Methods and systems for pack-size-oriented rounding
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsAndreas Huber-Buschbeck, Hans-Ulrich Helmolt
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for packing a required quantity of products, wherein a plurality of different packages for packing the products and a plurality of packaging specifications comprising rounding rules are provided. In one implementation, a method is provided comprising determining a packaging specification out of a plurality of packaging specifications, extracting parameter values form the determined packaging specification and rounding, according to a predetermined packaging specification, the required quantity of products to a multiple of packages.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for packing a given quantity of products, wherein a plurality of different packages for packing the products and a plurality of packaging specifications are provided, the method comprising:
- determining at least one packaging specification out of the plurality of packaging specifications;
- extracting rounding parameters from the at least one determined packaging specification;
- and
- rounding, according to the extracted rounding parameters, the given quantity of products to a multiple of packages.
An system comprising:
- a data storage device which stores a plurality of packaging specifications;
- means for determining a valid packaging specification;
- means for extracting rounding parameters from a packaging specification;
- and
- means for performing a rounding process.
A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for performing a method for packing a given quantity of products, when loaded into a computer system, wherein a plurality of different packages for packing the products and a plurality of packaging specifications are provided, the method comprising:
- determining at least one packaging specification out of the plurality of packaging specifications;
- extracting rounding parameters from the at least one determined packaging specification;
- and
- rounding, according to the extracted rounding parameters, the given quantity of products to a multiple of packages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.