Method of claiming obsolescence
OwnerYi-Ming Liao, Cheng-Ju Cheninventors
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Abstract
A method of claiming obsolescence, especially a claim method owing to production orders below forecast orders. The disclosed method aims at resolving the problem of not being able to process claims of obsolescence in electronic format between enterprises and vendors/suppliers. In the invention, the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) server manages and controls the inventory system and transmits data by a configure to order (CTO) concept and method to process centralized management of obsolescent materials, to reduce the risk of purchasing materials by enterprises, and increase profit margins of enterprises.
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A claim for obsolescence method relates to a claim method targeting production orders are less than forecast orders on a inventory management system in the manufacturing industry. Through the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) server at an enterprise end, the method is to achieve the objects of managing required products by clients, utilizing configure to order (CTO) concept of transmitting data to timely control life cycles of materials and to decrease the risk of a hoard of inventory. The disclosed method includes at least the following steps:
- Calculating material part numbers of produced finished goods from those variant orders between a forecast order and a production order through the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) server;
- Generating quantities of at least one surplus stock according to those material part numbers of the variant finished goods;
- Calculating required quantity demands of the surplus/excess stock over a fixed time interval to compare with surplus stocks in inventory;
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- Making for claim requests on the vendor/supplier ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.