SBIR Phase I: Advanced Planning and Scheduling Tools for Extended Enterprise Systems

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段的研究项目旨在开发一个高质量，灵活，适应性强的计划和调度软件原型扩展企业制造环境。计划和调度是许多生产系统中最重要的功能之一。在竞争激烈的环境中，有效的计划和调度已成为在市场中生存的必要条件。如果不这样做，不仅意味着生产效率降低和成本上升，而且会严重削弱整个供应链的竞争力。随着信息技术的进步和供应链管理技术的快速发展，对更先进的计划和调度工具的需求已经出现。这些工具必须能够通信、协作和集成其计划和调度功能，以在整个企业中获得最佳结果。该研究项目将带来最先进的决策和优化方法，以满足这一需求。这一研究进展预计将在供应链管理领域产生重大的实际影响。如果成功，它将为电子商务商业环境带来新的规划和调度工具。此外，拟议原型的开发将是一个先进的规划和调度软件工具，可用于许多工业部门的开发和商业化的关键。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)Phase I research project is intended to develop a high quality, flexible, and adaptive planning and scheduling software prototype for extended enterprise manufacturing environments. Planning and scheduling are some of the most important functions within many production systems. In a competitive environment, effective planning and scheduling have become a necessary condition for survival in the marketplace. Failure to do so would not only mean a reduction in production effectiveness and higher costs, but also a serious erosion of the competitiveness of the entire supply chain. With recent advances in information technologies and the rapid evolution of supply chain management techniques, the need has arisen for more advanced planning and scheduling tools. These tools must be able to communicate, collaborate, and integrate their planning and scheduling functionalities to obtain optimal results throughout the enterprise. This research project will bring state-of-the-art decision and optimization methodologies to bear in meeting this need.This research development is expected to produce a significant practical impact in the area of Supply Chain Management. If successful, it will bring new planning and scheduling tools to the e-commerce business environment. Moreover, the development of the proposed prototype will be critical to the development and commercialization of an advanced planning and scheduling software tool that can be used for many industry sectors.