| CPC G06Q 50/04 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/06313 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. A method of dispatching a production order to produce a product in a distributed environment having a plurality of production lines LjSi distributed in one or several production sites Si, the method comprising the following steps:
a) receiving, by a central system for managing production orders, the production order for the product, the production order including a first list being a list of required production parameters RPP for the product, wherein an ordered target value TV1 is defined for each required production parameter RPP of the first list;
b) automatically determining, by the central system and as a function of resource availability, a nominal set of production lines LjSi capable of implementing a production of the product with respect to the resource availability;
c) automatically determining, by the central system, from the nominal set of production lines and from a production scenario configured for defining a second list and a third list, the second list being a list of production site constraint production parameters CPP, wherein a target value TV2 is associated with each production site constraint production parameter CPP of the second list, and the third list being a list of line specific production parameters LPP, wherein a target value TV3 is associated with each line specific production parameter LPP of the third list:
a first set of production lines comprising all production lines of the nominal set capable of satisfying the ordered target value TV1 of at least one required production parameter RPP defined in the first list;
a second set of production lines comprising all production lines of the nominal set capable of satisfying a target value TV2 of at least one production site constraint production parameter CPP defined in the second list;
a third set of production lines comprising all production lines of the nominal set capable of satisfying the target value TV3 of at least one line specific production parameter LPP defined in the third list;
d) automatically determining, by the central system and from the previously determined first, second and third sets of production lines, at least one optimal production line for producing the product;
e) automatically dispatching the production order to the at least one optimal production line; and
f) producing a product on the at least one optimal production line according to the dispatched production order.
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