System and method for distribution chain management
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Abstract
A system for supply chain management is provided. The system includes two or more manufacturer systems receiving order data, such as data identifying goods that have been ordered for each of two or more warehouses, and generating first and second shipment data, such as data identifying the actual amount of goods that were shipped. A warehouse system receives the order data, such as to allow a warehouse operator to make plans for accommodating the order, and the shipment data, such as to notify the warehouse operator of actual amounts of goods that have been shipped. An order controller system generates the order data and receives the shipment data, such as data identifying goods that are being shipped to the order controller system.
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39 Claims
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21. A coordinated database system for managing supply chain logistics data comprising:
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a plurality of manufacturer database systems receiving order data and transmitting internal warehouse shipment data to an internal warehouse database system and external warehouse shipment data to an external warehouse database system;
the internal warehouse database system receiving the internal warehouse shipment data and generating internal warehouse inventory data;
the external warehouse database system receiving the external warehouse shipment data and generating external warehouse inventory data;
order controller means for generating the order data and receiving the internal warehouse shipment data, the external warehouse shipment data, the internal warehouse inventory data and the external warehouse inventory data, the order controller means further comprising;
internal warehouse order system means for determining inventory levels at an internal warehouse and generating shipment data for shipments from the internal warehouse to a plurality of retail locations; and
external warehouse order means for determining inventory levels at an external warehouse and generating shipment data for shipments from the first warehouse to the plurality of retail locations; and
wherein the order controller means is associated with the internal warehouse and gives priority to shipments to the plurality of retail locations from the internal warehouse over shipments from the external warehouse. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for managing a supply chain database comprising:
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receiving external inventory data at an order controller database, where the external inventory data is associated with inventory data from a third party warehouse database;
receiving internal inventory data at the order controller database, where the internal inventory data is associated with inventory data from a warehouse database associated with the order controller;
receiving order data at the order controller database; and
generating external order data and internal order data in response to the order data, the external inventory data and the internal inventory data, where priority is given to filling the order data with the internal inventory data before using the external inventory data. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39)
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37. A system for supply chain database management comprising:
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a plurality of manufacturer database systems receiving order data and generating first and second warehouse shipment data;
a warehouse database system receiving the order data and the first warehouse shipment data;
a forecast and planning database system generating forecast data; and
an order controller database system receiving the forecast data and the first and second warehouse shipment data and generating the order data, the order controller database system further comprising;
an internal warehouse order database system generating internal warehouse order data for a warehouse that is operated by an operator of the supply chain management system;
an external warehouse order database system generating external warehouse order data for a warehouse that is not operated by the operator of the supply chain management system; and
an implied inventory database system receiving shipping data, receiving data, and loss data, and generating implied inventory data.
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