Patent Document ID: 20140343711
Application ID: 13897250
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: calculating a cycle time for a product order of a plurality of product orders, wherein the calculation is performed by an artificial neural network based on inputs comprising product order type; and a plurality of component counts, wherein a component count comprises of the number of units of a component used to manufacture the product of the product order; determining a first order priority of the product order based on a priority index calculated using an analytic hierarchy process, wherein alternatives evaluated by the analytic hierarchy process comprise the plurality of product orders and criteria of the analytic hierarchy process comprise a plurality of product order attributes, each criterion having a priority value; determining a second order priority and completion time of the product order, wherein determining the second order priority comprises running an event based simulation model receiving input comprising the first order priority of the product order, a second set of attributes for the product order comprising product type, product model, and a plurality of component counts; manufacturing capacity and inventory data relating to the product order, and production time data of historical product orders; and determining a shipping date for the product order based on the second order priority and completion time.