Plan solver
AssigneeOracle International Corporation
InventorsJill Nephew, Wei Cui, Walter Romijn, Gregory Penn
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Abstract
Systems and methods for supply chain management and identification of feasible plans. Identification of feasible plans includes simultaneous breadth and depth satisfaction of demands. Demands are satisfied using multiple sources of supply, consideration of substitute items, generation of supply, and/or reallocation of supply previously pegged for satisfaction of a lower priority demand. Reallocation optionally includes consideration of items and demands associated with multiple level codes.
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A method of satisfying a demand, the method comprising:
- collecting demands for one or more items, the one or more items having the same level code;
- and
- for each of the collected demands,
- determining a first demand shortage quantity,
- looking for available unpegged supply responsive to the first demand shortage quantity,
- determining a second demand shortage quantity, and
- creating supply, the creation of supply being responsive to the second demand shortage quantity and the creation of supply including satisfying a dependent demand at a higher level code.
A method of solving a demand, the method comprising:
- collecting a plurality of first demands for items, the first demands being associated with items having a zero level code;
- generating dependent demands configured for generating supply responsive to a shortage quantity, the dependent demands being associated with items having a level code greater than zero;
- and
- satisfying the dependent demands during satisfaction of the first demands.
A method of solving a demand, the method comprising:
- collecting a first demand for an item, the first demand having a level code;
- generating a dependent demand configured for generating supply responsive to a shortage quantity of the first demand, the dependent demand having a different level code than the first demand;
- and
- satisfying the dependent demand, the satisfaction being responsive to a comparison between priorities of the dependent demand and the first demand.
A computing system for determining a feasible supply plan, the system including:
- a data storage, the data storage being configured to store a plurality of item definitions, a plurality of demand data, and a plurality of supply data, the plurality of item definitions including component data configured for the generation of dependent demands, the generation occurring during satisfaction of demands for items defined by the item definitions;
- and
- a processor configured to access the data storage.
A computer readable medium having embodied thereon data, the data comprising computer code configured for:
- collecting demands for one or more items, the one or more items having the same level code;
- and
- for each of the collected demands,
- selecting the demand,
- determining a first demand shortage quantity,
- looking for available unpegged supplies responsive to the first demand shortage quantity,
- determining a second demand shortage quantity, and
- creating supply, the creation of supply being responsive to the second demand shortage quantity and the creation of supply including satisfying a dependent demand at a higher level code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.