Determining an inventory target for a node of a supply chain
AssigneeJDA Software Group, Inc.
InventorsKoray Dogan, Adeel Najmi, Mehdi Sheikhzadeh, Ramesh Raman
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Abstract
Determining an inventory target for a node of a supply chain includes calculating a demand stock for satisfying a demand over supply lead time at the node of the supply chain, and calculating a demand variability stock for satisfying a demand variability of the demand over supply lead time at the node. A demand bias of the demand at the node is established. An inventory target for the node is determined based on the demand stock and the demand variability stock in accordance with the demand bias.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for distributing items to one or more locations in a supply chain network, comprising:
- calculating a demand stock based on satisfying a demand over supply lead time at one or more locations of one or more entities in the supply chain network, the one or more entities comprising one or more computers;
- calculating a demand variability stock based on satisfying a demand variability of the demand over supply lead time at one of the one or more entities;
- establishing a demand bias of the demand at one of the one or more entities;
- determining an inventory target of one of the one or more entities on the demand stock and the demand variability stock based, at least in part on the demand bias;
- changing a supply parameter of one of the one or more entities;
- determining a cost of the supply parameter and a benefit of the supply parameter based on the change in the supply parameter;
- automatically adjusting, by a processor, the supply parameter of one of the one or more entities, when the benefit of the supply parameter exceeds the cost of the supply parameter;
- automatically adjusting, by the processor, the inventory target of one of the one or more entities based on the adjusted supply parameter;
- communicating, by a computer network, the adjusted inventory target to one or more locations of the one or more entities;
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- distributing one or more items to one or more locations of the one or more entities based on the adjusted inventory target.
A system for distributing items to one or more locations in a supply chain network, comprising:
- an optimization engine tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and one or more computers operating in a networking environment and configured to perform the following steps by the one or more computers:
- calculate a demand stock based on satisfying a demand over supply lead time at one or more locations of one or more entities in the supply chain network, the one or more entities comprising one or more computers;
- calculate a demand variability stock based on satisfying a demand variability of the demand over supply lead time one of the one or more entities;
- establish a demand bias of the demand one of the one or more entities;
- determine an inventory target of one of the one or more entities based on the demand stock and the demand variability stock in accordance with the demand bias;
- change a supply parameter of one of the one or more entities;
- determine a cost of the supply parameter and a benefit of the supply parameter based on the change in the supply parameter;
- adjust the supply parameter of one of the one or more entities, when the benefit of the supply parameter exceeds the cost of the supply parameter;
- adjust the inventory target of one of the one or more entities based on the adjusted supply parameter;
- communicate the adjusted inventory target to one or more locations of the one or more entities;
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- distribute one or more items to one or more locations of the one or more entities based on the adjusted inventory target.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodied with software for distributing items to one or more locations in a supply chain network, the software when executed by one or more computers, performs the following steps:
- calculate a demand stock based on satisfying a demand over supply lead time at one or more locations of one or more entities in the supply chain network, the one or more entities comprising one or more computers;
- calculate a demand variability stock based on satisfying a demand variability of the demand over supply lead time at one of the one or more entities;
- establish a demand bias of the demand at one of the one or more entities;
- determine the inventory target of the entity one of the one or more entities based on the demand stock and the demand variability stock in accordance with the demand bias;
- change a supply parameter of one of the one or more entities determine a cost of the supply parameter and a benefit of the supply parameter based on the change in the supply parameter;
- adjust the supply parameter of one of the one or more entities, when the benefit of the supply parameter exceeds the cost of the supply parameter;
- adjust the inventory target of one of the one or more entities based on the adjusted supply parameter;
- communicate the adjusted inventory target to one or more locations of the one or more entities;
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- distribute one or more items to one or more locations of the one or more entities based on the adjusted inventory target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.