US 6,151,582 A · Decision support system for the management of an agile supply chain

Abstract

A decision support system for managing an agile supply chain including a server side and a client side. The server side includes a decision support system database that interfaces with a model engine that performs analysis of the data to support planning decisions. The server side also includes a server manager that coordinates requests for service and information. The client side includes decision frames that present the various view points available in the system to the users. A frame manager coordinates the requests from the decision support frames to access the needed data and models.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A decision support system, comprising:

decision support frames providing a plurality of views into a supply chain, said frames including decision logic;
a model engine comprising modeling processes for analyzing the supply chain, the modeling processes being assembled by the decision logic to address a decision related to one of the plurality of views;
and
a frame manager managing the execution of the modeling processes to provide information for said frames.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

08/735,634Filed 24 Feb 1997

Granted

21 Nov 2000

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

G06Q 10/06
Administration; Management: resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation…
G06Q 10/06315
Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations: needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
G06Q 10/0637
Operations research, analysis or management: strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions…
G06Q 30/0202
Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data: market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities

Decision support system for the management of an agile supply chain

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Abstract

Claims9