Smart cache component for demand chain management

A machine-implemented method, comprising:

• providing, with a processor, a cache component adapted to store a configurable number of pages of data from a Demand Chain Management (DCM) database, wherein each page of data is configured to be displayed on a display separate from one another;
• initializing, with the processor, the cache component to store a predetermined number of pages of data from the DCM database, wherein the predetermined number of pages is less than a total amount of page storage capacity of the cache component;
• creating, with the processor, an instance of at least one of a java collection model, a hibernate model and a Structured Query Language (SQL) model, the model configured to interface with a cache component;
• receiving, with the processor, a query from a user referring to data requested by the user;
• and
• obtaining, with the processor, the data from the cache component using the model, the cache component configured to check if the requested data is included in the predetermined number of pages of data stored in the cache component and return the data if stored in the cache component, and further configured to obtain additional data from a data source if the data is not stored in the cache component.