to China Standard (CNS) A4 size (210 X 297 mm)

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Line 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of Invention (5) Respond effectively. The supply system 100 will provide all the capabilities needed to meet these requirements. Specifically, the supply system 100 supports three different perspectives: manufacturing planning and control procedures-proactive planning, reactive decision making, and analysis for specific specialties and process improvements. With the supply system 100, users can: quickly and accurately respond to new unexpected sales opportunities and supply issues; concrete capacity planning; eliminate excess and obsolete inventory; while maintaining high levels of customer service Reduce active inventory at the right time; respond immediately to many "what-if" situations and guide users to prepare for: almost any change in their business from global planning to detailed manufacturing operations; and Reduce order fulfillment cycle time. By interpreting the information hidden in the Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRPII) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system of the user's host, the supply system 100 can help users answer critical business problem. The supply system 100 gives materials, production, and procurement managers the ability to simulate and analyze the impact of any opportunity or problem in the manufacturing environment. The supply system 100 will help users prepare for the future: any changes in demand, supply, products, costs, and planning policies. The supply system 100 also allows users to slice, dice, and filter data to the lowest level of manufacturing detail. The interactions between the supply system 100, the user 10, and other devices are illustrated in Figures 1A and 1B. Now referring to FIG. 1A, the user 10 may use many known parties. 9- This paper size is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) 578071 A7 __________ B7 5. Invention Description (6) Method to supply and supply 100 interactions. For example, the supply system 100 may be a software application residing on a computing device (not shown), and the user may use a dial input device such as a keyboard or a mouse to input data into the computing Device >> Similarly, the user 10 may receive output data from the supply system 100 through a video monitor or other type of known output device. It should be noticed that the user 1G may use any other type of known input / output (o / o) device to clearly interact with the supply system 100. As illustrated in Figure 1B, the user 10 may also access the supply system 100 remotely via the network 30. Specifically, the server 20 may allow the user B to use a known network connection configuration (netwrking cones) to remotely access the supply system ι〇〇. The supply system can be connected to the WMRP 50 remote application or remote data storage device 40 in the same way. It may be from, for example, intranets, small computer networks (internets),

Internet), and many known technologies of value-added network (VAN) are selected from network 30. Still in Figures 1A and 1B, the supply system 100 will perform its function by analyzing the supply-related data stored in a storage device (hereafter referred to as a database 11). In the description of the present invention, the term "database" is intended to be broadly defined as: allow computer program dislocation and access selection: any collection of information organized by # 料 段. It is possible to construct a database The establishment of ιι〇 and the analysis of such data; just like on October 29, 41, an application was filed by Shekar et al., entitled, • Common US patents for systems and methods to optimize resource planning Towel Case No. G9 / 984,327

578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (7 ~) ~ As described. The analysis of the database 110 and the supply system 100 with respect to the database 110 is described in more detail below. The supply data stored in the database 110 usually describes the attributes of the supplies intended to be managed by the supply system 100. Specifically, the supply information includes the following information, such as: the current inventory of supplies, the expected increase in supply inventory (such as: new shipments), and the expected decrease in supply inventory (such as: Use supplies). The supply system 100 is designed using the standard set of system tables in the database 110. Generally, although the user may manipulate the data in the system table, he cannot change the structure or internal relationship of the data. As illustrated in FIG. 1A, many system tables in the database 1 10 are grouped into three main categories. Input materials 111 from the host MRP system 13 are defined by the user and Manipulated user-defined input data 112; and output data 113 due to the provisioning system 100 and operations performed by the user. Each system table type is discussed in more detail below. As shown in FIG. 1C, the supply system 100 may be integrated with a known Material Requirements Planning (VIRP) system 130. The MRP system 130 is a production and inventory planning system specifically designed to handle dependent demand inventory items. This MRP system 130 enables companies to reduce inventory levels, make better use of labor and facilities, and improve customer service. In particular, the MRP system 130 is usually based on the parent hem.

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The production schedule provides a better component demand forecast. Department 130 will further provide a management program: useful information for estimating such things as material purchases = demand. Similarly, when the production schedule = due to its parent item, the MRP system 130 may automatically update the replenishment schedule of the dependent demand item. Among them, many known MRP systems are produced by baan, PeopleSoft, JDE, SAP, SSA, and Marcam. As depicted in Figure 1C, the supply system 100 may receive data from these external systems and use this input data in generating supply plans. For example, the supply system 100 may use an application protocol interface (API) 40 to receive: demand data in the form of customer orders. Specifically, API 40 allows the supply system 100 to accept order information from the secondary order management system 60, which enables customer service representatives to take orders, check availability of promises, and promises ) Orders' and commit customer orders. Similarly, after many supply plans are generated by the supply system, the supply system 100 may provide them to the order management system 60; the system will actually meet demand by manufacturing, shipping, purchasing, and selling products. In a preferred embodiment, the API 40 in the provisioning system 100 allows users to access data sources contained in an Oracle® database. API 40 allows users to: use a number of Oracle optimization tables and barriers to perform planning. API 40 will extract data from Oracle database for use with supply system 100_. Users can extract standard information sets; or

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578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (10) The view of forcing demand (forecast) is equivalent to the view of manufacturing (source of supply). Demand integration tools allow users to use forecast information in their supply plans. It does this by mapping Demand Forecasting Units (DFUs) to stockkeeping units (SKUs). Once this is done, the supply system 100 will be able to use ... materials for the user and forecast data for production planning, thus providing the user with a more complete picture of the user's situation. A stock keeping unit (SKU) is an item used for inventory and production purposes: and is defined as: "existing at a location". A SKU may be a finished product, or a component of a finished product that is manufactured or stored. It may also be classified according to the organization's manufacturing process. A location may be a storehouse or a manufacturing site. It exists like a factory or warehouse. In contrast, a forecasting unit (DFU) is a source of demand. Although it is also defined by project and location, it will be further based on, for example, manufactured parts sold to customers, indicating discrete final sales or accounting And the specific physical location of the distribution channel. As such, the supply system 100 may interact with the procurement system 70. The use of the supply system 100 and the purchase system 70 gives buyers and suppliers: opportunities to realize significant benefits in the areas of sourcing, procurement, and supply of parts. A representative procurement system is: NetWORKS PrOCUrementTM (Internet Procurement System) marketed by the owner of this application. The procurement system 70 is usually a simple but powerful master-slave system (cHent / server system). Based on the information that has been input from the host MRP system, the procurement system 70 will require the supplier to commit to the estimated demand. Requests are based on -14- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) 578071 A7

The species will ask "Can someone supply these parts according to these quantities on these dates? The sister-in-law predicts poor news to send. The acquisition system will collect and analyze and schedule (Scheduledpr () jeeti () ns) and accommodation All supplier responses related to flex ranges, exceptions may be reported if necessary. Then, regardless of whether the request can be satisfied, the procurement system 70 will consider all supplier responses as commitments. In exceptional cases, the buyer can use Purchasing system 70 adjusts the commitment until the shortage is resolved. The input is downloaded from the MRP system 130 (d0wnioad) into the supply input table 111. The input data can be further divided into three categories. data) l 11a, supply data Ulb, and demand data 111c. Reference 11 la includes: when establishing and marshalling system output information, reference related data and relationships used by the supply system 100. Supply data 11 lb contains: used to indicate Supply-related information for all material sources supplied to the organization's manufacturing facilities. Demand information 111c contains: The relevant data of the organization's manufacturing facilities and, therefore, the demand source of the organization's supplies. Table 1 summarizes the data types and the corresponding system tables for storing input data: -15- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications ( 210 X 297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (12) Table 1: System table (input data) Data category table name Reference material Main item [IM] Product structure [PS] Factory calendar [SC] According to cost version Cost element [CE] Cost element rate code [CER] Inventory [INV] Representative journey [RR] Work center [WC] Main site [SM] Main project supply original site [IMSRO] Global supply original site [SRO] Supply information Purchase order [PO] work order [WO] purchase order [PR] work order [WOX] (configuration) forecast total [GROSSFO] shipment [SHP] floating [FLOAT] review [AUDIT] inter-site supply order

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LINE-16- This paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (13) Demand data Actual demand [AR] Actual demand [ARX] (Configuration ) Customer order [CO] Additional usage independence demand [EU] Main schedule forecast [MS] Inter-site demand order [ISD] Return to FIG. 1A, database 110 may further include: used to store the requirements according to the supply system 100 A table of user-defined information 112. For example, the three user-defined tables are: Resource Optimization Table (RESO), Constraint-Based Master Planning Table (CMP), and Product Change Analysis Table (PCA). In general, users use control interfaces and options to generate data that will fill these tables. Alternatively, the user may manually insert and edit records into the user-defined table 112. The user-defined table 112 may be used by the provisioning system 100 when performing resource optimization and product change analysis operations. You should be aware that it is also possible to add input data to the user-defined table 112. For example, a RESO table may also contain output data. Still in FIG. 1A, the database 110 further includes a table for storing the output data 113. During operation of the provisioning system 100, an output material 113 is generated and presented to the user. Specifically, the output will contain the results produced by the provisioning system 100 and present the results in a manner intended for use by the user. Some of these tables are named after the operation names of the following supply systems 100 that produced the table: supply planning, product change analysis, resource optimization, resource optimization with constraint-based master planning Zhang scale is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210X297 mm)

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578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (14), resource demand planning, and comparison. These operations are described in more detail below. Table 2 below shows some tables containing output data 113. Table 2: System table (output data) Operation table Name Supply Planning (SP) Networking [NET] Planning Period [PER Compare SP Comparison [CR] Supply Planning Action SP Action [SPA] Product Change Analysis (PCA) PCA Results [PCAR] PCA details [PCAD] PCA main parameters [PCAM] Resource optimization (RESO) Resource optimization [RESO] Resource optimization (w / OBMP) RESO details [RESOD] Resource demand planning (RRP) RRP action [RRP] RRP planning period [RRPPER] Summary breakdown [RCD] Number number [PMI] Performance breakdown [RMID] The output data 113 may be presented to the user in the form of a report. The report may be based on one of the complete tables in database 110, or select data on one of the tables. The report can usually be viewed online, printed or stored on the file to comply with Open Database Connectivity (Open Database -18- This paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) 578071 A7 B7

Connectivity (referred to as ODBC) and dBASE two standard formats for output. The other tables are defined in Table 3: Table 3: Supply System Table Table Name Purpose Actual Demand [AR] (entered input information) Identifies investment-dependent demand. Wei will look for or suggest supplies for these shortages. Actual demand [ARX] (entered configurator input information) Identifies the in-demand requirement of the investment. The supply system will look for the supply of these shortage parts through the configuration input feature. J Review [AUDIT] (IMS) depends on the forecast total, which is less than the number of shipments on customer orders. Check [CHKOUT] (internal) Copy information made by the supply system database stored on-server. For use by supply or network administrators only. Cost element rate code [CER] (entered input information) Stores the data needed to execute the rate-based cost grouping (cost rOll-UpS) of the product structure. Ability to use rate codes to cover fixed or percentage-based expenses. Cost element [CE] (entered input information) ^, a · "!. Store-the type or more of replacement parts ^ (costing) model or version information, can enter and exit the cost item in the main item _ table And torture. ----——--- Ben Yi Zhang-19 & Du Fan uses Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210X297 public love) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (16) Customer order [CO] (entered Input information) Stores a record of independence requirements in the form of customer orders: what (parts), how much (quantities), and when they are needed (date required). Extra usage [EU] (entered input information) Stores a record of the independence requirements for many items; this item is generally not an end_time or product, but is needed for maintenance or backup purposes. Floating [FLOAT] (IMS) Displays the number of unscheduled orders in a floating table. -Global Source of Supply [SRO] (entered input information) Defines the source of supply for one site in multisite consolidation. It allows global site definition; and it is most useful if one site will supply most of the demand. Forecast Gross [GROSSFC1 (IMS) contains information on forecast volumes in a monthly format. Inter-Site Requirements [ISD] (input information entered) Contains transfer orders from all relevant sites. Inter-Site Order [ISO] (input information entered) contains supply transaction information, if a commitment has been made to meet the needs of a relevant site. Inventory [INV] (entered input information) Stores a record of the inventory of existing parts associated with more than one site and / or many stores in a site. The user can copy or remove existing inventory information for the selected individual site / storage to the master item [IM] sheet. Whether or not to include this information depends on the subsequent supply plan itinerary. Project-level supply source [IMSRO] (input information entered) Defines the project-level supply source for one site in a multi-site consolidation. -20- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) 578071 A7

Main item [IM] '(entered input information) ~~ ------ Main schedule required by the supply system for storing user parts (part number and description), existing inventory, ordering policy, etc. [IMS] (Entered input information) _ Network [NET] * (input information) PCA main parameters [PCAD] ~ (user input information) of user $ Stores the records of independent demand forecasts. ---------, save actions generated by a supply plan, and only use daggers as numehcal pointers 〇 Germanium stores input details for all product changes. It is also used to set indicators for change operations. PCA main parameters [PCA] (User input information) Save the main product change analysis input parameters (parameters). The main input parameters all point to a detailed product change analysis detail record. PCA result [PCAR] (output information) The result of the change analysis of the supply system product is saved. Performance Details [PMID] (Output Information) The results of an automated planning performance measurement utility called "The Numbers" of a supply system are stored. Planning period [PER] (output information) The remaining data used to define the structure of the user's planning periods (also called buckets in English) and is used by the supply system. Product Structure [PS] (entered input information) Holds data used to describe the relationship between the many parts that make up the user's product. Purchase Order [PO] (entered input information) Stores a record of the supply of parts as a purchase order or a scheduled receipt. Purchase order [PR] (entered input information) For planning of old users, it is necessary to consider that PR becomes the scheduled receipt amount, and then store the record of parts supply as a purchase order.

