Shift configurations for manufacturing execution systems
AssigneeAveva Software, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Kohen Barkehanai, Raghavendran Gobalakrishnan
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Abstract
The disclosure describes a system for executing schedules in a manufacturing execution system (MES). In some embodiments, the system is configured to enable multiple shift patterns to be entered for a single entity. In some embodiments, the system is configured to prioritize the shift patterns based on an execution time. In some embodiments, the system includes one or more of a schedule pattern table, a schedule template, and an entity table, which are linked to each other to define parameters of one or more schedules. In some embodiments, the system is configured to automatically assign a time zone the time entered that matches the time zone where the entity associated with the schedule is located.
Claims15
A system for executing schedules within a manufacturing execution system (MES) comprising:
- a manufacturing execution system (MES) configured to monitor, control, and/or create reports about a status of one or more entities within an industrial process;
- wherein the MES comprises a scheduling module configured to generate one or more schedules for the one or more entities;
- one or more computers comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer readable media, the one or more non-transitory computer readable media having program instructions stored thereon that when executed cause the scheduling module to:
- generate, by the one or more processors, a schedule pattern table;
- generate, by the one or more processors, a schedule template table;
- generate, by the one or more processors, an entity link table;
- link, by the one or more processors, the schedule template table and the entity link table to the schedule pattern table;
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- create, by the one or more processors, the one or more schedules based on one or more parameters defined in at least one of the schedule pattern table, the schedule template table, and the entity link table.
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