System and method for planning the establishment of a manufacturing business
First Claim
1. A method for planning the establishment of a business comprising the steps of:
- providing partner characteristic information representing objective representations of characteristics of potential partners;
providing location characteristic information representing objective representations of characteristics of potential business locations;
providing a minimum profit desired for the operation of said business;
determining constraints for optimizing potential partners and potential locations to be used for determining profits according to a selected partner and selected locations; and
determining a set of results wherein each member of said set of results contains at least one potential partner and at least one potential location according to said constraints.
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Abstract
A method for planning the establishment of a business comprising the steps of providing partner characteristic information representing objective representations of characteristics of potential partners, providing location characteristic information representing objective representations of characteristics of potential business locations providing a minimum profit desired for the operation of said business, determining constraints for optimizing potential partners and potential locations to be used for determining profits according to a selected partner and selected locations; and determining a set of results wherein each member of said set of results contains at least one potential partner and at least one potential location according to said constraints.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for planning the establishment of a business comprising the steps of:
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providing partner characteristic information representing objective representations of characteristics of potential partners;
providing location characteristic information representing objective representations of characteristics of potential business locations;
providing a minimum profit desired for the operation of said business;
determining constraints for optimizing potential partners and potential locations to be used for determining profits according to a selected partner and selected locations; and
determining a set of results wherein each member of said set of results contains at least one potential partner and at least one potential location according to said constraints. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for planning the establishment of a business comprising:
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at least one processor;
a computer readable medium in communications with said at least one processor;
a set of partner information in communications with said computer readable medium representing objective representations of characteristics of potential partners;
a set of location information in communications with said computer readable medium representing objective representations of characteristics of potential business locations;
a set of computer readable instructions that, when executed by said at least one processor, receive a minimum profit desired for the operation of said business, receive constraints for determining potential partners, receive constraints for determining potential locations, determine profits according to a selected partner and selected locations, and determine a set of results wherein each member of said set of results contains at least one potential partner and at least one potential location according to said constraints. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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