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Line-21-This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (18) Representative process [RR] (entered input information) Load standard information and use that information in resource demand planning operations. RESO {RES0} (output information) A summary level (summary_level) result that stores input information and resource optimization details of the supply system. RES0 item [RES0D] (output information) Save a detailed description of the resource optimization schedule. Summary Item [ROD] (Output Information) Stores the calculated load item result from the resource demand planning operation, but uses it as a numerical indicator. RRP action [RRP] (output information) The RRP action table stores the RRP results; that is, the action is generated by an RRP trip and converted into a readable form. The shipping item tSHIPJ contains information on the shipment volume in the daily format. Still FIG. 1A ′ The user may use a product attribute definition tool 12o to generate supply data in the database 11o. Tool 120 will usually assist users in defining: the product of interest, the current inventory level of the product, and various procedures that affect the inventory level of the product (such as: obtaining, making, or using the product). For example, a user may use known MRp to define goods and related procedures. Similarly, users may use a known database programming language such as Oracle SQL (Structured Query Language). In one embodiment of the present invention, the product attribute definition tool 120 is a Product Attribute Language (PAL). PAL 'is implemented in the Netwrks SupplyTM (Internet Supply System) marketed by the owner of the present invention, it is a -22-standard paper standard (CNS) M specification (Teaching χ 297 public love) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (19) To build the exclusive language of many models of configurable assemblies. One type of flat file containing replacement rules is compiled with a PAL compiler to produce a provisioning model of a configurable assembly. The important concept of the PAL model is to define the consumer / provider relationship between various parts. Parts are defined as consumers and / or suppliers of sources. Resource balance will ensure that many defined relationships are maintained. Think of resources as: Tangible objects that are consumed or supplied by parts. Use PAL to specify the information the user may enter for selection: product characteristics, calculations required to configure a product, and bill of materials required to make a product with the user-specified characteristics. PAL is a platform and product-independent tool for developing product attribute audits, and it is described as follows: PAL flat files use any text editor or word processing Written by a word processor; it has nothing to do with hardware; uses standard ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) character set, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 64-bit floating-point numbers: can easily define many user interfaces , Thus allowing an arbitrary level of simplicity or detail, just as it is suitable for user audiences; support for many related objects that supply equipment at the same time; support for supply of add-ons (addons of installed products); and Define parts as consumers and / or suppliers of resources. Divide a PAL source file into sections. Each section starts with the text of the named section and contains a type of information. These sections all appear in a specific order. The original file includes: model section (model -23-this paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210X 297 mm)

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578071 A7 B7 “_” section), this section contains identification information used to describe product attributes. The original file further includes tables that are used to ··············· ······································································ Values which cannot be calculated; Time-consuming values; or definitions—the size and value of the table. Another component of the original file is the structure section, which lists many high-level pieces of equipment. Generally speaking, Is a product represented by product attributes. If there is no structured information list, PAL assumes that all information in both the variable and supply sections is part of the same structure. If The structure section contains any information, and the variable $ and supply information are assigned to a specific structure. The variable section defines: how the variable is intended to be presented to the user, and how the variable is intended to be calculated. The execution section (execution sectión) controls : The calculation of many variables calculated in various ways. The best way to make the supply section calculate how many items in each particular item need to be configured is ... The characteristics of resource balance. In doing so, the user will generate a resource section (resorce secti0n), which contains: a list of resources that may be consumed and supplied by the provision entry (entlT). * The resource will define two The relationship between two configurable items, so some resources may be identified as: resources used to perform the disk interconnection between the two objects used to perform the device. Μ-group product attributes can contain groups for several products This section is used to clarify: the names of many products and their relationship to each other. The product attributes are divided into many fragments, not in various sections of the _ mode are divided into many semantically relevant fragments. -reUted p said S) The grammatical level (don't add 丨 ㈣ 丨) is divided into I___ _24- This paper standard is applicable to China Garden Standard (CNS) A4 ^^

Into many pieces related to a specific object of a high-end device. Once the structure table has been defined, the entries in the variables and supply sections can be associated with one or more structures. The stated structure will allow the product attribute execution environment: to present information to users in a more logical product_oriented way, and to execute it faster because it can ignore many parts of the PAL original file, This part is not the part of the product that the user is configuring. Generally speaking, an assembly (assemMy) is composed of many sub-components that are either parts or assemblies. An assembly may also consist of a combination of many replacement parts or assemblies that provide the same functionality. A number of pAL modes can be used to represent the various possible combinations of an assembly. For example, if the assembled product is initially composed of one component B and one component c, it can also be made of one component D and two units of component B. The following is another example of an alternative configuration, in which: Part C was originally composed of Part A and Part B. In an alternative configuration, part c is constructed from a combination of two parts 1) and 6; the constraint is that the number of parts D is 30% of the original number of parts A. If 100 units of C parts are required, 100 units of eight and B parts should generate an exponential demand. Among them, the expansive demand describes the number of items required to obtain a desired product. Make up parts and resources. If the replacement configuration requires 100 units of c parts, a decomposition of the general PAL model that would require 30 units of 0 parts and 100 units of 8 parts may include: Provided in the pAL model __- 25- This paper is suitable for SS household materials (CNS) 578071 A7 B7 V. Invention description (22) The configurable assembly should include a product defined in the product structure table Structure; (2) many replaceable parts should be listed in the IM form; (3) replaceable parts are usually purchased parts; (4) if the assembly is defined as a configurable part, the The lead time must be greater than 0; (5) in order for a replaceable part to exist in the configuration assembly, an appropriate consumer / supplier relationship must be established; and (6) for a configurable assembly The PAL model of the product considers all substitutable sub-components that exist in the original bill of materials (BOM), so that the sub-components in the BOM and the sub-components identified in the PAL model are used together to help ensure: / Or parts are present in the final assembly . The bill of materials (BOM) is a list of all subassemblies, intermediate parts, and raw materials put into a parent assembly, thus showing each component required to make an assembly Quantity. Use it with the Master Production Schedule to determine: purchase requisitions and items that the production order must release. For example, a report on an indented bill of materials will provide a multi-level view of the product structure. This report will show the highest-level parent assemblies as close to the left margin, and all the components put into these parent assemblies will be shown one row to the right. Shrink all further components down one row to the right. If a component is used in more than one parent assembly within a given product structure, the component will appear more than once under each subassembly that uses it. PAL or other product attributes may be used by the user to define: intended to be used by -26- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (23) Should be applied by the system 100 Analysis of many characteristics of supply data. For example, a user might define an order as pastdue. When an order is overdue, it may be handled differently. If the supply system 100 determines that the order is overdue, the overdue order may still have to be rescheduled. To be clear, it is possible to process an overdue order as if it were due today (start date). Alternatively, regardless of the date, the supply system 100 may net order. Similarly, the user may choose to remove an order from the rescheduling logic. The user may also remove parts of certain components from the supply system 100. There are many reasons why users may choose to remove any order or a component. For example, if the supply system 100 cannot confirm the delivery of an order from a supplier by a certain date, or if the manufacturing machine is down for maintenance, the order may be removed. Alternatively, the user or the supply system 100 may prevent reordering of the order by making the order "firm". This action may also be referred to as "freezing"-order When the order is confirmed, the number of orders cannot be increased or decreased, and the order cannot be cancelled. When the user makes the order confirmed, the supply system 100 will not attempt to reschedule the order, and the supply system 100 will not be rescheduled For any subsequent orders for the same part, the subsequent order is earlier than the due data of the order. If an order is rescheduled as "pull up" (pull); Pull to the date, if any, of the order for one of the same parts. When there is unsatisfactory demand for a part, a planned supply order (PSO) will be generated. 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Line V. Description of Invention (24) The final date of the order is determined for the part. Similarly, if an order is rescheduled as "push"; it will never be later than the date of the order for one of the same parts. Alternatively, by setting the Pull-up, push-down, and canceled time fences are in the same dialog box; flexiMe firming can be achieved. Alternative features in the supply system 100 allow users: in the main component (primary component) Insufficient availability and inadequate time before obtaining the component, the replacement component is scheduled in the assembly. There are three methods that may be applied by the substitution logic: Permissive method (permissive), replacement until exhaustion Method (use-until-exhaust), and configurable substitution method. Allowed substitution method allows ... When the transfer lead time is taken into consideration, it is intended to replace the part with a predetermined and at the original site (sour site) Purchased transfer parts to replace unavailable prime parts. Subsequent operations occur after the supply planning phase. Users can set allowable substitution methods, The demand will be partially fulfilled. The replacement method allows until the exhaustion of the main part supply. It is intended to replace the unavailable main part with a predetermined replacement part. In contrast to the allowable replacement method, it occurs during the supply planning phase. Replace operations until they are exhausted, and use replacement parts for all future needs. Configurable substitution methods make it possible to use many more complex and subtle configurations when a specific assembly must be ordered and there are many alternative ways to make it Rules to determine what is possible. A stage after the supply planning program 200 is executed and before the resource optimization program 300 is started, this type of alternative operation is usually constructed from the supply system 100. A7 B7 5. Invention description (25) operation, the operation is described below. In order to determine whether the replacement operation will occur within a lead time, the supply system 100 will be based on all scheduled receipts outside the lead time. receipts) are calculated by the assumption that the lead time is pulled up to the front. · The excess supply of both the main part and the replacement part (exce ss supply). If the supply is sufficient to update the demand for the main part information, the main part performs the task, and if the supply is insufficient, the supply system 100 will then verify the lead time for a main part. Available_To-Promise (ATP for short). In addition, the supply system 100 will verify that when the network is in the lead time or out of demand, all the requirements outside the lead time are repeated. In order to execute in One of the replacement operations within the lead time, the supply system 100 will use a predetermined replacement part that has a sufficient supply at the demand date for the main part. Demand is met by the replacement part by using a predetermined replacement part with sufficient supply at the lead time date. Demand is performed by replacement parts, and the supply system 100 initiates a planned supply order (PSO) for the main part. Similarly, in order to determine whether the replacement operation will occur before or after the lead time, the supply system 100 checks whether the demand outside the lead time can be performed using the main part. If it is affirmative, the supply system 10 ^ uses the main part to carry out the demand. If there is an excess of favorite parts after the demand is met, the supply system 100 will treat these parts as other parts, and may configure them. If the main part fails to meet the demand, supply and supply will perform an alternative operation. When executed in lead time or outside (S 2), the supply system will not use ... a predetermined replacement part with an excess supply after all its own needs have been processed. If the replacement operation is not -29-578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (26)

疋 If it is practicable, the supply system 100 will plan τ for main parts. A knowledge of supply and demand needs should be performed to determine whether to substitute operations. If replacement operations are required, analysis of replacement parts is also required to determine their needs *. The replacement operation will only occur if the replacement part has an excess supply that exceeds its own demand. Alternatively, the allowable substitution method allows unavailable transfer parts: intended to be replaced by the (many) required parts purchased at the original place; and the transfer replacement operation indicates the transfer lead time. Generally, there is no transfer lead time when the replacement part is the main part and it is at the same site as the main part; but when the replacement part is the main part and it is at a different site, there is a transfer lead time time. In another embodiment, the supply system 100 allows the user to define phantom assemblies, which are parts that are typically consumed during the manufacturing process and therefore are not usually stocked as separate entities. When the supply system 100 encounters a phantom part, the demand is passed to the next-order component and no planned supply order is generated. Generally, if an existing 4 (on-hand quantity) exists, or if there is any predetermined receipt quantity, the phantom part will only appear in the output information of the supply system 100. If one of the tables such as: customer order (C0), main schedule (^! 5), extra USage (EU), or SAF indicates that there is an independent demand ), Only phantom parts are planned. If the phantom love piece has a set safety stock, the supply system 100 will only recommend if the available inventory (ie, the existing amount plus the pre-received amount before the supply system 100) is less than the total amount of safety stock for the phantom part A safe deposit -30- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm)

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Green 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (27) Quantity replacement order. Phantom parts are used to logically flatten (flMten) the bill of materials. This is done when the manufacturer is operating a shop order-less shop floor; therefore, the supply system 100 is only used to plan purchase parts. As appropriate, use the corpse 1 to generate offset lead-time for the parent assembly / component relationship. If the user inputs a negative value for the parent assembly / component relationship, the 'age' shortens the previous setting time for the relationship from the previous setting time for the parent part. The lead-time lockout method is used to delay issuing of parts until the cons (-point) in the manufacturing process. This method is useful for "expensive components used in manufacturing processes and / or when manufacturing processes are long". However, because of delayed issuance, the risk of component shortages and manufacturing delays will increase. "When exploding dependent requirements and planning the expiry date of many orders, the supply system 100 will consider the lead time write-off method. Can Use the safety / buffer lead time to adjust the lead time for purchased or manufactured parts' to respond to events such as transportation between two sites or inspection of raw materials. For example: if «proposed-a Date, the part may be delivered on that date, but the warehouse may be missing for three days. The user will then enter a three-day buffer value to allow this delay. 针对 Target-parts (purchasing) (Or manufacturing) planned supply: single (pso) 'It has a safe buffer value' and will subtract the buffer lead time from the original for ps0. ^ • "Deposit" of the "depletion rate" The demand for purchasing parts is another In one embodiment, the user may define a shrinkage. The loss rate is usually expressed as: • 31-578071 A7 B7 V. The percentage of the demand quantity (· 28). It is needed because of factors such as limited shelf life, theft, or evaporation, so not all available quantities of one type of part may actually be available. To adjust this possibility, the user or supplier will specify a shrinkage factor to indicate the percentage of loss the user expects for this part. Then, when the supply system 100 performs its calculations to balance supply and demand, the demand will expand due to a loss factor. For example, if component A is specified as a loss factor of five percent (5%), and the input demand is 100, then the supply system 1000 will be calculated before the net reqUirements, Increase demand to 105. Similarly, the user may define: the "yield" quantity. Although yield is a percentage factor used to adjust demand, it is suitable for the manufacture of parts, not the shelf quantity. Although the wear rate is applicable to the part that has already been purchased, the yield rate is only applicable as a function of the process of manufacturing the part. Therefore, the yield will affect the number of silver pieces used in manufacturing. For example, when a work order is written for the finished quantity of a part, the quantity of the finished product is equal to the number of components used in manufacturing. Similarly, when a work order is written for the finished product quantity of a part, the finished product quantity is equal to the number of good quality parts available at the time of order completion. It is still the above example. In the manufacturing process for part A, if it has an average yield of 75% (75 00/0), the user needs to have 105 parts available for inventory needs. When expanding demand to lower levels, the supply system 100 uses a yield factor (75 ° / 0) to inflate demand for all parts and eight components. If you are manufacturing a parent part, etc. -32- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 x 297 mm)

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Using component parts, the yield factor specified for the parent part can be applied to adjust the component's needs. However, a component may not have to be rejected or consumed as often as other components. Yield override can then be used to change the yield for that component. Similarly, the user may define a scrap value to represent the waste material generated during manufacturing. Dispose of scrap in exactly the same way as yield: an increase in gross requirements is used to account for losses in the manufacture of a particular product or component. The user may use PAL to define engineering changes. ^ When the supply system 100 processes an order to generate a dependent demand for an associated component of a part, it will apply any pending engineering changes. consider. For any product structure, there may be several engineering changes scheduled to take effect at different times within the planning horizon. When entering an engineering change, the change is characterized by the validity of the end or stop of one (or many) parent / child part relationships based on a number of specific dates, and the start of another Effectiveness (start effectivity). The logic in the supply system 100 looks at the validity of the engineering change (EC) from two different perspectives. It is able to plan materials with availability at completion, which is based on the completion date of the parent part. In this case, the supply system 100 will ignore all the part structures that have a stop date earlier than the parent part demand date, regardless of the parent part's just-set time. Alternatively, the validity on the release date (RlaW date) may be based on the completion date of the child part 0. The supply system 100 will consider the lead time and recognition of the parent part

