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US 10,475,040 B2Granted
System and method for service chain visualization and monitoring of reusable commodities
AssigneeEntercoms, Inc.
InventorRahul Singh
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Abstract
A service chain visualization system graphically displays diverse supply chain information such as demand information, new buy information, defective returns information, out for repair information, good inventory information and bad inventory information. The display includes historical, present, and future supply chain information. In at least one embodiment, the system allows a user to change a supply chain attribute and observe the potential impact on other supply chain attributes. In at least one embodiment, the system graphically collectively displays results that are readily understandable by the user.
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A method for controlling a closed loop, service chain visualization system to transform multi-faceted data into a useful and human user apprehensible visual representation, the method comprising:
- executing code by a processor of the service chain visualization system to configure the service chain visualization system into a machine to perform:
- (a) receiving in a memory dynamically varying service chain inventory data of service chain inventory of commodities, input flows of commodities into the service chain inventory, and output flows of commodities from the service chain inventory, wherein variation of the dynamic service chain inventory data over time depends on changes over time of at least numbers of repairs, returns, and demand of a product and the closed loop, service chain inventory data is multi-faceted, and represents a balanced, closed-loop system;
- (b) accessing the dynamically varying service chain inventory data in the memory and processing the dynamically varying service chain inventory data received to determine, for each received variation of the dynamically varying service chain inventory data over time, the service chain inventory of commodities, input flows of commodities into the service chain inventory, and output flows of commodities from the service chain inventory;
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- (c) controlling an electronic display of a display device and transforming the display by (i) displaying the visual, symbology representations of the inventory, the input flows, and the output flows as respective non-textual symbols and (ii) dynamically varying one or more physical dimensions of the visual, symbology representations in accordance with dynamic variations in the service chain inventory data to change appearances of the visual, symbology representations to maintain a representation of dynamic balance within the closed-loop system;
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- repeating (a), (b), and (c) as dynamically varying service chain inventory data is received in (a) which updates modulation of the electronic visualization;
- wherein the visual, symbology representation, including non-textual elements, consolidates display of the inventory, input flows, and output flows of the commodities to transform the multi-faceted data into a useful and human user apprehensible visual representation of the dynamic balance of the service chain inventory of commodities, the input flows of commodities into the service chain inventory, and the output flows of commodities from the service chain inventory.
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A closed loop, service chain visualization system to transform multi-faceted data into a useful and human user apprehensible visual representation, the system comprising:
- a processor;
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- a non-transitory, computer readable storage medium coupled to the processor, the computer readable storage medium includes code stored therein and executable by the processor to configure the service chain visualization system into a machine to:
- (a) receive in a memory dynamically varying service chain inventory data of service chain inventory of commodities, input flows of commodities into the service chain inventory, and output flows of commodities from the service chain inventory, wherein variation of the dynamic service chain inventory data over time depends on changes over time of at least numbers of repairs, returns, and demand of a product and the closed loop, service chain inventory data is multi-faceted, and represents a balanced, closed-loop system;
- (b) process the dynamic, varying service chain inventory data received to determine, for each received variation of the dynamically varying service chain inventory data over time, the service chain inventory of commodities, input flows of commodities into the service chain inventory, and output flows of commodities from the service chain inventory;
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- (c) control an electronic display and transform the display by (i) displaying the visual, symbology representations of the inventory, the input flows, and the output flows as respective non-textual symbols and (ii) dynamically varying one or more physical dimensions of the visual, symbology representations in accordance with dynamic variations in the service chain inventory data to change appearances of the visual, symbology representations to maintain a representation of dynamic balance within the closed-loop system;
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- wherein the visual, symbology representation, including non-textual elements, consolidates display of the inventory, input flows, and output flows of the commodities to transform the multi-faceted data into a useful and human user apprehensible visual representation of the dynamic balance of the service chain inventory of commodities, the input flows of commodities into the service chain inventory, and the output flows of commodities from the service chain inventory;
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- (d) utilize the modulated display visualization of the expanding and contracting graphical, visual, symbology elements to adjust the various flows into and out of inventory to meet a particular demand flow;
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- repeating (a), (b), (c), (d) as dynamically varying service chain inventory data is received in (a) which updates modulation of the electronic visualization.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor for controlling a closed loop, service chain visualization system to transform multi-faceted data into a useful and human user apprehensible visual representation and configuring the service chain visualization system into a machine for:
- (a) receiving in a memory dynamically varying service chain inventory data of service chain inventory of commodities, input flows of commodities into the service chain inventory, and output flows of commodities from the service chain inventory, wherein variation of the dynamic service chain inventory data over time depends on changes over time of at least numbers of repairs, returns, and demand of a product and the closed loop, service chain inventory data is multi-faceted, and represents a balanced, closed-loop system;
- (b) processing the dynamic, varying service chain inventory data received to determine, for each received variation of the dynamically varying service chain inventory data over time, the service chain inventory of commodities, input flows of commodities into the service chain inventory, and output flows of commodities from the service chain inventory;
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- (c) controlling an electronic display of a display device and transforming the display by (i) displaying the visual, symbology representations of the inventory, the input flows, and the output flows as respective non-textual symbols and (ii) dynamically varying one or more physical dimensions of the visual, symbology representations in accordance with dynamic variations in the service chain inventory data to change appearances of the visual, symbology representations to maintain a representation of dynamic balance within the closed-loop system;
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- wherein the visual, symbology representation, including non-textual elements, consolidates display of the inventory, input flows, and output flows of the commodities to transform the multi-faceted data into a useful and human user apprehensible visual representation of the dynamic balance of the service chain inventory of commodities, the input flows of commodities into the service chain inventory, and the output flows of commodities from the service chain inventory;
- (d) utilizing the modulated display visualization of the expanding and contracting graphical, visual, symbology elements to adjust the various flows into and out of inventory to meet a particular demand flow;
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- repeating (a), (b), (c), (d) as dynamically varying service chain inventory data is received in (a) which updates modulation of the electronic visualization.
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