Steven Loring - Hermitage TN, US Wayne Zorn - Austin TX, US Allison Searcy - Austin TX, US Ihab Al-Wazani - Round Rock TX, US Jeffrey Joyce - Round Rock TX, US William Reeves - Austin TX, US Michael Rogers - Georgetown TX, US Christopher Waters - Round Rock TX, US
International Classification:
G06F019/00
US Classification:
700097000, 700100000, 705008000
Abstract:
A method for scheduling manufacture of an item in a factory which includes planning a time for manufacturing an item so as to have the manufacture of the item complete during a desired shipping window, determining the desired shipping window so as to allow the item to be shipped via a lower cost shipping method while arriving at a destination as if shipped via an expedited shipping method, and determining a carrier service for shipping the item so as to enable the item to be shipped via a lower cost shipping method while arriving at a destination as if shipped via an expedited shipping method.
Synchronized Production With Dynamic Logistics Routing
Allison Searcy - Austin TX, US Ihab Al-Wazani - Round Rock TX, US Jeffrey Joyce - Round Rock TX, US Steven Loring - Hermitage TN, US William Reeves - Austin TX, US Michael Rogers - Georgetown TX, US Christopher Waters - Round Rock TX, US Wayne Zorn - Austin TX, US
International Classification:
G06F019/00
US Classification:
700100000, 700097000, 705008000
Abstract:
A method for scheduling manufacture of an order in a factory which includes planning a time for manufacturing an order so as to have the manufacture of the order complete during a desired shipping window and determining the desired shipping window so as to allow the order to be shipped via a lower cost shipping method while arriving at a destination. A method manufacturing an order in a factory which includes synchronizing production of the order with a desired routing schedule and determining the desired routing schedule so as to allow the order to be routed via lower cost shipping method while arriving at a destination.
William Reeves - Austin TX, US Brian Crenshaw - Austin TX, US Ihab Al-Wazani - Round Rock TX, US Jeffrey Joyce - Round Rock TX, US Steven Loring - Hermitage TN, US Michael Rogers - Georgetown TX, US Allison Searcy - Austin TX, US Christopher Waters - Round Rock TX, US Wayne Zorn - Austin TX, US
International Classification:
G06F017/60
US Classification:
705008000
Abstract:
A method for scheduling work and delivery of material for items in a factory which includes obtaining a customer order, determining a current state of an available inventory of material from a plurality of material sources, generating a material request plan for producing the item using the customer order and the current state of the available inventory and executing the material request plan. The customer order includes an item ordered by a customer and the item has an associated quantity of a material to produce. The customer order also includes a desired shipping schedule. The generating a material request plan includes scheduling based upon the desired shipping schedule. The executing the material request plan takes into account the desired shipping schedule.
Name / Title
Company / Classification
Phones & Addresses
Wayne Zorn Director Of Logistics Engineering
Yrc Worldwide Technologies, Inc. Trucking, Except Local