Patent ID: 8239054

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for component management based on production planning, the method comprising: receiving, in a computer system, order information for a first order to be executed using the computer system to assemble a first product from a plurality of components at a manufacturing location; updating a real-time record with the order information, the real-time record associated with the manufacturing location and being kept updated substantially in real time with order changes, the real-time record associating the first order with the plurality of components; determining, for each of the plurality of components, whether a required quantity of the component in the real-time record has changed, due to the updating of the real-time record with the order information, by at least a component-specific threshold amount associated with the component; based on the determining, updating a static record with required quantities from the real-time record for at least a portion of the plurality of components that are used to assemble the first product of the first order, wherein the static record is updated when the required quantities for the at least a portion of the plurality of components have changed in the real-time record by at least corresponding component-specific threshold amounts; and initiating, after the static record is updated, a management process regarding the plurality of components for the manufacturing location, the management process configured to manage supply of at least one of the plurality of components according to the static record.