This piece of non-patent literature describes a model using intelligent printing management to handle network and internet shared printers receiving print jobs form a variety of different sources. The system supports a high degree of configuration flexibility decreasing the probability of inefficiency in terms of printer usage and achieved tasks.

A method for providing optimal performance in an electronic device comprises at least one resource characterization that includes resource requirements for executing a requested process. An allocation manager may then compare the resource requirements for the requested process to the currently-available device resources. The allocation manager may then authorize or deny the requested process depending upon whether the currently-available resources are sufficient to adequately service the resource requirements of the requested process.

Formalized computer systems have been developed to assist in the traditional scheduling and tracking of these batch subassemblies or fabricated parts, as well as buying the required raw material. These systems are called Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) systems. The prevailing manufacturing methodology in the Far East, commonly referred to by the adopting Japanese as Kanban Flow Manufacturing, is often called Just-In-Time (JIT) by western manufacturers.

The present invention relates to a computer based system which analyzes multiple inputs, variables and constraints and uses these in combination with demand information to periodically or continuously modify a demand schedule, effective to allow the demands to be met within the constraints present and in accordance with unique input variables.