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-33- V. Description of Invention (30) (honors) Existing sub-part configuration (wip). The supply system 100 further allows overlapping validity for a period of time during which the two components will be expanded logically. However, the supply of '100 usually requires: explicit declaration of all start and stop dates. Then 供应 'supply system 1GG will not assume:-the given component start date means that the replacement component will stop β users may use PAL to further define: type effectivity 〇11) ^ ^ ^ ^ Μ ^ ^ ^ f There are opportunities when it comes to interaction. This may be due to resource constraints, lead time, or economic reasons. The supply system 100 will consider the validity of the type in order to allow the user to schedule it through a date range that defines the duration of the operation or purchase. In another construction example, the user may define: ABC classification suitable for the component. The ABC taxonomy allows users to classify inventory based on the value of the amount based on the actual gross grout requirements (AGR) of the recently calculated parts. The supply system 100 allows the user to recalculate the AGR with each execution. In general, a small number of items account for a large percentage of an organization's inventory value, while most items account for a small inventory value ratio. ABC codes allow users to classify parts into one of four categories. Type A items are of high value and usually include a relatively small number of items, with values ranging from 75 to 80% of the value of the inventory. This type of project is usually 15 to 20% of ββ items in inventory. They are of medium value and generally include most items, and their value accounts for 15% of the value of the inventory. Often, this type of item -34- This paper size applies to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 public directors) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of invention (31) Usually 30 to 40% of the inventory item. Category C items: They have relatively low value and represent most of the inventory items, whose value is almost trivial, accounting for only 5 to 10% of the inventory value. Category C items are usually 40 to 50% of inventory items. Class D projects may then be all other components. The provisioning system 100 allows users to: modify these values to suit planning needs. In operation, the supply system 100 multiplies the total standard cost by the actual gross demand to achieve a usage dollar value for each part. The value of the usage amount is then compared to the value of the total usage amount to determine its relative percentage and the ABC classification of the part. The provisioning system 100 allows the user to: recalculate the ABC code taxonomy of the part with each execution. When planning an order, the supply system 100 uses existing ABC code classifications, such as those calculated from the most recently supplied planned itinerary. The ABC code logic follows these steps by multiplying the actual gross demand (AGR) by the total standard cost for each part and adding the results to reach the cost of all parts throughout the year. The supply system 100 then reads the user-defined ABC code control definitions for A, B, C, and D parts; and divides the total cost of all parts throughout the year into a number of defined percentages. In addition, the supply system 100 will sort by the corresponding (AGR X total standard cost) value of many parts, from highest to lowest. The supply system 100 then arranges the many parts into group A until it meets but does not exceed the percent value for the class A parts. If a class A part cannot be allocated to group A (such as: increasing it will exceed the percentage value for class A parts), the supply system 100 will increase it to group -35- This paper size applies China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210X 297 mm)

5. Description of the invention (32) B. The supply system 100 will arrange many parts to group B in the same way, and repeat the configuration procedure suitable for groups C and D. Users may also establish many order policies. In particular, the supply system 100 generates a PSO, and the recommended quantities are based on an ordering policy that governs parts and codes: order for lot. 1. Fixed order quantity 2. Period order quantity 3. Fixed days 4. Supply days 5 • Order point 6. Order order (gorss order) 7 • Maximum batch size Generally, the planned order expiration date is based on the first unspent demand. However, the order point policy is an order investment (〇rder launchin magic method; therefore, the expiry date of the planned order is ... the date when the estimated availability (pr0jected availability) drops below 5 points plus the purchase of parts Lead time. Also, when entering or editing the planning and control information for a part in the project, the user can specify that the minimum and / will be used by any order policy other than the total order policy. Or multiple order quantity. The planned order quantity of the supply system 100 is equal to or greater than the minimum order quantity of the parts; * If applicable, the user may also define: the maximum order quantity, which forces the planned order quantity to always be equal to or less The value. The planned finishing amount of any part with the same amount is always rounded to the nearest multiple.

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Line 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of Invention (33) The batch order policy is the easiest planning policy. Where the supply system 1000 encounters unsatisfactory demand, it determines the net demand for parts and then proposes an order to meet the demand. Unless modified by minimum, multiple, or maximum values; the recommended quantity will be the same, ordering in batches as if the demand is not met. The fixed order quantity ordering policy is an easy policy that recommends an order (or multiple orders) based on a fixed amount of parts in the database. When the supply system 100 encounters unsatisfied demand, it calculates the net demand, and then suggests as many orders with a fixed lot size as there are net needs. Where parts are governed by the time-order ordering policy, the supply system 100 will suggest the order based on the first instance of unsatisfied demand for parts, plus the net demand for the number of previous time periods as specified by the user. Optionally, only non-zero demand periods are included. Therefore, if the user states that there are 5 periods, but there are some periods of zero demand; the horizon will be expanded until 5 periods of positive demand are encountered. Where parts are governed by a fixed-day ordering policy, the supply system 100 will recommend the order based on the first instance of unsatisfied demand for the part, plus the net demand for the previous days as stated by the user. Generally, all previous days are counted, and thus include those days when there is no demand (no order). This ordering policy differs from the time-order ordering policy. The fixed-day ordering policy is similar to the supply-days ordering policy, except that it is specific to parts but not related to the ABC classification of parts. • 37-

578071 A7 B7____ V. Description of Invention (34) The supply days ordering policy will generate many PSOs based on the ABC classification of each part. When the supply system 100 uses the supply day ordering policy to generate a PSO for a part, the order quantity will be large enough to cover the next (η) day demand, where (η) is stated in the ABC code. If an order quantity multiple exists in the parts database, the recommended order quantity will be rounded to the next highest multiple. For example, for parts that are always ordered by order, the order multiple (a multiple of 12) should be used. The order-point ordering policy is an order input method, unlike other ordering policies, in that the supply system 100 proposes a number of orders with a maturity date that matches the date of the first unmet demand (net demand). The user may indicate the inventory point or level at which the order should be placed. When the expected availability of a part drops below its order point, the supply system 100 will suggest an order. The recommended order quantity will be on the IM form. The expiry date of an order is: the date the availability is expected to fall below the order point plus the time before the part is placed. In theory, if the demand for a part is steady, it is expected that the availability will never fall below zero before the inventory is replenished. If it drops below zero, the supply system 100 will suggest an order for an amount that falls below zero. Use the point-of-purchase ordering policy where demand that has even demand day-to-day or week-to-week occurs smoothly. The order point value will be established by considering the part lead time and the typical requirements during this lead time. For example, if the lead time is one week and the demand is usually 50 units per week; the user may set the order point at 50 units plus a safety factor. In contrast, the total order subscription policy will bypass most of the -38-

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k This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 mm) 578071 A7 _ B7 _ V. Description of the invention (35) Normal supply planning logic. The supply system 100 (existing inventory and planned orders) is unbalanced with demand, and orders are not recommended to cover the gross demand for parts. Instead, the supply system 100 will pass the demand to the next level by generating a demand entry for the component's component. This ordering policy is useful as a temporary step in transitioning from a gross demand planning system to a supply system 100. The maximum batch size ordering policy is similar to the fixed-day policy. However, some fixed-day policies will calculate the demand for the period and put the total supply on the first day of need; while the maximum batch size policy will divide the supply into a number of scheduled batches. Users will: 1) define the number of days that they expect to determine the total demand used to calculate the supply; and 2) determine the batch size that they intend to use to divide the total demand calculated during the order period. In the logic used to calculate the difference order and the batch size, the minimum, maximum, and multiple functions will also be considered. The user may also define a measurement unit conversion factor (conformance factor). Unit of Measure (UM for short) is a unit that controls the item for the purpose of manufacturing procedures, for example, feet and inches. The um information is reference information and therefore is not part of the calculation of the supply system 100 itself. The supply system 100 uses a UM conversion factor to convert a unit required for manufacturing into a unit for purchasing or storing an item, or a value required for each assembly. For example, tapes and wires are materials that can be used in units of one inch by the manufacturing process, but they are purchased in units of one hundred feet. The user may also define: the amount required per assembly. Requirement per assembly -39-

578071 A7 B7 5. The invention description (36) (Quantity Per Assmbly, QPA for short) is the number of sub-parts (assemblies) required to manufacture its parent assembly. The supply system 100 uses it to calculate the demand during the networking process. QPA values may be expressed as integers or decimals. The supply system 100 may round any such decimal number after a decimal precision specified by the user. In another embodiment, the inventory (INV) table of the supply system 100 supports: a majority of inventory stores in each planning site. If the user uses most of the separate disk storage devices in the user's manufacturing environment, the user can carry and maintain the existing values from those storage devices. The INV table also supports: a specific safety stock factor for each item in each disk memory. This guarantees that ... when planning the order, the subsequent execution of the supply system 100 will take into account the safety stock requirements of the parts. Depending on the circumstances, the supply system 100 may launch work orders. This feature allows users to add many new unplanned supply orders to a plan, and then cause the supply system 100 to generate an associated supply demand. The work order (the AR associated with it) is basically a single-level = ingle-level bill of materials with a validity date. They are not manually input from the host MRP system at the supply system 100. Under normal circumstances, the supply system 100 logic will use the work order as a supply, and where the demand for the parts on the work order exceeds the supply, the supply system 100 will generate a PS0. Then, under normal circumstances, although the supply system 100 will not start a work order to determine which parts are put into it and what parts are in short supply, it will be assumed that everything has been equipped. In some cases, the inventory will be in short supply. · To completely kit (kit of a worker x 297 public directors) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (37) A part (or parts) required for the order . The supply system 100 then checks for shortages on any work orders; and if any shortages are found, the shortages are treated as demand, which in turn will look for necessary inventory or suggest appropriate supplies. However, in a "what if ..." analysis, users may want to add a new work order (WO) that is neither planned nor equipped to the plan to simulate supply. The user may also want the supply system 100 to determine which parts will be needed to equip the new WO. In this case, the user will want the supply system 100 to consider all the parts put into the work order. The supply system 100 will then start the work order; and during the supply planning journey, the supply system 100 will: view the product structure table and determine which parts are put into the work order, and post an AR (actual demand) for each part ) As a demand in the supply plan, and looking for INV or suggested PS0 essential supplies. The AR generated in the SPA (Supply Plan Action) form will have a required date; this date will either correspond to the start date of the work order, or it will be written off by the lead time for production of the part ( offset) of the work order. If during the processing of the supply system 100, a new work order is pushed down or pulled up; the AR associated with it will also be pushed down or pulled up, so that AR requires the date and recalculation of the work order to start The dates are consistent. Furthermore, the supply system 100 allows the user to pull up the required dates for many selected parts according to a stated factor measured in days. This feature is called "Safety Stock By Number of Days". It should be noted that "Safety Stock By Number of Days" does not increase the order quantity, but only It's an early way to pull up the order. -41-This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm)

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Line 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the Invention (38) In a preferred embodiment, the user may construct a SmartBill. SmartBill is an optional feature in the provisioning application; and, when enabled or `` added on '' configurable alternative capabilities, the provisioning system 100 gains the ability to dynamically configure its bill of materials ( BOM). When the user selects a configurable replacement method, the supply system 100 will make a request to the SmartCon (smart configuration) program (a program that performs the actual configuration calculation in the SmartBill product); the program will The rules specified by the PAL product engineer configure the replacement assemblies in order. By providing a configuration replacement assembly table, SmartCon then responds to supply. By capturing many engineering configuration models and integrating them with the supply system 100, customer orders can actually generate a dynamic manufacturing bill of materials instead of a standard BOM. The result: SmartBILL, which is based on engineering specifications rather than part numbers. The advantage is that SmartBILL retains the intelligence of the engineering model and takes into account allowable alternatives and resource dependencies. Advanced SmartBILL can also include additional constraints, allowing: to optimize many alternatives for cost and quality, as well as on-time or prompt delivery. The result is that orders are promised faster and material constraints for delayed shipments are less likely. The purpose of the configurable substitution method is: always to configure the exact quantity of the target product requested by the supply system 100; and when doing so, it is used to select: the best time prame for delivery And the optimal number of various alternative sub-products. The best choice among many competing sub-products is based on: -42- This paper size is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) 578071 V. Description of the invention (39) Evaluation of the supply of daggers ≫ Source and quantity of each sub-product present in the inventory towel. Now I will intersect the process of 100 * smartcon configuration of the supply system through its data exchange. First, the supply system 100 calls SmartCon and asks the user if each part has been flagged as configurable. The supply system 100 will ask if there is a PAL model suitable for it; if there is a pAL model, which parts does SmartCon need to make configurable parts. Smartc⑽ looks for and loads a product attribute file whose name corresponds to the requested product. SmartCon also looks for each product in the model and calculates how much of each resource is consumed by the product (if it is a negative quantity) or supplied (if it is a positive quantity). The sum of these quantities for all of these structures represents: § The amount of resources needed to group a target product. SmartCon will update the target product in the loaded model with the required number (obtained by the supply system 100) and the resource list, which is the opposite of those resources calculated above. This list indicates when a certain number of certain products are configured. Resources consumed (or supplied) at σ. Calculate the variable section of the model. A variable is used only when some repetitive or complex calculations may be required, and then used in the calculation of the configuration project. The 8111 match will perform a trip in order to calculate the configuration results for each time period found in the inventory records. It is well known that, in each case, the final result will include the number of target products requested by the supply system 100. However, using the rules of resource balancing to balance consumers and suppliers of each resource type also configures chUd products. The number of resulting sub-products will depend on: which resources are each 578071 A7 _B7__ V. Description of the invention (40) The product is provided (and / or consumed) and the amount available in existing inventory (the total ratio is allocated from the existing inventory It is better to configure one specific product). Based on which configuration represents the lowest cost (using input cost data), select the best result from a variety of configurations (one configuration for each time period). SmartCon will take advantage of the many results and responses to supply the order with the specified parts in the returned configuration to the supply system 100. Turning now to FIG. 1D, the provisioning system 100 includes various components to assist the user in examining many aspects of the business. As shown in FIG. 1D, the supply system 100 may include various combinations of many components, including: a supply planning program 200, a resource optimization program 300, a constraint-based master planning program 400, and a product change analysis program 500. Comparator 600, resource demand planning program 700, limited resource planning program 800, customer commitment program 900, and interactive master scheduler 1000. The operation of each of these ingredients is described in more detail below. Supply Planning Formula 200 As shown in FIG. 1D, the supply system 100 includes a supply planning program 200. The supply planner 200 is a functional core of the supply system 100. The output from the supply planner 200 is the basis for other analysis functions and will therefore be used by other supply system 100 applications to produce their individual results. The execution function of the supply planner 200 is to generate a supply configuration plan for satisfying a user's product demand. As illustrated in one of the supply planning methods 201 of FIG. 2, the supply planning program 200 first attempts to meet the demand for an SKU by using existing inventory. If the current inventory is insufficient, the supply planning program 200 will be transferred to: production, source sourcing, and procurement procedures; it-44- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 5 (4) The invention descriptions (41) specify the required amount of SKUs used to produce, ship, or purchase the SKUs required for the demand. The supply planner 200 will usually first try to satisfy demand using the highest priority program. When the supply planner 200 finds a process that can satisfy some or all of the demand orders, the supply planner 200 generates a supply order to construct: a production, source sourcing, or procurement process. The supply planner 200 continues; until the demand is met, or until there are no more procedures for the SKU. The supply planner 200 checks material availability and production capacity at the same time, and finally leads to a feasible plan based on many constraints that exist in a company, steps 2-10. The user can set other constraints based on his corporate policy, such as the rules for calculating the safety stock, and the consumption of the forecasted amount as the customer orders, step 220. In generating a supply plan, the supply planning program 200 may use standard American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) MRP logic to construct a material demand planning (MRP). Alternatively, during resource provisioning using supplies, the user may specify any other logic to follow, as in step 220. When generating a supply plan, the supply planner preferably takes into account constraints specified by the user or pre-defined in the supply system 100, such as: material availability and production capacity. The supply planner may also use: rules set by the user for things like forecast adjustments and safety stock calculations. Specifically, the supply planner 200 preferably allows the user to specify a priority scheme so that the order that is most important to a company is satisfied first. For example, the user may assign a high priority to large -45- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm)

