US 7,890,389 B2Granted

Methods and systems for grouping and managing stock requests

AssigneeSap SE

InventorsOrit Harel, Malkiel Hadari, Alexander Mandel, Joachim Epp, Ziv Holzman

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Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for releasing stock requests to a storage facility, such as a warehouse. Such systems, methods and computer-readable medium may generate a condition record reflecting a predetermined set of conditions to be met by the attributes of a stock request, receive the stock request including one or more attributes about a stock item, determine whether the attributes of the received stock request meet the conditions of the condition record, associate a wave template of the condition record with the stock request if a determination is made that the stock request does meet the condition record, and create a wave object based on each stock request associated with the wave template. The wave object may then be released to the warehouse for fulfillment of each stock request associated with the wave object.

Claims44

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method of releasing stock requests to a warehouse, the method comprising:

generating, using a processor and a memory, (i) a first condition record reflecting a first predetermined set of conditions to be met by attributes of a stock request and (ii) a second condition record reflecting a second predetermined set of conditions to be met by attributes of the stock request, the first condition record being associated with a first particular wave template and the second condition record being associated with a second particular wave template;
receiving, using the processor and the memory, at least one stock request including one or more attributes about a stock item;
determining, using the processor and the memory, whether the attributes of each said received stock request meet the conditions of said first condition record;
determining, using the processor and the memory, whether the attributes of each said received stock request meet the conditions of said second condition record;
assigning, using the processor and the memory, a selected wave template, comprising:
assigning, using the processor and the memory, the first particular wave template to each stock request if a determination is made that the stock request does meet the first condition record and does not meet the second condition record;
assigning, using the processor and the memory, the second particular wave template to each stock request if a determination is made that the stock request does meet the second condition record and does not meet the first condition record;
determining, using the processor and the memory, an optimal wave template to assign to each stock request if a determination is made that the stock request does meet the first condition record and the second condition record, the optimal wave template being either the first particular wave template or the second particular wave template;
and
assigning, using the processor and the memory, the optimal wave template to each stock request if the optimal wave template is determined;
creating, using the processor and the memory, a wave object based on each said stock request associated with the selected wave template;
adding, using the processor and the memory, the at least one stock request to the wave object;
determining, using the processor and the memory, whether the wave object should be released;
determining, using the processor and the memory, whether a wave status reflects that the wave object is released;
monitoring, using the processor and the memory, activity of the wave object based on determination of whether the wave object is released;
and
releasing, using the processor and the memory, the wave object to the warehouse for fulfillment of each said stock request associated with the wave object,
wherein the selected wave template is not assigned if a determination is made that the stock request does not meet the first condition record and the second condition record.

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A computer system for releasing stock requests to a warehouse, the system comprising:

means for generating (i) a first condition record reflecting a first predetermined set of conditions to be met by attributes of a stock request and (ii) a second condition record reflecting a second predetermined set of conditions to be met by attributes of the stock request, the first condition record being associated with a first particular wave template and the second condition record being associated with a second particular wave template;
means for receiving at least one stock request including one or more attributes about a stock item;
means for determining whether the attributes of each said received stock request meet the conditions of said first condition record;
means for determining whether the attributes of each said received stock request meet the conditions of said second condition record;
means for assigning a selected wave template, comprising:
means for assigning the first particular wave template to each stock request if a determination is made that the stock request does meet the first condition record and does not meet the second condition record;
means for assigning the second particular wave template to each stock request if a determination is made that the stock request does meet the second condition record and does not meet the first condition record;
means for determining an optimal wave template to assign to each stock request if a determination is made that the stock request does meet the first condition record and the second condition record, the optimal wave template being either the first particular wave template or the second particular wave template;
and
means for assigning the optimal wave template to each stock request if the optimal wave template is determined;
means for creating a wave object based on each said stock request associated with the selected wave template;
means for adding the at least one stock request to the wave object;
means for determining whether the wave object should be released;
means for determining whether a wave status reflects that the wave object is released;
means for monitoring activity of the wave object based on determination of whether the wave object is released;
and
means for releasing the wave object to the warehouse for fulfillment of each said stock request associated with the wave object,
wherein the selected wave template is not assigned if a determination is made that the stock request does not meet the first condition record and the second condition record.

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A computer-readable medium containing instructions for performing a method for releasing stock requests to a warehouse, the instructions stored in the computer-readable medium being executed in a processor to perform the method, the method comprising:

generating (i) a first condition record reflecting a first predetermined set of conditions to be met by attributes of a stock request and (ii) a second condition record reflecting a second predetermined set of conditions to be met by attributes of the stock request, the first condition record being associated with a first particular wave template and the second condition record being associated with a second particular wave template;
receiving at least one stock request including one or more attributes about a stock item;
determining whether the attributes of each said received stock request meet the conditions of said first condition record;
determining whether the attributes of each said received stock request meet the conditions of said second condition record;
assigning a selected wave template comprising:
assigning the first particular wave template to each stock request if a determination is made that the stock request does meet the first condition record and does not meet the second condition record;
assigning the second particular wave template to each stock request if a determination is made that the stock request does meet the second condition record and does not meet the first condition record;
determining an optimal wave template to assign to each stock request if a determination is made that the stock request does meet the first condition record and the second condition record, the optimal wave template being either the first particular wave template or the second particular wave template;
and
assigning the optimal wave template to each stock request if the optimal wave template is determined;
creating a wave object based on each said stock request associated with the selected wave template;
adding the at least one stock request to the wave object;
determining whether the wave object should be released;
determining whether a wave status reflects that the wave object is released;
monitoring activity of the wave object based on determination of whether the wave object is released;
and
releasing the wave object to the warehouse for fulfillment of each said stock request associated with the wave object,
wherein the selected wave template is not assigned if a determination is made that the stock request does not meet the first condition record and the second condition record.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/130,104Filed 17 May 2005
Published: US 2006/0287939 A121 Dec 2006
Granted: 15 Feb 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06Q 40/04
Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes: trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency…
G06Q 10/087
Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management: inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling,…
G06Q 10/0874
Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders: inventory fulfillment
G06Q 20/203
Point-of-sale [POS] network systems: inventory monitoring