Managing Supply and Demand for a Ware

A computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage medium and comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method for managing supply and demand for a ware, the method comprising:

• obtaining requirement information for a ware, the requirement information representing a forecasted demand for the ware at a specified time;
• generating supply information for the ware representing that a quantity of the ware is to be supplied;
• generating pegging information that associates the requirement information with the supply information;
• obtaining order information for the ware representing an order that matches the specified time and that comprises a demand for the ware;
• modifying the requirement information, in response to the order information, to indicate a consumption of the forecasted demand by the demand of the order;
• and
• updating the pegging information, in response to the order information, to associate the order information with the supply information, wherein any remainder of the forecasted demand of the requirement information that is not consumed by the order remains associated with the supply information in the pegging information.

A computer system comprising:

• a planning module obtaining requirement information for a ware, the requirement information representing a forecasted demand for the ware at a specified time;
• a supply module generating supply information for the ware representing that a quantity of the ware is to be supplied;
• pegging logic generating pegging information that associates the requirement information with the supply information;
• an order module obtaining order information for the ware representing an order that matches the specified time and that comprises a demand for the ware;
• consumption logic modifying the requirement information, in response to the order information, to indicate a consumption of the forecasted demand by the demand of the order;
• wherein the pegging logic updates the pegging information to associate the order information with the supply information, and provides that any remainder of the forecasted demand of the requirement information that is not consumed by the order remains associated with the supply information in the pegging information.