Method for calculating a materials requirements plan for demands containing multiple demand dates and priorities
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorRobert A. Orzell
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Abstract
The methodology disclosed herein calculates the dates that product must come to stock for every component in the supply chain as needed to meet exit demands associated with a plurality of due dates and priorities. Every planned product stock is thus associated with multiple stock dates and associated priorities as is every planned manufacturing start and every shipment.
Claims18
A computer-implemented method of performing materials requirements planning comprising:
- inputting customer demand, where each customer demand has multiple independent due dates, each due date having a different priority;
- calculating demand on components for each of said due dates, considering said priorities;
- calculating demand on suppliers for each of said due dates, considering said priorities;
- and
- outputting at least one of said demand on components and said demand on suppliers.
A computer storage device readable by computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by said computer to perform a method of performing materials requirements planning, said method comprising:
- inputting customer demand, where each customer demand has multiple independent due dates, each due date having a different priority;
- calculating demand on components for each of said due dates, considering said priorities;
- calculating demand on suppliers for each of said due dates, considering said priorities;
- and
- outputting at least one of said demand on components and said demand on suppliers.
A computer-implemented method of performing materials requirements planning comprising:
- inputting customer demand, where each customer demand has multiple independent due dates, each due date having a different priority, wherein said multiple independent due dates comprise a commit due date and a customer request due date;
- calculating demand on components for each of said due dates, considering said priorities;
- calculating demand on suppliers for each of said due dates, considering said priorities;
- and
- outputting at least one of said demand on components and said demand on suppliers.
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