A web-enhanced dynamic bill of materials-based available-to-promise system

This paper describes a Web-enhanced dynamic BOM-based available-to-promise (ATP) system, which provides manufacturing companies with the ability to support the decision made by production planners and managers. In the paper, a concept of dynamic BOM is proposed. Based on the concept, the ATP computation algorithm is modeled and described in detail. Subsequently, the development of a prototype system is introduced. The system scenarios, system structure, architecture and some implementation issues are also presented. With the advent of Internet technologies, the proposed Web-enhanced dynamic BOM-based ATP system is simple to use and user-friendly. It supports centric management and can easily integrate with other applications.