Resource Allocation System for Maintaining a Production Facility

Abstract

A resource allocation system for a production facility stores: a production schedule assigning production tasks to machines of the production facility, each production task comprising a production time window during which a machine is occupied with the production task; a maintenance schedule assigning maintenance tasks to service resources, each maintenance task comprising a maintenance time window during which a machine is occupied with the maintenance task; and a maintenance plan comprising maintenance rules for generating maintenance tasks, the maintenance rules at least comprising a scheduling rule from which a time after which a machine has to be maintained is derivable. The resource allocation system is configured for determining maintenance tasks for machines based on the maintenance rules, wherein the time window of a maintenance task for a machine is determined from a previous maintenance task, the scheduling rule for the machine and the production tasks for the machine, such that the time window of the maintenance task does not overlap with the production tasks.

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