Manufacturing order scheduling and materials replenishment system

A method for scheduling delivery of material for items in a factory comprising:

• generating a material request plan for producing an item using a customer order and a current state of available inventory, the material request plan being generated separately from executing the material request plan;
• and,
• accounting for planned initiation of material requests when generating the material request plan, the planned initiation of material requests being material requests anticipated to occur during the generating of the material request plan.

A method for scheduling delivery of material for items in a factory comprising:

• dynamically determining a replenishment lead time;
• and,
• generating a material request plan for producing an item using a customer order and a current state of available inventory, the material request plan being generated based upon the replenishment lead time.

A system for scheduling delivery of material for items in a factory comprising:

• means for generating a material request plan for producing an item using a customer order and a current state of available inventory, the material request plan being generated separately from executing the material request plan;
• and,
• means for accounting for planned initiation of material requests when generating the material request plan, the planned initiation of material requests being material requests anticipated to occur during the generating of the material request plan.

A system for scheduling delivery of material for items in a factory comprising:

• means for dynamically determining a replenishment lead time;
• and,
• means for generating a material request plan for producing an item using a customer order and a current state of available inventory, the material request plan being generated based upon the replenishment lead time.