Methods and systems for generating a demand plan for a configurable product

A computer system for generating a demand plan for a configurable product in a managed supply chain, wherein the configurable product comprises an assembled component, the system comprising:

• a processor device arranged to receive and process data relating to the configurable product,
• wherein the processor is arranged to access master data in a primary profile planning table for the configurable product,
• wherein the table includes data relating to the configurable product,
• wherein the processor device is further arranged to access master data in a secondary profile planning table for an assembled component of the configurable product including a header characteristic, the primary profile planning table and the secondary profile planning table being assigned a characteristic value combination that identifies a sequence in which the primary profile planning table and the secondary profile planning table will be processed by the processor device,
• wherein the processor device is further arranged to process the data in the primary profile planning table and the secondary profile planning table to generate transactional data as the demand plan taking into account the assembled component, wherein the demand plan is used to control the supply of the configurable product in accordance with the demand plan.

A generating apparatus for generating a demand plan for a configurable product in a managed supply chain, wherein the configurable product comprises an assembled component, wherein the generating apparatus comprises a storage medium having recorded therein processor readable code processable to generate a demand plan for a configurable product in a managed supply chain, a processor executing the processor readable code to perform a method of generating a demand plan, the method comprising:

• accessing master data in a primary profile planning table for the configurable product, wherein the table includes data relating to the configurable product;
• accessing master data in a secondary profile planning table for an assembled component of the configurable product including a header characteristic, the primary profile planning table and the secondary profile planning table being assigned a characteristic value combination that identifies the sequence in which the primary profile planning table and the secondary profile planning table will be processed by the processor device;
• and
• processing the data in the primary profile planning table and the secondary profile planning table to generate transactional data as the demand plan taking into account the assembled component, wherein the demand plan is used to control the supply of the configurable product in the supply chain in accordance with the demand plan.

A program storage device readable by a provided processor device, said program storage device embodying a program of instructions executable by the processor to perform a method for generating a demand plan for a configurable product in a managed supply chain, wherein the configurable product comprises an assembled component, the method comprising:

• accessing master data in a primary profile planning table for the configurable product, wherein the table includes data relating to the configurable product;
• accessing master data in a secondary profile planning table for an assembled component of the configurable product including a header characteristic, the primary profile planning table and the secondary profile planning table being assigned a characteristic value combination that identifies the sequence in which the primary profile planning table and the secondary profile planning table will be processed by the processor device;
• processing the data in the primary profile planning table and the secondary profile planning table to generate transactional data as the demand plan taking into account the assembled component;
• and
• controlling the supply of the configurable product in the supply chain in accordance with the demand plan.