Patent ID: 8942839
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and including executable code that, when executed, is configured to cause at least one data processing apparatus to: display a chart for production planning, the chart including a timeline, a material area associated with each of one or more materials and a resource area associated with each of one or more resources, wherein an operation identifier is provided at a location within one of the resource areas to indicate a time that a first operation has been scheduled to be performed using the associated resource; wherein the displayed chart also includes a material stealing indicator, displayed within a material area for a first material, that indicates that a sufficient amount of the first material is available to perform the first operation only if some of the first material is re-allocated from a second operation to the first operation.