AUTOMATED ORDER BOOK RECONCILIATION PROCESS
First Claim
1. A method of determining a current state of an order book for order request reconciliation comprising:
- inputting an order request for a desired quantity of items;
inputting a shipment quantity of previously shipped said items;
inputting a receipt quantity of received said previously shipped items;
determining an in-transit quantity of said items using said shipment quantity and said receipt quantity; and
generating a current state of an order book by calculating a remainder quantity of said items needed to equal said desired quantity of items in said order request using said in-transit quantity and said receipt quantity.
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Abstract
Methods, systems and apparatus for determining a current state of an order book for order request reconciliation. A customer inputs an order request for a desired quantity of items to be shipped to a recipient into the system. A supplier inputs a shipment quantity of any such previously shipped items into an input table, while a recipient inputs into another table a receipt quantity of any such received items. These input shipment and receipt quantities are then transmitted to a reconciliation program of the system for determining an in-transit quantity that is used along with the receipt quantity to generate an updated, current state of the order book. This current state of the order book substantially avoids any over-shipments, under-shipments and unwanted inventory returns. A Materials Requirement Planning component then generates an order book reconciliation output table for viewing by users using the current state of the order book.
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1. A method of determining a current state of an order book for order request reconciliation comprising:
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inputting an order request for a desired quantity of items;
inputting a shipment quantity of previously shipped said items;
inputting a receipt quantity of received said previously shipped items;
determining an in-transit quantity of said items using said shipment quantity and said receipt quantity; and
generating a current state of an order book by calculating a remainder quantity of said items needed to equal said desired quantity of items in said order request using said in-transit quantity and said receipt quantity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for determining a current state of an order book for order request reconciliation comprising:
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a first input table for inputting a shipment quantity of previously shipped items relating to an order request for a desired quantity of said items;
a second input table for inputting a receipt quantity of received said previously shipped items;
a reconciliation program for automatically determining an in-transit quantity of said items based on said shipment quantity and said receipt quantity, and then determining a current state of an order book by calculating a remainder quantity of said items needed to equal said desired quantity of items in said order request using said in-transit quantity and said receipt quantity; and
a Materials Requirement Planning component for generating an order book reconciliation output table for viewing by users.
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20. A program storage device readable by a processor capable of executing instructions, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the processor to perform method steps for determining a current state of an order book for order request reconciliation, said method steps comprising:
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inputting an order request for a desired quantity of items;
inputting a shipment quantity of previously shipped said items;
inputting a receipt quantity of said previously shipped items;
determining an in-transit quantity of said items using said shipment quantity and said receipt quantity; and
generating a current state of an order book by calculating a remainder quantity of said items needed to equal said desired quantity of items in said order request using said in-transit quantity and said receipt quantity.
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