Patent ID: 8185227
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for determining a set of target throughputs for a product type in a manufacturing facility, said system comprising a computer and output means, wherein said computer is configured to perform the steps of: determining, for each range in work-in-progress (WIP) distribution of a manufacturing sequence for said product type, a first throughput target given by a first linear combination employing a first subset of a set of scalar coefficients, wherein said first linear combination is a linear combination of a local moving aggregated quantity of an interval associated with said range and a global aggregated quantity of said WIP distribution; determining a second throughput target given by a second linear combination employing a second subset of said set of scalar coefficients, wherein said second linear combination is a linear combination of a standard deviation of a non-zero portion of said WIP distribution and said global aggregated quantity; and determining, for each selected range in said manufacturing sequence, a minimum of a first quantity and a second quantity, wherein said first quantity is said first throughput target for said selected range and said second quantity is said second throughput target, wherein said output means is configured to output a set of said minimums as a set of throughput targets for corresponding ranges in said product type.