Patent ID: 7831459
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for balancing production capacity between different production technologies for use in a computer, wherein the computer is programmed to perform the steps of: receiving a first order; additionally generating a dummy order corresponding to the first order, wherein the dummy order and the first order are simultaneously existing in the computer; reserving a first capacity of a first production technology for the first order and reserving a second capacity of a second production technology for the dummy order, wherein the first production technology and the second production technology are different; receiving a second order; when the second order requesting the first production technology is received canceling the first order and directing the dummy order to substitute the first order, such that the first order is fulfilled by the second capacity originally reserved for the dummy order; and releasing the first capacity originally reserved for the first order to fulfill the second order.