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578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (42) Users can also measure the amount of customers' to ensure that their needs are met and stated ... For forecast orders (that is, actions taken in advance for anticipated forward orders) and Priority of items and locations for safety stock orders (that is, actions to maintain the required minimum inventory levels). The 1 order suggested by the supply planner 2000 may be output to another system after step '250; use: About inputting two other systems into the supply system 100, and in the context of FIG. 1 (: Those described are similar. Still in Figure 2, after setting up the database 110, the user may follow a periodic routine cycle step 240 (eg, twice a month or weekly) to generate the supply plan. The user may batch Mode or interactive way to generate the supply planning program 200. The user may first generate a plan for all skus in batch mode, and then interact with a small number of SKUs with exceptions. 0 is still Figure 2, the supply planning program 200 One or more output tables may be generated, which are used to summarize the discovery information of the supply planning program 20 (), step 230; and such output tables may be stored in the database 110. Supply planning The program 200 may also generate a report that summarizes the proposed order for the required supply changes to take effect. The following reports are specific to the supply planning program 200; Reports, sheet reports, purchase order action reports, work order action reports, excess inventory reports, supply planner 200 lack of materials reports, transfer order action reports, and critical material shortage reports 0 Usually 'supply planner 200 Try to balance the existing inventory supply with customer demand. When supply and demand are unbalanced, the supply planner 200 will suggest: __ -46- This paper mark standard is applicable ® ® Home Sample Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297) ) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of Invention (43) Reschedule or cancel work orders, purchase orders, and intersite orders. The supply planning program 200 may also generate new planned supply orders / intersite orders. In many In operation, what the supply planner 200 can suggest is: Blank: Since there is no rescheduling or restriction in any way, no record of one action is needed; New: has been generated to balance supply and One record of demand; Push: reschedule to a supply later than its original date; Pull: reschedule to its original Cancelled: A supply cancelled due to insufficient demand; (Push-down): It is recommended to reschedule a supply to a later date, but it will be scheduled by the supply planner. 200 setting is filtered to remain unchanged from its original date; (pull-up): It is recommended to reschedule a supply to an earlier date, but it will be filtered by the supply planner 200 setting so that It has remained unchanged since its original date: and Firm: a supply that has been set to `` OK '' in the supply table (described below), so regardless of supply / demand needs Is constant. The generation of the output table in step 230 will now be described in more detail. The output table helps allow the user to explain the many alternatives suggested in the supply plan. Step 230 may include generating a 200-line (SPA) table of the supply planner. The SPA table will show the scheduled alternative supply and demand. When a main part's -47- this paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm)

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578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the Invention (44) When the supply is not enough to carry out the demand, it will be planned for a predetermined replacement part.] An alternative method. Supplies may be: existing inventory, purchase orders and work orders, or purchase orders. In the SPA table, there may be two types of supply planning cake 200 (SP) parts: SPS, which has a predetermined alternative supply, and SPD, which has one of the predetermined requirements arranged as a result. The supply planner may apply filters used when generating the SPA table. For example, the SPA list may specify: certain types of actions, or actions related to certain types of items. The filter will only modify the result data copied to the SPA table, but will not affect the operations of other supply system components' such as: resource optimization, product change analysis, or comparison operations; all operations use network table data and Not filtered content of the SPA table as input. The supply planner 200 may further apply these filters from the SPA table to the supply planner 200 report. The supply plan summary report formed in step 230 will provide: a summary of the data from the SPA form. The Supply Planner 2000 Summary Report will provide a clear description of user actions presented in a summary report. For each category selected in the report options (report 0pti〇ns) dialog box, periodically (such as by month) indicates purchasing, assembly, and transfer of parts investment. This supply plan summary report provides information for assessing: the level of inventory at the opening and closing times, and the amount of funds stuck in inventory. . Similarly, the supply plan work order action report will display all work order (w0) planned for the trip selected by the supply planning program 200. w〇 Action reports 疋 are explicitly designed for planning procedures. By using the report to output information, the planning] program can understand: how the current schedule must be adjusted to meet -48- 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (45) The demand for assembly parts. Various reporting options allow the planner to select specific information goals. By looking at all new actions (or planned supply orders (or PSOs)), the planner knows if it is possible to carry out new work orders. If the PSO is removed, a clear view of the existing work order is displayed. By looking at actions on existing work orders (such as: push down, pull up, or cancel), the planner can reschedule shop wrok as needed, and then try to identify if it can be rescheduled as needed Planning procedures for the work of the workshop, and attempts to identify where these actions cannot be met. The supply plan purchase order (PO) action report shows all purchase orders or planned supply orders (PSO) suggested by the supply plan itinerary. The supply plan PO action statement is basically a buyer's tool. The user can limit the supply plan PO action to a specific buyer, or have a holistic view of the situation by including all buyers. When looking at PO actions including supply plans that PSO has, buyers will understand: which orders should be considered to meet demand. If the PSO is removed from the supply planning PO action, only a clear view of the purchase order will be presented. Based on this supply plan PO action (where the PSO is removed), the buyer can review: purchase orders that have been issued for actions suggested by the supply planner 200 (such as: push down, pull up, or cancel) . If the action is achievable, the buyer can then attempt to implement the action. Similarly, the Supply Plan Excess Inventory Report will show the entire amount of discontinued available inventory from the Supply Plan Action Sheet. Excess inventory report can provide valuable insights into the inventory position of the organization -49- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297 mm) 578071

force. In the excess inventory report, the primary data that the user may want to check is: excess inventory without PSO. If the excess is checked within a sufficient period, the user will know what items are being kept that have a very low probability of use. Perhaps this inventory is needed as a replacement for many older models of a product. Another method that can be used to check the excess inventory report for users includes PSO. By viewing such reports within a sufficient period, users can understand that, at the end of a specified period, there will be excess inventory; and the listed inventory will include forecasts for the next period. Sequentially, users may use this information in making assessments about ordering policies. Another report is the supply plan shortage report, which will show: the shortage of parts in the SPA table in the supply planner 2000. The supply plan missing report provides a snapshot of the organization's missing materials for the evaluation of materials and production control schedules. Whether multi-site (muhi_site) or single-site (single-site), data can be analyzed for a single part or all parts, or for a selected set of planners or buyers. The ABC part filter described above is an element of the missing material report because it will allow users to verify the feasibiHty of part taxonomy and address issues such as: Class A ( Class A) Whether the shortage of parts is a temporary or always such event, or whether the insufficient lead time of a Class A part is best dealt with by reducing the pre-position time of a Class A part or explaining the increased lead time. With this information, users can try to reduce the amount of material shortage when performing various simulations. Another type of report is the transfer order action report. The transfer order action report will show: all inter-site orders generated by the supply plan. Transfer order

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The single action report is similar to the PO action and wo action reports, but it is used for multiple sites. One planner may be responsible for the planning between the two sites. This report has flexibility to show inter-site orders that have actions such as · push down, pull up, or cancel 'to assist the planning program to make adjustments to the planning schedule. However, the report will allow for full printing of inter-seat orders if necessary. Similarly, a supply plan critical material shortage report will provide a method for quickly and correctly pinpointing parts that may be in short supply. Specifically, the supply system 100 will report ... on those parts that have experienced shortages before a certain date. This is especially useful when users have occasional messages (gp: unexpected changes) and need to know if drops are causing shortages. Drop-ins include the following: purely sporadic messages with new parts added; changes to the current expiration date, or the pull-in demand for an existing part; and the increase Predetermined quantity. Users may also form a netting table. In particular, the master production schedule (MPS) performs multiple levels of analysis in the bill of materials (BOM). This analysis allows the use of ATP visibility at each level and guarantees that all supply and demand are presented for each project. The MPS function will provide: at the level of independence needs, according to the available commitments and estimated available data for a single period and cumulative period. The MPS also includes dependency requirements items based on user requests. This feature allows the user to perform MPS analysis at most levels on the BOM. MPS will then show the user's available commitments at most levels, thus allowing users to use

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578071 A7 B7 V. Description of Invention (48) Households: Understand the supply and demand for each MPS project. MPS performs its calculations based on an existing networking table. The existing networking table may be a default networking table generated by the supply planner 200, or a networking table that the user has independently generated and named. Networked tables compare forecasts and customer orders with supply images to confirm supply / demand balance. This inspection is intended to be performed at the level of independence requirements before reviewing disaggregated work orders and detailed part planning. This table provides: information on available commitments over time periods, and cumulative available commitments. Available commitments are: The uncommitted portion of a company's inventory and planned production is maintained in the master schedule to support customer order commitments. Available commitments are: uncommitted inventory balance and any supply orders during the first period, and are usually calculated for each period, and MPS reception is scheduled during the period. In the first period, the available commitments will include: existing inventory plus any supply orders, small customer orders due and overdue until the next supply period. In subsequent periods, the available commitments show the uncommitted remaining portion of the supply order until the next supply period. As described above, the provisioning system 100 typically uses standard APICS logic in planning resource allocation. The user may also specify the order of provisioning configuration used with the provisioning system 100, step 220. In one embodiment, the supply system 100 has three main logical options for prioritizing supply configuration: Earliest Available Supplies, Best Fit Supply Allocation, and Hard Supply Configuration (Hard Supply Allocation). According to the preset, the supply system 100 usually uses the earliest available supply logic, which is arranged according to the type of demand -52- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210X 297 mm) Invention Description (49) Priority of many independence requirements. Many independent requirements of the same type are then further prioritized according to expiration date. The supply system 100 then configures all required materials to the highest priority demand, and so on, before meeting the demand with the next highest priority. When a demand is met, the supply system 100 configures the scheduled receipts in the following order: inventory, work orders (W0), purchase orders (P0), purchase orders (PR), and plans Supply order (PS0). Once the supply of a given part has been allocated to a demand, that supply is no longer available for allocation to any other demand. Positioning supply to demand is based on a kind of fir-re-quire d (first-filled). All Supply Planner 200 orders (new orders, rescheduled, and cancelled) need to be considered. However, this approach is not suitable for all situations. For example, when paired with the earliest available supply logic, even if there is time to manufacture or order the part in question, it will also run out of inventory to meet a demand. This would run out of inventory and fail to meet: any other demand with a lower priority than the earlier due date. These other needs may be delayed as a result. If instead the inventory had been applied to them, they might have been met on time. As described below, the other two approaches to meeting demand (best-fit provisioning and hard provisioning configurations) address this shortcoming. To address these issues, the user may choose to apply the configuration logic that best fits the provisioning. In contrast to the earliest available supply logic, the best-fit supply configuration logic will be configured: the latest or last-possible available supply that will still allow demand to be met on time. Best suitable supply configuration -53- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) 578071 A7 B7

Logic handles many needs in different ways. Depending on whether the demand is in or out of the accumulation lead time, RESO 3 00 will be configured with a predetermined reception amount (the latest one); and if no predetermined reception amount exists to meet the demand, only a plan will be configured Orders are used as a last resort. On the other hand, if the demand is not within the lead time, the supply system 100 will configure the latest or least likely supply to meet the demand, regardless of whether it is a scheduled receipt (including inventory) or a planned order. The supply system 100 typically processes purchased parts in a different way from assembling and transferring parts. For the procurement of parts, a 'uses the procurement lead-time; for transfer and assembly parts, the cumulative lead-time is used. Furthermore, the supply system 100 may process purchased parts in a different way than assembling and transferring parts. For purchasing parts, the supply system can use procurement lead time of 100 months; for transferring and assembling parts, use the non-accumulated time. The supply system 100 may also handle purchased parts in a different way than assembly and transfer parts. In one construction example, only lead time for procurement is used to assess the availability of purchased parts. However, a preferred embodiment of the supply system 100 will further consider: the scheduled receipt of purchased parts in addition to the stated lead time plan. In addition, in terms of the required date or advance time, ’no matter which is larger, the supply system 100 may arrange a planned order suitable for PSO. This lead time calculation is in contrast to shifting and assembling parts using only cumulative month'J set time. Thus, the best fit supply configuration logic, unlike the earliest available supply method, does not allow the inventory to be used up 'and thus optimally applies the inventory to those needs that require it. Similarly, if there is a lower priority that can meet the demand, it will not be consumed.

