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Supply chain management system determining whether orders related to a family of products can be promised

  • US 20050097011A1
  • Filed: 12/05/2003
  • Published: 05/05/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of processing orders related to a family of products in a supply chain management system, said family of products containing a plurality of member items, said method comprising:

  • receiving in a computer system a time fence (TF) duration associated with each of said plurality of member items in relation to a first member item, wherein said first member item is also contained in said plurality of member items, said TF duration representing an amount of advance time duration after which the supply of the corresponding member item is available to satisfy the demand for said first member item;

    receiving in said computer system a first order specifying a first quantity of said first member item and a first required date, wherein said first required date is after said TF duration from a time said first order is received, and wherein only Qavail units of said first member item are scheduled to be available as of said first required date, wherein Qavail is less than said first quantity;

    determining in said computer system whether at least said first quantity of all of said plurality of member items is scheduled to be available as of said first required date; and

    promising in said computer system said first order if said determining determines that at least said first quantity of all of said plurality of member items is scheduled to be available as of said first required date.

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