SUPPLY AND DEMAND PLANNING BY OMITTING ORDER ITEM

• US 20070078698A1
• Filed: 10/05/2005
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ferreri, Anthony, Fox, Lawrence, Pedersen, Glenn, Anker, Orna
• Application Number:
  US11/163,100
• Publication Number:
  US 20070078698A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/04 Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0202 Market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities

Abstract

Method, system and program product for providing supply and demand planning by omitting an atypical order item is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention includes a method of identifying an atypical order item, and omitting the atypical order item from at least one of the following: a forecast demand and an order item demand.

Claims

1. A method of providing supply and demand planning for a unit, the method comprising the steps of:

identifying an atypical order item; and

omitting the atypical order item from at least one of the following;

a forecast demand and an order item demand.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying step is automatic based on an order item meeting a difference threshold compared to a part of a shipment history.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying step further includes denoting how an atypical order item is to be omitted.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the order item includes one of:

an individual order item, at least one order item by a particular customer and a planning item.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein in response to the atypical order item being omitted from the forecast demand, the omitting step further includes omitting the atypical order item from at least one of the following:

a shipment history and an order backlog.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of calculating the forecast demand by:

calculating a unit attach rate for an average unit demand; and

multiplying the unit attach rate by a forecast for the average unit demand.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein in response to the atypical order item being omitted from the order item demand, the omitting step further includes omitting the atypical order item from the order backlog.

8. A method of providing a service including supply and demand planning for a unit, the method comprising:

obtaining a computer infrastructure; and

for each of the steps of claim 1, deploying a unit for performing the step to the computer infrastructure.

9. A computer-readable medium for enabling a computer infrastructure to supply and demand planning for a unit, the computer-readable medium comprising computer program code for performing the method steps of claim 1.

10. A system for providing supply and demand planning for a unit, the system comprising:

an analyzer unit for analyzing order items to identify an atypical order item; and

an omitter unit for causing the atypical order item to be omitted from at least one of the following;

a forecast demand and an order item demand.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the omitter unit identifies an atypical order item based on an order item meeting a difference threshold compared to a part of a shipment history.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the order item includes one of:

an individual order item, at least one order item by a particular customer and a planning item.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein in response to the atypical order item being omitted from the forecast demand, the omitting unit further omits the atypical order item from at least one of the following:

a shipment history and an order backlog.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising a demand calculator, wherein the demand calculator calculates the forecast demand by:

calculating a unit attach rate for an average unit demand; and

multiplying the unit attach rate by a forecast for the average unit demand.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein in response to the atypical order item being omitted from the order item demand, the omitter unit further omits the atypical order item from the order backlog.

16. A program product stored on a computer-readable medium, which when executed, provides supply and demand planning for a unit, the program product comprising:

program code for identifying an atypical order item; and

program code for omitting the atypical order item from at least one of the following;

a forecast demand and an order item demand.

17. The program product of claim 16, wherein the order item includes one of:

an individual order item, at least one order item by a particular customer and a planning item.

18. The program product of claim 16, wherein in response to the atypical order item being omitted from the forecast demand, the omitting code further omits the atypical order item from at least one of the following:

a shipment history and an order backlog.

19. The program product of claim 18, further comprising program code for calculating the forecast demand by:

calculating a unit attach rate for an average unit demand; and

multiplying the unit attach rate by a forecast for the average unit demand.

20. The program product of claim 16, wherein in response to the atypical order item being omitted from the order item demand, the omitting code further omits the atypical order item from the order backlog.