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578071 A7 __B7 V. Description of the Invention (51) — Any other scheduled receipt. Alternatively, the supply system 100 may use a hard supply configuration logic that prioritizes by type. As described above, the traditional earliest available supply method is to prioritize many independent needs according to the type of demand, and then to prioritize many independent needs of the same type according to the due date. In contrast, the hard-supply allocation method simply prioritizes by type, so all demand of the same type is considered equal. Within a type, regardless of the expiration of the top-level product, the supply system 100 will configure the components of many components to the needs that require them first. In other words, because the supply system 100 considers accumulated lead times and configures supplies, those products with long lead times will get the parts they need on time. In contrast to the earliest available supply method that may run out of inventory to meet the demand with the earliest expiration date, the hard supply configuration logic will allocate the inventory to ... its products have a cumulative lead time so long that the Other scheduled receipts or planned orders to meet those needs. As a result, the hard provisioning logic may increase: the opportunity for all demand to be met on time. Mathematical Modeling Suitable for Supply Visualization Programs In a construction example, the supply planning program 2000 will operate using the following mathematical model. In this mathematical model, many planning decision variables include:

Xit = part of the demand i shipped during time period t; part of the work order k established during time period t;

Ijt = the inventory of item j at the end of time period t; PJt-the output of item j in time period t M specification (21Qx), 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of invention (52), new purchase order for purchase items);

Wjkt = Withdrawal of item j used to establish work order k during period t;

Ujkt = The free usage of item j used to establish work order k during period t (that is, the usage of issued inventory). In addition, the following variables are used to define some independent requirements in the mathematical model: the number of items j required by the mountain i by the requirement i; ai = revenue associated with the requirement i; 1 = associated with the requirement i Profit; M = number of independent needs. For a given demand i, dij is non-zero for the only item j. If we want to treat a group of independent requirements as a single group, we will generate an artificial parent item and a set of independent requirement children that make up the artificial item. Similarly, using these variables, many dependencies are defined in the mathematical model: qij = number of items j required for each assembly item i;

Sj = set of assembly items requiring item j. The amount of qij required for each assembly should already reflect the combination, wear rate, and yield adjustment. The scheduled work order is represented by the following variables:

Sjk 2 The number of item j supplied by the work order k; ajk = the actual demand for item j for the work order k; -56- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X 297 mm) ) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (53) tjk = Number of items that have been issued (or “equipment”) for work order k; LTk = Lead time for work order k; W = Work The number of orders; A has a collection of work orders for the actual demand for item j. Note ... For a given work order k, it may be non-zero for more than one item j. This is equivalent to saying ... A work order may supply more than one item. Furthermore, the following variables are used to define purchase orders and purchase orders: rJmt = Number of items supplied by purchase order / purchase order m during period t; P = Number of purchase orders and purchase orders; = The set of purchase orders and purchase orders for item j; other project constraints days · 疋 · LTj-fixed or average assembly lead time for assembly item j;

Cj = standard cost of item j; N = number of constrained items. Note: LTj is a fixed or average assembly lead time for assembly item j. If the preceding time of an item is variable, the average lead time is calculated as: the variable lead time component is multiplied by the standard batch size, plus the fixed lead time component. It should also be noted that LTk is the lead time for work order} ^ and LT ”· is a fixed or average assembly lead time for assembly item j The lead time of is not very important, then LTk may be replaced by the lead time LTj for the most important item j supplied by the work order k. -57-

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We will now describe the constraints defined using the variables introduced above. Equation 1 represents: inventory balance, and is usually a major material constraint. It tracks inventory additions and withdrawals, and guarantees that the inventory of each item will not become negative at any time. The first four items on the right represent the four types of inventory supply. Inventory from the previous period, new supplies in this period (ie: new purchase order 'new work order), The number of scheduled work orders, as well as the scheduled purchase orders and purchase orders that arrived during this period. And the last three summation items (Summations, Σ) represent three types of inventory withdrawals: the demand shipped at this time # Youzhong, the withdrawal amount due to the assembly of new work orders in a later period, and The amount of withdrawal due to the assembly of a predetermined work order in a later period. -58- The silver scale of this paper is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210X297, 578071, A7, B7) V. Description of the invention (55) β W Ρ: 1, '+ Ρβ + 异 ~ X4 /; C / r-' ^ I envy Γ (Equation 1) In period 1, set the first item (Ijn) on the right as the initial existing inventory. Note: The ykt variable allows the supply planner 200 to push down, pull up, cancel, or divide Work order. Because neither the purchase order nor the purchase order has a corresponding set of variables, the user cannot change these scheduled receipts. For scheduling actions to be taken on purchase orders and purchase orders, subsequent scheduled receipts will be generated One of the additional set of variables. The independence requirement constraint expressed in Equation 2 guarantees that the number of each independent requirement that is shipped (or completed or manufactured) is at most the number of requirements. Note: Because these constraints are Are inequalities, not equality; therefore they allow the possibility that some independence requirements will not be fulfilled. ^ X, <IV; Λ /., = 1 (Equation 2) In Equation 2, the time period t indicates: where demand is The time period of shipment. As stated above, these constraints (Equations 1 and 2) take the sum of terms across the entire planning horizon, thus allowing: during the planning period, demand may be fulfilled at any time. -59- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210X297 mm)

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578071 A7 B7 V. The description of the invention (56) restricts the period in which a given demand I can be completed, the total term should be limited to a specific window during the planning period, that is: the total term should be greater than A certain period starts and ends at a period less than T. This window can depend on the date required for the demand. For example, suppose a demand is scheduled to be completed in period 14. In order for the shipping demand to reach 3 periods earlier and 4 periods delayed, the summation term should include from t = 14-3 = 11 to t = 14 + 4 = 18 〇 The structure of the independence requirement constraint assumes: most of the independence Sexual requirements must be shipped complete, but constraints are adapted to the requirements that must be fully shipped and the need to allow partial shipments. For demand I, which must be fully shipped (ie, in a shipment), Xit should be constrained to a binary variable for all time periods: U (Equation 3) allows demand for partial shipments I In terms of xit, it should not be constrained to a binary; but in the supply planner 200, all xit variables are usually bundled into a binary. Another type of constraint is a predetermined work order constraint, which guarantees that the user can establish up to a specified quantity of each work order. Note: Because these constraints are inequalities, they allow the user to build fewer than the specified amount of possibilities.

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Xh 幺 ⑼ = 1, ruler, "(Equation 4) In Equation 4, the time period t now shows: the time period in which the number of work orders was completed. The scheduled work order constraints are similar to the independent demand constraints, and thus allow for similar flexibility. In order to limit the period during which a work order can be established, the summation should be limited to a specific time window, which may depend on the original scheduled completion date for the work order. For work order k that cannot be divided, ykt should be constrained to a binary variable for all periods: (Equation 5) For work order k that can be divided, ykt should not be constrained to be a binary variable. Another type of constraint is: Actual Requirements Balance and Withdrawal and Free Usage Limits; together they guarantee: Withdraw the correct actual demand for work orders from inventory. State the actual demand balance as follows: ujia + wjkt = ajkykyj = x, K, N ,, k = \, K, w., T two \, κ, τ (Equation 6) -61-This paper scale applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X 297 mm)

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k 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (58 Withdrawal limit and free usage limit constraints look like this: j: wjk (< ajkykyj = lK, N; k ^ lK.W ^ / = 1 f ^ jk, tjk \ fj = \, K, N; k = \, K, W · (Equations 7 and 8) The demand-only balance constraint states: for the free use of item j of work order k in period ^; The amount and the withdrawal amount must be equal to a part of the total actual demand for the work order k actually established during the period t. The return limit constraint will ensure that the total withdrawal amount will not exceed the commission for the work order! ^ The number of pull-up items j; and the restriction of free use guarantees that the total free use will not exceed the number of items j that have been issued for the work order k. The decision variable Pjt will show that: The number of item j. If item j is a purchase item, then Pjt corresponds to a new purchase order; if item "is an assembly item, then Pjt corresponds to a new work order. According to the modeling perspective, the purchase item and the assembly item The only difference is that when these sub-items must be withdrawn from inventory The associated output variable P "will appear in the inventory balance constraint of the sub-item. For each item j, in order to ensure that the new supply will not arrive before the lead time has passed, for U at another time For many time periods, the decision variable ρ. Should not exist. For example, suppose a purchase item has a "day lead time. For many time periods t = l, K, i9, Pjt should not exist (other- One implementation period ^ is to fix their values at 0. For the assembly project, the relevant lead time is the assembly lead time, not the cumulative lead time.

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578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (60) Add the above rounding to the nearest whole number. If the assembly lead time of the original project is fixed, the user will assign it throughout the artificial project, so that their individual assembly lead time will reflect the-part of the time required for each process operation, and Total time: lead time at the beginning of assembly. These two goals sometimes conflict, especially when the assembly lead time is short. Originally the following algorithm (algorithm) gives-a possible method to count the pre-set time: T person & item sum of the lead time) / (for all ways: the sum of the operating time). In other cases, it is the standard batch size in the Item Master table. In the main item table 2Π2: ', multiply the variable time of the trip operation by the calibration lead time. Round this number to the nearest number of days. This value is: the assembly lead time for each purpose; for the final journey operation, "" is the revised assembly lead time for the original project. Dagger 3 (optional) applies an adjustment so that: the sum of the pre-set time of the Zhuxi project and the original assembly lead time structure match. If rounding in step 2 adds too much time, step 3 may be necessary. For example, if the process has four operations with a duration of ^, then each of the three artificial items is assigned at least — 2. -64- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) Α4 specifications ( 21〇χ297 mm) § Gutter 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (61) days lead time, while the original item is assigned a revised lead time of at least one day. So the total lead time is four days. However, if the lead time of the original assembly is only one day allocated to the first man-made item, the lead time allocated to other man-made items is zero. The following pseudocode algorithm summarizes some artificial items generated for each item with a multi-step process: 1. Generates an artificial item for each process operation (except the last item). 2. Copy many sub-items of the original project to the child array of man-made items for the first pass operation. 3. Replace many sub-projects of the original project with a single sub-project that points to the man-made project for the last second journey step. 4. Continue backwards throughout the journey, making the man-made item for the course operation η a sub-item of the man-made item for the course operation η + 1 Man-made items for journey operations. 6. Calculate using the algorithm given above: assembly lead time for man-made items and revised lead time for original items. Despite the creation of these artifacts, users still establish inventory balance constraints in the usual way. The only question now is how to build capacity constraints. To answer this question, the supply will specify a fixed time for each trip operation. The user can either introduce another set of decision variables to (almost) accurately specify the fixed assembly time, or be able to find the set-up cost of each work center Specifications (210X 297 mm)

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A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (62) The approximate value of the fraction in the conversion formula (or other modes that consume a fixed time per production batch). If the user introduces another set of decision variables, ejnt should be defined as follows: (Equation 9) Generally, if work center n processes item j in time period t, add —ί〇 In other cases, to ensure that: only when work center n is in time period When processing items in t ", the spoon is non-zero; the following constraints are imposed:" ejnt ^ gjn \ p jt + Σ] V / = 1, = = 1, Λ :, Γ k = i (Equation 10 ) And y / = i, ruler, ❼ = 1, ruler, c ;, = 1, ruler, r · k = \ (Equation 11) Note: If item j is an artificial item, it does not correspond to a certain journey The first operation corresponds to a different operation from the first operation; then the above constraint should not have a total term for Wjkt. The first set of constraints will guarantee that ejnt = 0, if there is no activity of producing item j in period t with respect to work center n. The second set of constraints will ensure that ejnt = 1, if there is a production item j for work center η in period t. The first set of constraints for the calibration operation (Scaiing) will be false. · The monthly production resource units (capacity res〇urce units) are large enough so that the production of one or more item units will consume one or more Multi-capacity resource unit. In other cases, I should multiply the first set of constraints -66- this paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210X 297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 five invention instructions (63) multiplied by a large enough fixed Scaling factor to ensure that whenever the production volume is strictly positive, the value on the right is always greater than 1. Since the total capacity availability provides an appropriate upper bound, the second set of constraints has been properly scaled. In Equation 12, the manufacturing capacity constraint can now be stated as follows: Y, Sjn [pjt < bnyn = lK, C; t = lK, T. J ~ \ k = \ j- \ (Equation 12) Set as Equation 9 The ejnt variable described in 12 means that: set-up-time is not underestimated, but may be overestimated; this is because ... in the work center η The user-made item j incurs a settling time in each period. However, if a batch of items j spans more than one period with respect to work center η; the entire time is only included in the first period for the batch, and not in many subsequent periods. This potential overestimation of turnaround time means that supply may undereschedule many capacity resources slightly; however, the supply planner 200 does not overschedule them. If the user instead decides to obtain an approximate fixed assembly time value, the user only needs to reduce bnt by an amount, which is a percentage of the time spent by work center n in the maintenance mode. If this reduced capacity is expressed as b3nt, the manufacturing constraints can be stated like this: -67- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297 mm)

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The objective function combines four goals: maximizing customer service, maximizing revenue, maximizing profit, and minimizing inventory cost. Users can assign these four goals to different weights, depending on their company goals. In terms of measuring customer service, users may wish to give preference to: quasi-fashion orders for delayed or early shipment. To do this, the user scales Xit using a value factor expressed as ait:

21 + | Bu (requires date?),, '' ^ 卜 ^ Requires date,), -If M (requires date) If / > (requires date) (Equation 14) Order

This setting of ait in Equation 14 implies that: the on-time order has the highest value (2); the larger the difference between the shipping date and the required date, the lower the value; therefore, the The value is more than double the order for shipments delayed by n periods. (Calibration) The customer service function looks like this: -68- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (65) Τ Maximize customer service = maxH \ ~ / = 1 / = 1 (Equation 15) The revenue function is the sum of the revenues associated with all shipping independence requirements: Μ ^. Maximizing the shipping revenue = / = t t- \ (Equation 16) The profit function is the sum of the benefits associated with all shipping independence needs: Μ Τ Maximize the profit on shipments = m. / = Ι M (Equation 17) The cost of inventory function ignores the value of work in process, replaced by Include only “shelving” (οη-the-shelf) inventory: Μ ^ 7 > (w (τ \\ minimize inventory cost = min Σ + hk-Σ11 ^ {/ =, J \ / = i //- (Equation 18) The first double total term in the square brackets in Equation 18 is: at the end of each planning period, the capital cost of the item in inventory. The second item is an explanation: the work order has been issued But the cost of inventory that has not yet been consumed. The amount of consumption (expressed in tjkt) is deducted from the amount of consumption (expressed in Ujlct). -69- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (66) The user borrows We focus on combining multiple goals by assigning many strictly positive weights to one or more of the four goals listed above. In the combined objective function, each of the four functions is multiplied by its corresponding weighting factor ( weighting facto〇 (If one or more goals are given zero weight by the user, this goal will not affect the production schedule.) Assumptions, meters, vertices, and minds are for customer service, revenue, profit, Weights assigned by users. In order to accurately reflect the weights assigned by users, the combined objective function must first calibrate each of the above four functions to make them roughly comparable. Consider $ 1,000 Customer orders that are associated with revenue, and assume that the user wants to maximize customer service and revenue. Each target is given equal weight. If no scaling factor is applied to With the above function, the value of the contribution of the quasi-courier order will be 2. Customer service is 2, and the revenue is 1,000—these contributions are not equal at all. Several different calibration methods may be reasonable. In the embodiment, the supply will calibrate the separation target so that each item will have a value of up to 1. Assume aes, aR, and 1 are: the calibration factors for customer service, revenue, profit, and inventory « The supply sets these quantities as follows: acs = = l / max (ait) »(Equation 19) Sr = l / max (ait); (Equation 20) 5μ = l / max (5u); and (Equation 21) ai = l / max (Cj (existing inventory + fixed scheduled receipt) jt). (Equation 22) In Equation 22, the term “fixed scheduled receipt” (fixed scheduled -70-) This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm)

