Supply chain reservation
AssigneeOracle International Corporation
InventorsJon S. Chorely, Milan Bhatia
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Abstract
A method for managing a supply chain which provides for mapping each demand and its respective source of supply. The method entails attaching a reservation between a demand and a supply. The reservation is updated as the status of the source of supply changes. As a result, the user has complete visibility for modeling the entire supply chain as material moves from one location to another.
Claims25
A method of modeling a supply chain, comprising:
- identifying a source of demand;
- identifying a source of supply;
- and
- linking a reservation with the source of demand and the source of supply.
A method of managing allocation in a supply chain, comprising:
- a means for identifying a demand;
- a means for identifying a supply;
- and
- a means for linking the demand with the supply.
A supply chain reservation system, comprising a reservation attaching a demand and a source of a supply.
A method for managing a supply chain, comprising:
- a) identifying a demand;
- b) identifying a source of a supply for the demand;
- c) reserving the supply as the source for the demand;
- d) making the supply an additional demand when the supply is not available;
- and
- e) performing b and c above for the additional demand, when the supply is not available.
A computer implemented supply chain reservation system, comprising:
- a) receiving a supply chain transaction via a distributed computer network;
- b) identifying a source of demand corresponding to the transaction;
- c) identifying a source of supply corresponding to the transaction;
- and
- d) linking a reservation with the source of demand and the source of supply.
A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which when execute by a computer system cause the computer system to implement a method for managing allocation in a supply chain, comprising:
- receiving a supply chain transaction;
- identifying a source of demand corresponding to the transaction;
- identifying a source of supply corresponding to the transaction;
- and
- linking a reservation with the source of demand and the source of supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.