METHOD FOR SUPPLIER COLLABORATION AND DATA ACCURACY
First Claim
1. A method for materials requirement planning comprising:
- providing a build plan;
inputting supplier input data into a planning engine, wherein selected ones of said supplier input data comprise external supplier input data of an external supplier;
modifying said external supplier input data using logic of said planning engine to generate modified external supplier input files;
inputting said modified supplier input files into said planning engine for integrating said external supplier input data of said external supplier into said planning engine; and
generating a requirements build within said planning engine using said modified supplier input files for fulfilling said build plan.
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Abstract
Methods, systems and apparatus for supplier collaboration and data accuracy within a materials requirement planning scenario. An external supplier is easily integrated into an inter-enterprise planning engine by generating uniquely modified external supplier input files that only include demand information, inventory coverage, and bills of material data associated with the external supplier. This modified external supplier data is used to integrate the external supplier into the planning engine, and for generating a requirements build that fulfills a build plan input into the planning engine. The planning engine is preferably an online planning engine, such that, the requirements build may be validated by inputting the most currently available supplier input data into the planning engine for generating a new, updated requirements build online substantially in real time for fulfilling the build plan.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for materials requirement planning comprising:
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providing a build plan;
inputting supplier input data into a planning engine, wherein selected ones of said supplier input data comprise external supplier input data of an external supplier;
modifying said external supplier input data using logic of said planning engine to generate modified external supplier input files;
inputting said modified supplier input files into said planning engine for integrating said external supplier input data of said external supplier into said planning engine; and
generating a requirements build within said planning engine using said modified supplier input files for fulfilling said build plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for materials requirement planning for supplier collaboration and data accuracy comprising:
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a build plan;
an online planning engine;
an input table of said online planning engine including external supplier input data of at least one external supplier;
a modified external supplier input file comprising unique supplier input data generated by modifying said external supplier input data using logic of said online planning engine;
a program of said online planning engine for generating a requirements build using said modified external supplier input file for fulfilling said build plan. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. 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 materials requirement planning, said method steps comprising:
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providing a build plan;
inputting supplier input data into a planning engine, wherein selected ones of said supplier input data comprise external supplier input data of an external supplier;
modifying said external supplier input data using logic of said planning engine to generate modified external supplier input files;
inputting said modified supplier input files into said planning engine for integrating said external supplier input data of said external supplier into said planning engine; and
generating a requirements build within said planning engine using said modified supplier input files for fulfilling said build plan. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for materials requirement planning, said computer program product having;
computer readable program code means for causing a computer to input supplier input data into a planning engine, wherein selected ones of said supplier input data comprise external supplier input data of an external supplier;
computer readable program code means for causing a computer to modify said external supplier input data using logic of said planning engine to generate modified external supplier input files;
computer readable program code means for causing a computer to input said modified supplier input files into said planning engine for integrating said external supplier input data of said external supplier into said planning engine; and
computer readable program code means for causing a computer to generate a requirements build within said planning engine using said modified supplier input files for fulfilling a build plan. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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