Flexible product manufacturing planning

A system, comprising:

• at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions;
• and
• at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to:
• receive input data indicative of manufacturing parameters associated with manufacturing a product;
• solve, using the input data, an optimization problem with respect to a cost function to obtain a receding horizon execution plan indicative of a planned set of manufacturing steps for manufacturing the product;
• determine a subset of manufacturing steps of the planned set of manufacturing steps to execute;
• re-solve the optimization problem with respect to the cost function to obtain a new receding horizon execution plan responsive, at least in part, to execution of the subset of manufacturing steps or occurrence of a re-planning trigger event.

A computer program product comprising a storage medium readable by a processing circuit, the storage medium storing instructions executable by the processing circuit to cause a method to be performed, the method comprising:

• receiving input data indicative of manufacturing parameters associated with manufacturing a product;
• solving, using the input data, an optimization problem with respect to a cost function to obtain a receding horizon execution plan indicative of a planned set of manufacturing steps for manufacturing the product;
• determining a subset of manufacturing steps of the planned set of manufacturing steps to execute;
• re-solving the optimization problem with respect to the cost function to obtain a new receding horizon execution plan responsive, at least in part, to execution of the subset of manufacturing steps or occurrence of a re-planning trigger event.