Patent ID: 8126754

Claim:
A resource management and planning system, comprising: a resource management system operable to track enterprise information detailing business records for an enterprise; wherein the resource management system includes: a global enterprise resource database operable to store the enterprise information; and a plurality of advanced planning and scheduling modules each operable to track data at a production facility and to update the enterprise information in the global enterprise resource database using database triggers in response to changes in the data at the production facility; a collaboration system operable to couple to the resource management system, to interact with a plurality of affiliated organizations, to communicate with the resource management system and the affiliated organizations using disparate protocols, to translate communications between the protocols, and to facilitate transfer of data between the resource management system and the affiliated organizations; and a planning system operable to couple to the resource management system and to generate, in real-time, production plans based on the enterprise information to affect manufacturing and shipping of goods and materials; wherein the planning system comprises: a memory resident data module scaled to operate within a fixed memory space and operable to load selected portions of the enterprise information, the enterprise information including real-time information regarding resources, production, and inventory related to production of a product; a global planning engine operable to generate global production plans for manufacturing of a plurality of products based on demand information, production information, and inventory information associated with a plurality of production facilities; and a plurality of local production, sales, and inventory modules each operable to optimize local production plans for the manufacturing of the products based on local resource information.