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μ τ μ f τ \ μ ί τ max ^ ΣΣ ~ χ " + ω / ^ Σ + ω ^ Σ Α · Σ '/ = ι ^ = 1 / = ι / = ι / = ι / = ι (〇ιΎι ( Μ Σ (Τ \ Μ + Σ (Τ, τ ijk-Σ ujkt 1 household 丨 V / = |) 7 = 1 L “丨 \ ί = ι)) Λ (Ε (Equation 23) Note: in Equation 23 , The inventory cost function is subtracted from the sum of other functions to minimize inventory costs, but will maximize all other quantities. Resource Nie Jiahua program 300 Return to Figure 1D, the supply system 100 includes: resource optimization program ( RESO) 300. RESO 300 is a supply application that configures all supplies to independent requirements for a deliverable product. Given the supply planner 200 疋 manages parts, res〇300 manages demand orders. RESO 300 will establish priorities and come from the output table, and will modify the priority of independent requirements. Users may use RES0300 to generate a report, which will reveal possible improvements in the current schedule in order to make good use of User Resources -71-This paper size is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210X297) ) Order

Line 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (68 The logic behind the supply planner 200 is similar to the traditional MRPII system. Specifically, the supply planner 200 is driven by the following factors, such as: product structure, parts costs, availability, and ordering Policy. However, the use of traditional MRPII logic may obscure the relationship between the need for independence and the supply needed to meet those needs. Thus, RES0 300 uses: the logic that reverses the effects of using traditional MRPII logic. Specifically, RESO 300 will restore the user's needed visibility by allowing users to match the use of supplies with individual household orders' main schedule items and additional usage items. It has the ability to quickly investigate the supply planner 200 results through RESO 300 , The user will be able to provide answers to the following questions, such as the number of units planned to be produced before the end of the month (number of units); select the current order that will generate the largest return with the minimum investment; predict a drop-in order (drop- how in order) will affect users ’schedules; and how forecasted capacity will affect To the planning schedule. RES0 300 will consider and use the supplies and actions recommended by the supply planner 200 as the basis for reverse planning. RES0 300 will retroactively configure all supply items to suit the user's needs. The requirement of independence is based on first matched-first filled. Although the user can use RE SO 300 when he needs to answer the various situations listed above; however, usually only when the user has It is used after the supply planning program 200 is executed to produce a production plan. In particular, in order to develop a clear view of how to configure those supplies, the user should have an accurate description of the supply location. RES0 300 usually requires from the supply planning program 200 A supply plan (that is, the contents of a basic networked table or a separately defined networked table) is used as the basis-72- This paper standard applies to China National Standards (CNS) A4 specifications (21〇X 297 mm)

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5. Description of the invention (69 input information. RESO 3 00 may also use data from other tables specified by the user, such as: product structure (PS), customer order (CO), main schedule as described above) (MS), and additional usage (EU) tables. RESO 300 stores this data in tables in the database 110, such as: Resource Optimization Table and Resource Optimization Detail RESOD) table. The combined results from the RESO table and the RESOD table may subsequently appear in the resource optimization action table. Generally speaking, the networking table from the supply planner 200 will include: for the main item (ItemMaster, referred to as IM) The full supply profile of each part in the table; where: between the run date of the supply planner 200 and the specified date of the supply planner 200 time (horizon date) There is a demand. The customer order, main schedule, and additional usage meter defined above may also be input information for the supply process (demand), so it will affect The results of program 200 should be planned. Although there is traditional MRP output information, it is very difficult to trace those relationships across all layers of the BOM table one level at a time. Therefore, in the figure The first step of the resource optimization method 301 in 3 is to verify that with the results of the appropriate supply plan, a network table already exists, step 310. An example of an inappropriate supply planner 200 is based on an outdated (out- 0f-date) user plan. RESO 300 will usually check the inventory to calculate the possible quantity. However, by calculating the possible quantity, it may be necessary to consider other sources of supply. The possible quantity will be viewed in the work order and other sources of supply 'if It is stated. For each source of supply, the user may choose -73- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210X297 mm)

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Parts, what might be built at that point in the RESO sequence. The parts identified in the RESO table (they are not products) are parts that are put into the assembly of a group of products. The possible dates for the parts of these assemblies represent the parts available for deployment to the requirements of independence at that point in the RES0 sequence. This configuration reflects: any configuration of parts of the assembly that have occurred at a previous point. When a Possible Date is determined, RESO 300 may determine an Available Date. The effective date is calculated as the supply planner 200 execution date plus the longest lead time for any missing parts. If possible, the date is equal to the supply plan 2000 execution date, which means: there is no shortage of parts; and, in the current inventory, the organization will make all parts need to meet the schedule number. If the effective date is greater than the required date for the schedule number, there is a shortage of parts. The result of such a shortage will be: ▲ Intention to push out the expiry date according to a measure equal to the shortage of parts or many cumulative lead times (pushed out). Youshiyi · Qiao poor ^ Date indication ... The day i may meet the independence requirements specified by the product part number This result is based on the availability of the component parts and the cumulative lead time of any parts-missing . For components (which are neither products nor installed items), the possible dates indicate the earliest availability of parts, as suggested by the International Supply and Supply Planner 200. In fact, RESO 300 will use the first available supply to meet the demand, and in some instances when considering customer orders, RESO may match features to demand, step 320. To take this into account, the supply department should specify match project sets. International Welfare 0 Allowed To organize project collections -75- This paper size is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm)

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578071 A7 ____ B7 _ V. Description of the Invention (72) The project identification number (project ID) is used together as a link between supply and demand. When RESO 300 encounters a demand with a project identification number, RES0 300 first looks for a supply with the same project identification number. If the provider cannot find a supply with the same project ID, it uses the supply from PS0. Still in Figure 3, RES0 300 is specifically designed to support: a tweaking process after a default-driven optimization of the stroke. When the user views the RES0 results after an optimization trip, the user can make specific adjustments to the input data, step 330. For example, the user may adjust the optimization order by increasing the priority number of individual needs. Users can also change the date and quantity required; and even add many new requirements directly to RES0 300. The user can then execute RES0 300 again to see the effect of the change. The RESO 300 will also allow the user: during step 330, make batch changes to the data. The re-execution will use the supply information in the networking table that was last used by the optimization operation. Moreover, if the user adds many demands to the RESO table, the user must also add them to the appropriate supply planning program 200 input table; and execute the supply planning program 200 again, so that: some supplies are matched with many new demands. As part of step 330, the user may also make adjustments to the order of priority, where the optimization operation will handle the requirements on the RESO table. The supply system 100 will make these adjustments by changing the priority number on the RESO table. This feature may be implemented in a batch-like manner to allow the user to: adjust a specific part or set of parts according to the required time period and / or Specifications (210X297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 ____ 5. Description of the invention (73) The importance of the order. This adjustment may be based on all needs or a specific type of demand. Also, the user may adjust the order of priority of the same RESO table several times in order to understand the various scenarios. In another embodiment, the user may further define optimization sets. Optimization sets are user-defined many sorts and selection orders ^ Each optimization set is performed in a way that has nothing to do with other optimization sets that may be defined by the user. Generally, users only want to apply an optimized set to a particular RESO table. In this way, users may specify that certain items or groups of items are to be optimized. Following the resource optimization analysis, RESO 300 may form and display: an output report describing the analysis results, step 340. In one embodiment, the RESO 300 may generate a Datailed Order Status report to provide detailed information about the status of one or both of the early or late orders. Detailed order status reports may be limited to specific sites or parts. Detailed order status reports may also be limited to a specific demand range. The detailed order status report has a variety of uses. Primarily, the report will let users know how to supply each order. The report will show how many individual components and their supply orders fulfill top-level demand. After getting a breakdown of how to order an order, users can determine what order is delayed. As such, RESO 300 may produce a report that summarizes what is used and what parts are needed. To put it plainly, a Where Used Summary report will provide a summary of where parts are used and needed in a user's material plan. The main purpose of this report is to understand: how to apply this paper size to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of invention (74) The lower-level items are configured to be independent Sexual needs. This report is useful for analyzing the best use of supplies. By understanding the use of each part, users can compare them relatively easily: the date needed is possible; the decision on the priority of various orders is then made. RESO 300 may also generate a report that is used to estimate the shipable independence requirements on a monthly basis. It is presented in the form of a Need / Available Summary report. Represents a monthly projection. This report provides a monthly plan for the amount of items that can be shipped for independence. It is a key report used to evaluate the investment required to meet a user's planning and shipping targets. Another type of report that may be generated by RESO 3 00 is a Late Orders report that provides a summary of all delayed orders. This report will generate a summary of all delayed orders, either by material number first and then by date, or by required date and then by material number, as stated in the Delayed Orders Report dialog box. By looking at this report and the master schedule together, users can determine the best way to meet delayed orders with available supplies. Similarly, a Shortage Parts Summary report identifies parts shortages at the summary level. The user can generate a synopsis of many parts (Synopsis), which are the specific responsibilities of the (many) buyers or (many) planning programs. This report is designed to quickly identify parts shortages. With summary details about each part, users can identify: existing parts, parts in order, and net demand locations. Shortage of use -78- This paper size is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm)

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Installation is still step 340, RES0 300 may submit a detailed capacity order status (Capacity Detailed 0rder Status) report, which is provided together. For early or delayed orders, one or both of the detailed production. This report may be limited- ; ^ Site or parts. It may also be limited to a specific range of needs. Detailed capacity order status reports have various uses. Primarily, the report provides: visibility into how each order is supplied. The report will show how many individual components and their supply orders fulfill top-level requirements. -^ Get details on how to supply-orders, users can be more sure why the order is delayed. In short, with _ a critical capacity order path (eapaeity 〇rder path), the user is possible parts. Furthermore, a purchase order action (Purchase 〇rder Acti〇n) report will be ordered

Gu Shi: All purchase orders (p0) or planned supply ^ (PSO) suggested by RESO 300. The user may concentrate the report on the purchase order that the user wishes to check. The report is basically a tool for buyers; and, users may limit the report to # 疋 buyer, or have a holistic view of the situation by including all buyers. When viewing such a report that includes PS0, buyers can be sure which orders should be considered to meet demand. Based on this report, the buyer can also check that the purchase order has been issued for a move (such as: push down, pull up, or cancel) suggested by RES 03.00. If the action is not achievable, the owner can then attempt to implement the action. Overall, this purchase order action report will provide: a quick review of a purchase order in action. -80 ·

578071 A7B7 V. Description of the Invention (77) The main planning component 400 based on Yodon. Returning to FIG. 1D, another component in the supply system 100 is: the constraint-based main planning program (CBMP) 400. CBMP is able to determine the user's material constraints; and, as appropriate, construct capacity constraints. This feature combines the functional planning of demand planning (functiónality) as in RESO 300 with the finite resource planning (FRP) 800 described below to adapt to load and capacity requirements. CBMP 400 determines: a production schedule that meets the user's material constraints and capacity constraints (as appropriate). When compared to RESP 300 and FRP 800, CBMP 400 uses many linear programming methods to solve material and capacity planning issues. These advanced mathematical algorithms give CBMP 400 the ability to make decisions to build an order based on its impact on the production schedule. CBMP 400 may be used for planning. For example, sometimes, even if all parts are currently available to create an order today, it is more advantageous not to set up the order because it is decided not to set up the order today to be able to use these parts freely to complete three other tomorrow Order. Conversely, if an order can belong to one of the best customers today, then regardless of the consequences to the overall schedule, a decision may be made to establish the order today. CBMP 400 has a holistic view: enabling CBMP 400 to avoid making poor decisions early in the calendar; for this reason, CBMP 400 is able to identify some better overall solutions to production planning problems. At the same time, CBMP 400 includes: the flexibility to enable users to identify different priority groups; thereby allowing users to: facilitate the establishment of high-priority orders whenever possible. -81-This paper size is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm)

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V. Description of the Invention (78) The constraint-based main planning method side f is shown in FIG. 4. In particular, CBMP 400 allows users to set: thoroughly understand the production goals of the user ’s organization. Step 41 In step 41 (), it is possible to adjust CBMp _ according to a scale from less important to more important, so as to correspond to customers. I want to attach the relative priority weights to the four possible goals, which are: ⑴ Closed cups, which represents the total revenue for all shipping orders; ⑺ Profits, which represents the total profit (amount value) for all shipping orders; ⑺ inventory It is based on the value of all the items in the inventory at the end of each period (as defined in the user's CBMp option); and customer service, which is a representation of the number of on-time orders. If shipment orders can be made earlier or later, the customer service goal will be maximized: orders = quantity shipped on or near its due date. In an embodiment, the user may view and set the relative importance of each goal by dragging a slider bar, thus indicating that the goal perceived by the user is compared with other priorities It's not important, it's still important. In addition to the goals defined above in step 410, the user can also define a number of constraints in order to set: the many priorities and preferences used to optimize a plan. There are several reasons why a user may wish to define a series of Phases during a period. For example, a user may want to change priorities in a user's supply plan so that it closely resembles a user's manufacturing cycle. Let's say 'users have a six-month period; and, for each season, users want: (1) emphasizing customer service for the first two months of a season' and (2) emphasizing the end of a season One month's earnings. In order to reflect this emphasis, the user can set the CBMP 400 target priority order to match -82- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Invention description (79 User's case The method of “period priority” is: (1) in the period covering the first two months, the user should tell CBMP 400 to emphasize customer service; (2) for the third month, set CBMP 400 to focus In terms of revenue as the priority of users; and (3) the settings of the third and fourth stages should repeat the previous two methods. After implementing CBMP 400 with these settings, the supply planning 200 and the resource optimization program 300 will more accurately track the user ’s manufacturing priorities. In step 41, the user may also specify the maximum number of orders per optimization cycle. In this way, the user may specify: for the proposed production level Upper bound. A pre-specified suggested value may be formed based on the number of constrained parts the user has and the number of time periods in the user's planning period. After the user specifies the production target, the In step 420, the CBMP 400 determines: an optimal production sequence for the independence requirements in the RESO table. Many well-known techniques may be used to implant the generation of the optimal sequence. For example, the above reference may be used U.S. Patent Serial No. 09 / 984,327 to determine the optimal production sequence using information contained in the RESO table or other tables in the database 110. CBMP 400 may subsequently produce an intermediate output table (Intermediate output table), step 430. The CBMP may further reorder the RESO table according to the identified production sequence; thereafter, execute RES0 3 00 with the best-fit supply configuration logic described above. The intermediate output table will record : CBMP 400 generates a planned supply order to fulfill its plan, and any action that CBMP performs based on a predetermined receipt. RES0 300 OK -83- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) )

