It is possible to update a process plan, a work plan, and a production plan in a short time with respect to a production fluctuation event and flexibly deal with the production fluctuation. A production planning device includes: a process plan generation unit which generates a plurality of process plans including an alternative process plan, the process plans relating to a production process of a product; a work plan generation unit which generates a work plan corresponding to each of the process plans; a production plan generation unit which generates a production plan using the plurality of process plans and the work plan; and a production plan redrafting unit which redrafts a production plan using the plurality of process plans and the work plan when a production fluctuation event occurs.

A production sequence optimizing method and a production sequence optimizing system that can reduce downtime caused by a setup operation. The production sequence optimizing method classifies a plurality of production programs which are continuously executed using a production line into a plurality of groups which share resources used for production and optimizes an execution order of the plurality of production programs. The production sequence optimizing method includes: a resource number counting step of counting the number of all resources held in stock; and a resource allocation step of allocating the resources to each of the groups on the basis of the number of all resources, the number of resources required for an N-th group, and the number of resources required for an (N+1)-th group.

A method of dispatching wafer lots through a plurality of process chambers, wherein the process chambers are disposed in at least one machine. The method includes: receiving wafer lot information and process chamber data, wherein the wafer lot information identifies the wafer lots to be processed at the machine, and the process chamber data includes process information associated with the process chambers; determining a load factor of each process chamber based on the wafer lot information and process chamber data; receiving historical data of run lots previously processed through the process chambers, and determining a processing time of the wafer lots based on the historical data; generating a dispatching criteria for the wafer lots based on the load factors of the process chambers and the determined processing time of the wafer lots; and dispatching the wafer lots through the process chambers based on the dispatching criteria.

A manufacture work machine for preforming a manufacture work, including: work-element performing apparatuses each configured to perform one of work elements of the manufacture work, and a central control device to control the apparatuses in a centralized manner, such that motion commands for one motion to be performed by one of the apparatuses are sequentially transmitted, wherein each apparatus has an individual control device to control an operation of said each apparatus and at least one operating device for performing a work element corresponding to said each apparatus, and wherein the individual control device is configured to recognize a matter of the motion command transmitted from the central control device and is configured to control an operation of each of the at least one operating device so as to permit one of the apparatuses to which the individual control device belongs to perform one motion corresponding to the motion command.

A three dimensional printing system includes an appliance tier, a processing tier, and a work cell tier. The appliance tier (1) defines a client interface for receiving process parameters and data pipeline parameters for a given production job, and (2) provides instructions based upon the process parameters. The processing tier processes the data pipeline parameters and outputs a sequence of slice data arrays pursuant to a print engine platform. The work cell tier includes a work cell server and a plurality of functional cells. A functional cell can be a print engine, a post processing station, an inspection station, or a robotic transport mechanism. The work cell server transfers the slice data arrays to one or more print engines. Based upon the instructions from the appliance server tier the work cell server sequentially operates the plurality of functional cells to produce a three dimensional article of manufacture.

Provided is a production control system of a factory including: a plurality of machines; an air conditioner; a power computation unit for monitoring power consumption of an entire factory; a temperature information generation unit for generating information on temperature inside the factory; wherein running status and processing condition of the machines and running status of the air conditioner are controlled to produce the products dictated by the production plan by a delivery deadline; and a machine learning unit that learns a relationship of operational status including the running status and the processing condition of the machines and the running status of the air conditioner to environmental status including production completion time according to the operational status, the temperature inside the factory, and the power consumption of the factory, and outputs operational status that brings the environmental status to a desired condition in accordance with the production plan.

A data system 100 for generating and transmitting job data to at least one numerically controlled machine tool 200a, 200b, comprising a data interface device 10, which in turn comprises an interface module 11 for data transmission and a data processing module 12 for data processing and data generation, a CAM system 20, which is configured for generating and providing NC programs for workpiece processing on a numerically controlled machine tool 200a, 200b and is coupled to the data interface device 10 by means of its interface module 11 for data transmission, and a production control system 30, which is configured for generating and providing manufacturing data for a product to be manufactured and/or for products to be manufactured and is coupled to the data interface device 10 by means of its interface module 11 for data transmission.

A method, system and computer program product then method comprising: obtaining a work order where at least one part is to undergo a recipe-driven process to be executed by a device, according to a recipe; obtaining the recipe upon which the recipe-driven process is to be executed; obtaining a plurality of constraints for the recipe-driven process associated with the work order, the plurality of constraints relating at least to an area or volume of the device and area or volume of the at least one part; generating a schedule for processing the at least one part by the recipe-driven process in accordance with the plurality of constraints; prior to execution of the recipe-driven process, receiving through an interface an automated notification of an event prohibiting execution of the recipe-driven process; and regenerating an updated schedule for preparing the work order, including the recipe-driven process.

A computer-aided method of controlling a plurality of additive manufacturing apparatuses. The method includes receiving first computer-based data models each of which geometrically describes a first object to be manufactured, receiving status data and/or property parameters of the plurality of additive manufacturing apparatuses, to each of which at least one second computer-based data model of a second object to be manufactured has been assigned, transmitting a first computer-based data model to a target manufacturing apparatus among the plurality of additive manufacturing apparatuses for a manufacture of the first object, where the target manufacturing apparatus is selected on the basis of a rule-based automatic decision in which the received status data and/or property parameters are taken into account.

A method of controlling a relief plate production system comprising a plurality of production units, the method comprising the steps of: each of the plurality of production units receiving a job instruction from a central control means and storing said job instruction in a list of job instructions, said job instruction including at least an identifier of a relief plate to be produced from a relief precursor; after the plurality of production units have received the job instruction, one production unit of the plurality of production units receiving a relief precursor and an indication of the identifier of this relief precursor and treating the relief precursor in accordance with the received job instruction.