Production planning apparatus
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsMasaaki Sasaki, Kazuhisa Otsuka, Toshimichi Yoshinaga
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Abstract
The production planning apparatus includes a memory configured to store, with respect to each of a plurality of process steps included in a production process for producing predetermined articles, the number of resources for setup step that are available for a setup step in which setup for performing work of the process step is performed and a processor configured to determine, on the basis of the number of the resources for setup step, among the resources for setup step, resources that are allocated to the setup steps of respective ones of the plurality of process steps in such a way that a total of required times required for the setup steps of respective ones of the plurality of process steps is minimized.
Claims7
A production planning apparatus, comprising:
- a memory configured to
- store, with respect to each of a plurality of process steps included in a production process for producing predetermined articles, a number and type of resources for setup step that are available for a setup step in which setup for performing work of the process step is performed, and
- store, for each of the plurality of process steps, a required time for the setup step of the process step for each type of the resources for setup step;
- and
- a processor configured to, on the basis of the stored number and type of the resources for setup step and the stored required time for the setup step of the process step for each type of the resources for setup step, determine, among the resources for setup step, resources that are allocated to the setup steps of respective ones of the plurality of process steps in such a way that a total of required times required for the setup steps of respective ones of the plurality of process steps is minimized.
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