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The information in this intermediate output table can be used to determine the latest supply that can meet the demand in the CBMP sequence. Thereafter, REs〇 = ㈧ 会 ^ The results are recorded in two tables, RESO and RESOD, just like their normal operation extended from the above. In this way, the user may generate each RESO report in order to view the results of a cbMP trip. The user may also specify capacity constraints in steps 4-10. If Bai Hong * l has a limited capacity, then in step 420, the CBMP 400 will consider both the material and the capacity constraints in order to determine a plan. This plan takes into account material inventory = and lead time, and also guarantees that the planned load on the work center will never exceed the available capacity. Despite capacity constraints, CBMp 400 will perform a limited resource planning at the end of its trip (after RESO) in order to record detailed capacity requirements in the RESOD table and the Limited Resource Planning (FRP) table and record them in RESO Capacity expiration dates in the table. The user then uses the FRP report to view: the results of the user's capacity-constrained CBMP itinerary. When the user applies Rule-Based Optimization as described below, the user can also make the CBMP 400 take into account established priorities. Product Change Analysis Formula 500 The Product Change Analysis Program (PCA) 500 helps users: when they avoid excess and obsolete inventory, they can quickly identify the most cost-effective date to introduce new parts And products. The product change analysis program scans the database 110 and uses the parameters specified by the user, and displays to the user: phase-out or phase-out for a new product line or structure in) -84- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm)

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578071 A7 B7 5. The best time for the description of the invention (81). To be clear, users can use PC A 500 to: (1) determine how changes to product design or new products will affect inventory; (2) help users identify when changes are being structured as a way to create excess Inventory measures; and (3) help users analyze: as simple as a single-part replacement method, and as complicated as introducing a new product line as phase out of an old product line is introduced in parallel. Overall, PC A 500 will help users respond to changes. In manufacturing, it is often caused by engineering changes, and occasionally it is required to gradually adopt (that is, introduce) replacement components and phase out (that is, deactivate) replaced components for a product. Products may also change as a result of introducing a new product or product line into the manufacturing cycle or eliminating an old product or product line. Whether you are dealing with part replacement for a single component or an entire product line, you can build a PCA 500. PCA 500 was used to investigate the effects of component replacement. For various reasons, such as: using competitive component pricing, adjusting fluctuations in the availability of parts supply, materializing engineering changes, and enabling a new product line or phasing out an old product line; These changes in make-up) may be required. In some cases, changes to many components of a product are necessary to preserve the functionality of the product. In general, this type of engineering change is implemented immediately to ensure the continued success of the product. However, if changes in the product structure are driven by finances or technology, the question of when to implement the change is more difficult to answer. PC A 5 00 is designed to help users: determine product or part values that may be unconsumed (obsolete). -85-

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V. Description of the invention (82 PCA 500 provides users with a report, which will display the material number; validity change [iteration] period; baseline value; and the value at the time of the change, if the change is performed In the following examples, the structure of product A currently includes: component b of the component that will be replaced by component C of the component. Unless component b is also used in other products, immediately remove it from the structure of product A Is likely to cause obsolete inventory. Any part B in the user's warehouse and any part B in the order may be left unused. This may indicate a substantial loss to the user's company. In order to reduce the loss, the user must determine: Before the change, when and how much of the existing stock of the dress B can be absorbed; and before the change, 'how many B parts (if any) in the order are really needed. If part B happens to be an assembly part, it Parts with other components are associated with its own structure; the problem becomes more and more difficult. According to PCA method 501 of PCA 500 The operation is as shown in Fig. 5. The PCA 500 causes the supply system 100 to calculate the baseline supply plan result, step 5 10. The PCA 500 then causes the supply planner 200 to execute within the same time span. Most of the supply plan itineraries (step 520); comparing the cost of the ending inventory with the baseline supply plan results (step 530); and calculating the total obsolete stock for each effective date (step 540). PCA Goods Fair Calculation: Baseline supply plan results from the date of a specific product change to —the date of the product change deadline, where the deadline date is the last planning period of the many planning periods # calculation analysis. The baseline supply plan results do not reflect product changes, It reflects all other aspects of the material plan. 0 -86- ----- This paper size applies to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (83) In the above example, This means that, relative to product A, part C has not been validated. Based on the results of the baseline supply plan, PCA will determine: for each and every item in the user's material plan The end inventory (cost) of the part (which will not happen to be a part associated with product A). This inventory becomes the user's baseline obsolete value. Second, the PCA 500 will determine the number of planning periods according to Increinents and the granularity of the user's delta periods (granUlarity) are applied to most supply planning trips in the same time interval. The first of these trips determines the supply plan results, where Part c immediately replaces part ^ at the beginning of the change date). Many subsequent trips in step 520 push the replacement date (Effect Date) out of a planned period. During each of these trips, the PCA calculates the final inventory (in terms of amounts) for each part in the plan. The closing inventory for each part is then compared to the inventory for the baseline deer plan. A number of differences are calculated and summed up to a ^ -value, which is used to indicate the total obsolete inventory that may result from component replacement at each effective date. During the entire process, the only difference in many supply plans is S: the replacement of parts (for example, the replacement of parts 0 with parts 0. Using the above example, it can be seen that the change will be effective on a daily basis. The farther it is, the greater the number of parts 6 that will be absorbed by the demand. Therefore, 'the user's data will be less and less. However, the farther you push the date, the production will be lost to zero material. If there are no other changes in the material, PCA 500 will generate a report (pcA, the report will show: the longer the user waits to replace part B, -87-

578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (84) The less obsolete the inventory is. The product structure table, as defined above, plays an important role in the PCA 500. Once a product change has been defined, and before attempting to perform PC A, the user should ensure that all replacement / replacement parts in the product change will exist and are correctly defined in the master project table. Furthermore, users should also ensure that any recently defined parent / child relationship will not take effect before PCA. The two fields in the product structure table determine when a part becomes effective—the Start Effectivity Date and the End Effectivity Date. The purpose of PCA 500 is to determine which dates should be compared to the baselines that exist in the supply plan. If the parent / child relationship of the part already exists in the product structure table, and its validity date is set on the day of the beginning of the change date or later (that is, during the period of product change); then the PCA 500 will include Part changes are treated as a baseline condition. In one embodiment, the user may change the granularity of the time period used by the PCA 500, which typically causes the supply profile to shift over time. The supply planner 200 may suggest actions for specific supplies, among which: the suggested actions may change from one trip to the next, and therefore push and pull orders in different ways. As a result, obsolete inventory does not decrease evenly and may even increase over time. One of the reasons for the various supply plan results is that the parts being replaced have an ordering policy that dictates that they need to be ordered more than necessary to meet demand. If the part to be replaced has: the minimum order quantity, or a multiple of the quantity applied to it; the supply planning program 200 may be -88- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) )

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578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (85) Can produce more supplies than necessary (that is, a recommended order), which finally leads to obsolete inventory for the part. In another example, when pulling a large purchase order, obsolete inventory can grow from one product change period to the next. In other words, the supply plan suggests that rescheduling will generate supplies earlier in order to prepare for small demand, and therefore leave most orders out of date. If the part being replaced is an assembly, one or more of these episodes may affect the parts of the component of the assembly being replaced. Following the above analysis, the PCA 500 may write its results to the PCA results table, step 550. In step 550, it is also possible to present the result in a PCA report. The PC A report will provide a complete check of the rolling out value of product changes in each period, in order to reach the value of the expected obsolete inventory equal to zero. Although this is the best time to perform a product change, it may be impractical. Based on this report, users can compare factors such as opportunity costs with the value of their remaining inventory at any time to calculate the actual cost of their product changes. Comparator 600 Returning to FIG. 1D, another component in the supply system 100 is: comparator 600. The ability to provision the system 100 to perform various plots and review results in a short time; some advantages will become apparent. By changing and fine-tuning material plans simultaneously with most supply plans, users can take advantage of this speed capability. Therefore, with most supply plans, comparing the results of more than one trip is a simple task. A comparator 600 has been developed precisely for this purpose-it is used to compare and report any -89- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm)

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What is the difference between the results of the two supply plans. The comparator 600 gives the user the ability to compare one supply plan with another; and check the difference between the two according to several levels of detail. Comparing H6GG is a fast and effective device. It is used to determine how the special shame of the user's production plan can affect its inventory and even reach the level of individual parts.

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The comparison method 601 is shown in FIG. 6. Now, an example is used to describe the comparison method that governs the operation of comparing $ 600. Thanks, the user will execute the supply planning program 200-times, step 6iq, using current data such as the ending balance (―balances) from the previous day's activity. Second, the user generates a sum. Anonymity-species tables 'such as: networking tables to save the results of the supply plan' step 620. In the current example, the first networked table is designated j as NET. Now, if the user wants to analyze the effects of other large contingent orders, the customer may simply update the customer order (c) table defined above to include information from the contingent orders and re-run the supply planner 200, Step 630. Following the second operation of the supply planner 200 using the adjusted data in step 63, the user generates a new table NET1 to store the results from the second implementation (step 640), step 640 . Then, the user has two types of tables that can be used by the comparator 600: NET and NET 1. Specifically, if there is any difference or variation between the ending balances in the two linked tables in any period, the comparator will record the difference in a Compare Results (CR) table , Step 650. Repeat this routine work for each part in the base plan -90- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (21〇 × 297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention ( 87) (routine) until all parts found in the basic plan have been visited, step 660. Comparator 600 will then calculate the total variation for each period and store the discovery information in the CR table. The above comparison networking method is best suited for a quick comparison between the contents of two networked tables, both of which contain the results of the supply planning program 3 derived from the same master item (IM) table. Specifically, for any operation of the supply planner 200, the number and sort order of the parts in the IM table cannot be changed. As described above, the comparator 600 is typically used to compare the results of two networked tables. The first table is usually generated from the most recent supply plan based on the user's current situation. It is necessary to ascertain the results of actual events such as the arrival of incidental orders or hypothetical events such as proposed changes to the ordering policy. Therefore, by: performing the necessary changes in the database 110 to accurately describe the changes of interest, and implementing a second supply plan; a new networking table is generated to reflect the changes. The two networking tables can then be compared to assess the net effect of the change. Calculated based on input information selected by the user: for several categories and time periods, the difference for each part in the networking table. At any time, if there is any difference between the ending balances in the two linked tables (referred to as variation), it is recorded in the comparison results table. This routine is repeated for each part in the master project table. Ability to express differences as a quantity or monetary value. At that time, the comparator 600 calculates the total variation for each period, and stores the discovery information in the comparison result table. The quantity variation, as defined below, is calculated by the comparator 600. Using the data in the CR table, the comparator 600 may automatically generate a comparison -91-

578071 A7 B7 V. Statement of Invention (88) Statement. The comparison report provides a view of the quantity or cost variability of all parts that have a difference in ending balances in the two networking tables being compared. For example, a comparison report might include a detailed list of each part that has variability over a period of time. By: each variation type according to the selected period / part, and the variation for each variation type and the total variation of the selected part / period are displayed. Similarly, the comparison report may provide: total variation per period for all parts; or total variation for a specific part for the entire period requested for each cost variation option. That is, the user will understand the total variability in each cost period for material cost, labor cost, etc. Provide total cost to assist user analysis. The report will change depending on the comparison option selected by the user, that is: inventory balance, all demand, all supply, planned supply order (PSO), or scheduled order. The comparison report may further show: as indicated in the two networked tables, a variation in the actions (that is: cancel, push down, pull up, new) between the two proposed supply plans. This type of report will provide a summary of the actions necessary to make the new supply plan operational. The user may then check the list by part to understand what actions should be taken and the total cost difference (variation) between the two plans. Resource demand planning program 700 Returning to FIG. 1D, the supply system 100 may further include: a resource demand planning program (RRP) 700, which is used to convert the main production schedule (MPS) generated by the supply planning program 200 into a number of key Requirements for key re sources. These key resources often include: manpower, machinery, -92-This paper size applies to Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (89) Warehouse space, supplier capabilities , And funding (in some cases). Generally, a comparison of each available or demonstration capacity is performed for each resource. This comparison helps the user: establish a viable master production schedule. The functions performed by the RRP 700 are mainly used to determine: critical resources with the resources required for liquefaction. For example, if a workstation becomes overloaded, it assumes that the user will perform things like adding an extra shift. The operation of RRP is summarized in FIG. 7. Specifically, the RRP method 701 starts with the user first executing the supply planning program 200, step 710. The RRP 700 then calculates the capacity of each work center for each period until the end of the period, step 720. Capacity is replenished at the beginning of each period. For each supply order booked, RRP 700 calculates: Loads for various work centers. Keep the necessary information in the work center and networking tables defined above. Use the remaining quantities on work orders or planned supply orders to take advantage of the project-specific Representative Routing to calculate the load demand at each work center. If a work order is partially completed and in progress, it will be accessed by accessing the last routing complete and process completion of the related work order form for each work order. The information in the two fields of Routing Percent Complete is used to process the work order status. The trip operation number specified in the last trip completion bit is assumed: all previous operations are also completed. The percentage value in the percentage of trip completion will indicate the percentage of the load that has been completed for the next operation after the operation specified in the last trip completion field. Remaining percentage -93- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm)

