System and method for performing capacity checks and resource scheduling within a supply chain management system
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Nov 30, 2006
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May 27, 2005
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May 27, 2005
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A system and method are described for performing bucket-oriented capacity checks on resources to determine whether activities can be processed prior to a desired delivery date. For example, a method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: subdividing a supply chain scheduling timeline for a particular resource into a plurality of time-buckets, each of the time buckets having a specified time period and a specified total capacity supply, the total capacity supply comprising utilized capacity supply which has been consumed by previously-scheduled activities and unutilized capacity supply which is available for processing new activities; in response to receiving a customer request for a specified activity to be completed by a desired date, determining if sufficient unutilized capacity supply exists within one of the time-buckets prior to the desired date; scheduling the specified activity on the resource within the time period defined by a particular time-bucket if sufficient unutilized capacity exists within the time-bucket; and reducing the unutilized capacity by an amount of capacity supply consumed by the specified activity.
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