US 2023/0401525 A1Published application

Systems and methods for invoice adjustment in supply chains

AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC

InventorsLingyun Hu, Anand Banik, Harika Addagada, Coran J. Coley, Zachary Bell, Pushparaj Parab, Haritha Gunawardana, Weihong Ou

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Abstract

Methods and systems for invoice adjustment are provided. A method for generating adjustments includes: accessing, by an invoice adjustment module, contents of a contract, the contract being of a purchaser for transport of goods by a carrier; receiving shipment events data regarding transport of the goods by the carrier that result in a change or addition in transportation charges; calculating an adjustment to the price based on the shipment events data; generating an invoice for transport of the goods including the adjusted calculation to the price; and adding the invoice to a supply chain distributed ledger via a network interface, the supply chain distributed ledger comprising a plurality of nodes, at least one node corresponding to the purchaser and at least one node corresponding to the carrier, the invoice being accessible on the supply chain distributed ledger to the purchaser and to the carrier.

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Dependent claims

A system for generating adjustments to invoices comprising:

a network interface;
a user interface device;
a control circuit coupled to the network interface and the user interface device, the control circuit executing an invoice adjustment module configured to:
access contents of a contract of a purchaser for transport of goods by a carrier, the contract including at least one transportation charge relating to transport of the goods and a price for transport of the goods;
receive shipment events data regarding transport of the goods by the carrier, the shipment events data resulting in a change in a transportation charge or resulting in an additional transportation charge;
calculate an adjustment to the price based on the shipment events data;
generate an invoice for transport of the goods, the invoice including the adjusted calculation to the price;
and
add the invoice to a supply chain distributed ledger via the network interface, the supply chain distributed ledger comprising a plurality of nodes, at least one node corresponding to the purchaser and at least one node corresponding to the carrier, the invoice being accessible on the supply chain distributed ledger to the purchaser and to the carrier.

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A method for generating adjustments to invoices comprising:

accessing, by a control circuit executing an invoice adjustment module, contents of a contract, the contract being of a purchaser for transport of goods by a carrier, the contract including at least one transportation charge relating to transport of the goods and a price for transport of the goods;
receiving, by the control circuit, shipment events data regarding transport of the goods by the carrier, the shipment events data resulting in a change in a transportation charge or resulting in an additional transportation charge;
calculating, by the control circuit, an adjustment to the price based on the shipment events data;
generating, by the control circuit, an invoice for transport of the goods, the invoice including the adjusted calculation to the price;
and
adding, by the control circuit, the invoice to a supply chain distributed ledger via a network interface, the supply chain distributed ledger comprising a plurality of nodes, at least one node corresponding to the purchaser and at least one node corresponding to the carrier, the invoice being accessible on the supply chain distributed ledger to the purchaser and to the carrier.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.