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Fifth, the invention description (90) (remaining percentage) is used to calculate: the remaining load required to complete the operation. Assumptions: No subsequent operations will be initiated; therefore, there will be an entire load remaining. Keep all this information in a Rough Cut Details (RCD) table. After completing the trip, the RRP 700 generates a PPR table, step 730; this table breaks down the capacity per load for each work center. RRP 700 usually obtains information from the following different tables, which include: work center table (WC), representative journey table (RR), resource demand planning action table (RRP), resource demand planning timetable (RRPPER), And work order list (WO) ^ 拫 Calculate the capacity for each work center according to the WC table. For each work center, there are minimum and maximum capacity fields. RRP then uses work order records from networked (NET) tables as the main planning source of supply. For each order booked, RRP calculates: one load from each of its journeys found in the RR table. The loads are arranged by the work center and entered in the RRP table. In step 730, the RRP 700 may also generate various reports, which are used to summarize its discovery information, including: work center load breakdown 'work center load profile, and work order profile. Work center load breakdown report will list the information according to work center and time period; and the work to be performed. For each work order, the report shows the percentage of total work center capacity required. Therefore, the user can check the order of a work center to meet outstanding demand, or the user can know whether a work center is under- / over-utilized and then make the necessary management decisions. In terms of comparison, -94- This paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (91) The load center report of the work center will provide the capacity for a specific work center Outline and will show: Maximum, Normal, and Planned Capacity, along with Planned Load. The total planned capacity is compared to the total planned load to achieve variation for the work center. This variation can then be analyzed for workload distribution and resource scheduling. It is still the third type of report: work order outline report, which provides a visual representation of "load versus capacity per period". This report allows users to follow work orders across many work centers; to determine whether work orders will be completed on time and, if not, which work center is not working at the scheduled time. For each work center, it clearly shows the available capacity to complete the work order, and the percentage of work centers that will take on the selected work order. Limited resource planning program 800 The limited resource planning program (FRP) 800 is very similar to the RRP 700. In particular, FRP 800 will convert MPS into demand for a number of key resources, which may include manpower, machinery, warehouse space, supplier capabilities, and funding (in some cases). However, unlike RRP 700, which identifies capacity shortages and excesses and enables users to take appropriate action, FRP 800 assumes that the planner is willing to accept capacity shortages and wants to adjust plans to produce a display of capacity shortages The best production schedule. The FRP 800 moves work around to ensure that loads never exceed capacity because resources are limited and manufacturing schedules must operate near this constraint. FRP 800 will perform a variety of tasks, including (1) material and capacity availability -95- This paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210X297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Independence of the invention (92) Available ship date for sexual demand; (2) Calculate loads for all work centers; (3) Calculate which combined supply orders are causing delays in independent orders; and (4) Correctly target some production bottlenecks ), One of the bottlenecks is the first journey step that prevents orders from being available on time. The operation summary of the FRP 800 is referred to as the FRP method 801 in FIG. 8. ?ruler? 800 will operate based on the output information of 11 £ 80 3 00. therefore,? 1 ^ will wait for the operation of RES0 300 to complete, step 810. FRP 800 then uses the RESOD table to establish dependencies between the two supply orders and to prioritize these orders, step 820. In the RES0D table, as described above, a number of supply orders are first ranked according to a demand tracking number, and then a low-level code. FRP 8 00 will also include: material availability dates from the RES OD table. For each demand tracking number, FRP 800 starts at the bottom of the bill of materials (BOM) and operates in the same way to the top, thus validating the effective dates of all intermediate supply orders. The end result is: the effective date of materials and capacity for complete independence requirements. The effective date of a supply order is: assuming the order has some journey steps, the date when the last journey step has been completed. If it doesn't have a journey step, the effective date is: The effective date of the sub-item plus the lead time. For a supply order that has one of the journey steps and has not yet begun work on that ticket; the first journey step begins when all materials are available. This date is commonly referred to as the order start date. From the start date, a loading process occurs for each journey step. FRP 800 will be available at -96- this paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (93 can apply the load in the existing date. FRp 800 is subsequently obtained Capacity information from the work center table. If there is not enough capacity in a given day, FRp_ will consume capacity when the unused capacity exists—date. This process step will continue until all loads have been located In the work center. When the first-step is completed, the second step will start, and so on, until all the steps are completed, step 83. What to do in the work order, has been performed Some part of the work. But the moon dagger will state the status of the work order from the fields of the final order and the percentage of completion of the order for each progressing guard order. FRp 800 will check what will be checked Each work order to determine its status. If there is a valid operation number Shima (valid operation nUmbe〇 in the final stop completion stop, FRP_ will assume: the current operation and all previous operations Both have been completed. If there is an effective percentage in the field completion percentage field, then FRP 8GG will assume that after the operation of the next journey mentioned in the final completion completion position, the next operation has been completed. In general, all materials are considered available for orders in progress; the fakes it uses; t is: materials must be available before the start of the work. However, if there are open The actual demand is attached to the work order, then RES0 300 will be 50 times the effective date for the material. The FRp program will then assume that work cannot be continued until the material is available. At that time, FRP _ will continue to be calculated For the chastity of money. For each process step, FRP 800 will calculate: need to complete the date (need_ completion-by date). This date is: without delay in order -97- this paper size Applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 male

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578071 A7 ______B7 V. Description of the Invention (94) The last date when the process steps can be completed. It is quite useful in properly targeting bottlenecks; 800 will calculate these dates using a backward scheduling method that assumes the maximum daily T-monthly dagger. Store the results of an FRP trip in the frP table, step 84. The frP table has a similar format to the RRP table. In step 84, FrP 800 may perform a report on the FRP table, such as a report associated with RRP 700. In addition to the many reports described in RRP 700, frp 800 may produce a report detailing the status of capacity orders. Detailed capacity order status reports will correctly target supply orders that are causing delays in independent demand. This report is very similar to the Detailed Order Status Report that exists under RESO. The main difference between the two reports is that the detailed capacity order status report returns the capacity and the material effective date, while the detailed order status report only returns the material effective date. Detailed capacity order status reports provide visibility into how each order is supplied. The report will show how many individual components and their supply orders fulfill top-level requirements. According to this report, the user will have the knowledge of the user's supply status in order to make a decision on how the user will properly overcome the delayed order situation. Once the details of how to supply an order are obtained, the user can determine why the order is delayed. By identifying the critical path, the user is able to isolate the delayed part and determine if it can urge it. In another embodiment, the FRP report will also show all delayed supply items, not just the item "If the user is trying to urge a delayed order, he can determine a more practical effective date. If the user manages to urge -98- This paper size is applicable to China National Standard g ^ (CNS) A4 (21〇 × 297mm) 1 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (95)

By looking at a part, the user can determine if a delayed order is stalled due to zero parts of its & component. If the user determines that the critical pat part is currently available at a certain date, then the user can answer the question of whether his application will become available after that date. The Banquet Promise 900 returns to Figure 1D. The supply system 100 may further include another, nicknamed a customer promiser (cp 900). The CP operation is used to assist users: rapid assessment The feasibility of a new order (Pigeon 1 " order). In particular, the CP 900 allows users to accurately allow ~ just-in-time availability of new orders. To summarize the operation of the cp 900 in the cp method 901, as shown in the figure As shown in 9; the supply system will first operate the supply planner 200 and RES0 300, step 91. Using these results from the supply system 100 and other components, the CP 900 will determine ... display the pre-existing Remaining production capacity, step 92. The remaining capacity is stored in the database 110, step 930. When ~ new orders arrive, from the perspective of the remaining capacity, the CP will evaluate the new order, step 940. In particular, cp just uses the resources in the remaining capacity and the new order to execute the supply planning program. If it is possible to use the remaining capacity to complete the new order, then the user may The ground promises to fulfill the new order, step 940. It should be noted that the supply plan formed in step 940 is usually not optimal and thus may never be used. Instead, the supply plan is only a suggestion to solve the problem of supply configuration Feasibility; therefore, the supply plan may be further optimized by re-executing the supply planner 200 for all orders and all production input information. -99- This paper size applies to China National Standards (CNS) A4 (210X 297) (Mm)

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578071 A7 _______ Β7 V. Description of the Invention (96) Interactive Master Scheduler 〇ftn Interactive Master Scheduler (IMS) 10000 is characterized in that it enables users to modify automatically or manually The forecast demand is input to the main production schedule through the interface. IMS 1000 is an application designed for master schedulers in a manufacturing environment. The IMS 1000 allows the use of a master scheduler: dedicated business judgment in matching production forecasts with sales forecasts. The IMS 1000 operates in real time to adjust and produce: production forecasts that best reflect the current business environment. When all required changes have been made, the Master Schedule table is populated, so the supply optimization process begins. IMS 1000 has an automatic leveling program (auto-ieyeier) that adjusts predictions to cover negative available commitments (ATP) if predictions for parts exist. The auto leveling program rolls forward any unused forecast to: remain in the remainder of the month or quarter. Once the autoleveling process is complete, the IMS 1000 will mark all families and parts in order to communicate the status (that is: ATP, no ATP, or negative ATP) to the main scheduler. The master scheduler now has a list of scheduled priority actions for parts; forecasts for these parts need to be checked and adjusted. The main scheduler can use the "drag-and-drop" feature to update the forecast in order to move the forecast from one period to another. When adjustments are made, the IMS will reduce the amount of movement Amount available. The master scheduler can also decide to increase the forecast, which will result in an increase to the current plan. Any adjustments made to the forecast are done in a separate forecast line to save the original forecast. Able to review all changes-100- This paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210X297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (97) Audit trail is saved in monthly archives. IMS 1000 will assist users during the following three basic scheduling scenarios: (1) When the forecast closely reflects the customer order, at this time, the gross forecast is roughly equal to the number of customer orders, so there is a positive number of available committed orders. No An automatic leveling operation is needed to shift the period prediction: from one time bucket of this season to another in order to get positive ATP. Here In the case, the main scheduler does not need to adjust the forecast. Each time the forecast total is adjusted, this scenario is always obtained. (2) When the customer order exceeds the forecast total (ATP), it needs to be executed when the customer order exceeds the forecast. Forecast movements for periods where there will be areas with negative ATP during the entire season. Therefore, the negative predictions obtained will automatically turn forward within the period. This will happen during the first trip with IMS characteristics; after that, it can be manually adjusted Negative net forecasts. For example, two groups can be displayed in a split-screen mode; and users can move the total forecast amount from a cell with a positive ATP to a cell with a negative ATP. One unit. In addition, the user can adjust the ATP between the two units; and, when doing so, a value is prompted. The goal is to support the established sales forecast and maintain between the two units Positive ATP; and when doing so, a value will be prompted. The goal is to support the established sales forecast and maintain a positive ATP every quarter. If the forecast is more than the customer set The number is much larger; then in the subsequent quarters of the fiscal year, -101-This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297 mm) 578071 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (98) Authorized users can manually reduce and slow down predictions. (3) When the ATP is greater than required for the season, an automatic leveling operation in the IMS is required to perform: many steps to handle excess ATP for the season. Lay out the IMS table ... First adjust the negative ATP (indicated by X), and then adjust the zero ATP (indicated by "0"). The forecasts are then adjusted manually: from areas with obvious problems to areas with potential problems. Applying IMS to excess ATP can affect sales forecasts and help validate previous sales plans. The master scheduler is able to apply resident business logic to mobile predictions, suitable for a build-to-order environment. After manually adjusting the forecast, the master scheduler can output the IMS table to the master schedule and perform a supply plan and associated operations. The IMS table formed by the IMS 1000 is composed of assembly groups, which are all based on: part lists in the forecast totals, customers, and shipping tables. Based on these tables, ATP quantities are determined and used to address the types of problems described above. It is also important to keep in mind the family of parts derived from the master item list. Conclusion For the purposes of illustration and description, many preferred embodiments of the invention have been presented in the foregoing description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. Many modifications and changes are possible in accordance with the above teachings. 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W8071 A system for configuring the supply of components, the system includes: 1) a database containing information related to the component, the information is used to describe the supply and changes to the supply; and 2)-the supply planner, so The supply planner uses synchronous configuration to generate a supply plan. 2. If the system of item 1 of the scope of patent application, the supply planning program uses the following objective function: Μ Τ ω ^ ΣΣ5 " χ " 十 / = 1 / = 1 max ^ / 7 / V > = 1 V ί = 1 Jkt λ \ γyJi where: iics, ιιι, ύΜ, and ιι are weighted by users for customer service, revenue, profit, and inventory; acs, Sr , &Amp; 1 ^ and 1 are calibration factors for customer service, revenue, profit, and inventory; Xit is a binary variable; ait is a calibration factor that gives quasi-fashion orders the priority of delaying or early shipment of them ; Benefits associated with demand i; heart = profit associated with demand i; cj = standard cost of item j; this paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 mm) ^ / 8071 Installation 578071 VI. Patent Application Scope Planning Program, in which the resource demand planning program proposes to change the supply in order to deal with the shortage identified by the supply planning program. U · If the scope of patent application is the first! The item system further includes a limited resource planning program, in which the limited resource planning program recommends the optimal use of supply in order to deal with the shortage identified by the supply planning program. 12. If the system and system of item i of the patent application scope further includes a client promise program, where the client promise program will: D determine the rest of the supply following the execution of the supply plan; and 2) evaluate a use Regarding the feasibility of the remaining new orders. 13 · If the system of the scope of patent application 丨, further includes: an interactive main 14. · If the scope of the patent application! Item system, where the database includes: input data, user-specified data, and output data. 15. · A method for configuring the supply of a component, the method includes the following steps: 1) forming a database containing information related to the component, the information is used to describe the supply and changes to the supply; 2 ) Use synchronous configuration to generate a supply plan. 16. The method of claim 15 in which the information uses an engineering planning statement to define the component. 17. The method of claim 15 of the patent scope, wherein the steps used to generate a supply plan include the use of the following objective function: 矜 Pwy correction, year and month supplement Patent application scope max Μ Τ Μ ί ^^ sYcs XX 5ltxit + ωΗγ ^ x ^ = 1 i = l / = 1 I / = 1 ωιΎι M (T \ M (7, Σ ~ ΣΛ, + Σ ~ Σ M (7 , + Ί M ^ AI Xi / yJ where —ϋ, and 仏 are weights assigned to users for customer service, revenue, profit, and inventory; heart s' aR, heart and & 1 are for customer service , The yield, profit, and inventory calibration factors; Xit is a binary variable; h is the calibration factor that gives quasi-courier shipping orders the priority of delaying or early shipment of them, ^ = revenue associated with demand i; = Profit associated with demand i; Cj = standard cost of item j; Ujkt = consumed inventory; tjk = issued inventory; IJt = inventory of item j at the end of time period t; number of independent requirements; and T = The number of periods. Α The method according to item 15 of the scope of patent application, further comprising the step of optimizing the supply using the matching set logic. 19. The method as claimed in item 15 of the scope of patent application. Trial + further includes a step to specify one or more goals to be considered in the seven steps used to generate a supply plan. Like X Lingxi 20. If the method of applying for the scope of the patent No. 15, Pushfeng H knife female further includes the following steps to modify the database to reflect the first change in supply; 2) For the first time to modify the database; Prepare the _th supply plan; 3) modify the database to reflect the second change in supply, 21. 4) prepare a second supply plan for the second modification database *; 5) compare the first and The effect of the second supply plan. If applying for the full-time method of item 15, the further steps include the following steps: 1) modify the poor material library to reflect the changed supply; 22. 23, 24. 2) prepare a modified supply plan for the modified database; 3) Compare the supply plan with the modified supply plan. If the method of applying for item 15 of the patent scope, the further steps include the following steps: v Identify the supply shortage problem caused by the supply metering; and 2) Modify the supply to deal with the shortage problem. If the method of applying for item 15 of the patent scope, the further steps include the following steps: 1) identifying the shortage of supply in the supply plan; and 2) modifying the supply plan to deal with the shortage. The method of applying for item 15 of the patent scope further includes the following steps: 1) determining the rest of the supply following the execution of the supply plan ^ and 2) evaluating the feasibility of using a new order for the rest. A machine-readable program storage device that can physically implement a program that can be executed by a number of instructions to perform the following steps: 25.578071 A8 B8 C8 D8, patent application scope 1) forming a database containing information related to the supply of components, which is used for supply and changes to supply; 2) using synchronous configuration and matching set logic to generate A supply plan for the supply; and 3) optimize the supply plan. -6-This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) Α4 size (210 X 297 mm)