Method And System For Determining The Capacity Required To Complete Work During Planned Start And Finished Times

摘要

In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a method for determining the capacity required to complete work during planned start and finished times. The first step entails providing a plurality of Resource Group Names, wherein each Resource Group Name (RGN) represents a particular Work Center (WC) having predetermined resources associated therewith. The predetermined resources include equipment, operators, set-up person(s), fixtures and tooling. The method further includes the steps of selecting a particular item that is in a predefined process flow, providing data that represents a planned movement of the selected item along the predefined process flow, identifying all process steps in the predefined process flow through which the selected item must pass, identifying each Reporting Point (RP) in each selected item's predefined process flow, retrieving data that represents the Required Work Content (RWC) of the selected item at each process step along the predefined process flow, determining the Required Work Content (RWC) to completely perform all process steps in the overall process, providing, for each step of the predefined process flow, an amount of Allocated Time Buffer (ATB) required to accommodate variability associated with completing the Required Work Content (RWC), establishing for each process step and Reporting Point (RP), using the designated Resource Group Name (RGN) representing the Work Center (WC), a Daily Work Calendar (DWC) which is used for assigning Required Work Content (RWC) and Allocated Time Buffer (ATB), retrieving a document start date-time and a document finish date-time for each selected item that enters the predefined process flow, utilizing the Resource Group Name (RGN) representing the Work Center (WC) and the corresponding Work Center (WC) Daily Work Calendar (DWC), Required Work Content (RWC), Allocated Time Buffers (ATB) and document start or finish date-time to establish the planned start date-time and planned finish date-time at each process step in each item's open document's, and utilizing the resources in the Resource Group Name (RGN) representing the Work Center (WC) and the corresponding Work Center (WC) Daily Work Calendar (DWC) to map resource loading at each process step within each open document in accordance with the established planned start date-time and planned finish date-time at each process step to identify any local Allocated Time Buffer (ATB) overloads corresponding to any of the Work Centers (WC) and the resources associated therewith to determine additional capacity requirements.