Sentient Optimization for Continuous Supply Chain Management

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• interconnecting one or more supply chain entities via a communications network with a supply chain planner, the supply chain planner further comprising one or more workflows, a server, and a database, the server further comprising a planning engine and a cluster of solvers;
• storing data associated with the one or more supply chain entities in the database;
• generating, using the planning engine, an initial supply chain plan during a first supply chain planning session and communicating the initial supply chain plan over the communications network to the one or more supply chain entities;
• receiving one or more perturbations, by the server executing one or more workflows, in supply chain plan inputs over the communications network from one or more of the supply chain entities;
• classifying, by the server, the one or more perturbations into one or more categories, wherein the one or more categories determine a type of perturbation in the supply chain plan inputs;
• assigning, by the server, each perturbation of the one or more perturbations to a particular solver out of the cluster of solvers associated with the server and configured to solve the perturbations in a sequence according to the one or more categories;
• incrementally adjusting, by the server, the initial supply chain plan based on one or more solutions provided by the cluster of solvers;
• and
• communicating the incrementally adjusted supply chain plan over the communications network to the one or more supply chain entities.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodied with software, the software when executed using one or more computers is configured to:

• interconnect one or more supply chain entities via a communications network with a supply chain planner, the supply chain planner further comprising one or more workflows, a server, and a database, the server further comprising a planning engine and a cluster of solvers;
• store data associated with the one or more supply chain entities in the database;
• generate an initial supply chain plan during a first supply chain planning session and communicate the initial supply chain plan over the communications network to the one or more supply chain entities;
• receive one or more perturbations, by executing one or more workflows, in supply chain plan inputs over the communications network from one or more of the supply chain entities;
• classify the one or more perturbations into one or more categories, wherein the one or more categories determine a type of perturbation in the supply chain plan inputs;
• assign each perturbation of the one or more perturbations to a particular solver out of the cluster of solvers associated with the server and configured to solve the perturbations in a sequence according to the one or more categories;
• incrementally adjust the initial supply chain plan based on one or more solutions provided by the cluster of solvers;
• and
• communicate the incrementally adjusted supply chain plan over the communications network to the one or more supply chain entities.