Patent ID: 7437205
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for processing orders, the computer implemented method comprising: receiving a request for delivery of an order by a requested delivery date; responsive to receiving the request for delivery of the order by the requested delivery date, specifying a date when an engineering change becomes effective for at least one material required for the order outside of a material requirements planning system, wherein the specified date when the engineering change becomes effective for the at least one material is the date when a manufacturing operation changes from the at least one material to a different version of the at least one material based on factors not accounted for by a current date when the engineering change becomes effective for the at least one material, and wherein the specified date when the engineering change becomes effective for the at least one material is specified manually or programmatically for overriding the current date; creating an alternate bill of materials based on the specified date when the engineering change becomes effective; creating an alternate manufacturing plan based on the alternate bill of materials for delivery of the order by the requested delivery date; and initiating the manufacturing operation based on the alternate manufacturing plan.