Intelligent Fulfillment Agents
First Claim
1. A distributed inventory management system, the system comprising one or more components collectively operable to:
- receive information regarding a plurality of participants in a value chain, information regarding replenishment policies used in different tiers in the value chain, and information regarding one or more items relevant in the value chain;
model relationships between two or more of the participants based on the received information;
model the one or more items based on the received information; and
receive inventory data from the participants relating to the one or more items;
the system further comprising at least one software agent operable to;
evaluate the received inventory data according to one or more business rules associated with the agent;
execute a business process associated with the agent based on the evaluation of the inventory data and the models of the relationships and the items; and
communicate output of the business process to one or more of the participants, wherein executing a business process comprises generating an alert when different replenishment policies are used in different tiers in the value chain.
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Abstract
A method for distributed inventory management includes receiving information regarding a number of participants in a value chain and information regarding one or more items relevant in the value chain. The method also includes modeling relationships between two or more of the participants based on the received information and modeling the one or more items based on the received information. The method further includes receiving inventory data from the participants relating to the one or more items, evaluating the received inventory data according to one or more business rules associated with an agent, executing a business process associated with the agent based on the evaluation of the inventory data and the models of the relationships and the items, and communicating output of the business process to one or more of the participants.
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20 Claims
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1. A distributed inventory management system, the system comprising one or more components collectively operable to:
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receive information regarding a plurality of participants in a value chain, information regarding replenishment policies used in different tiers in the value chain, and information regarding one or more items relevant in the value chain;
model relationships between two or more of the participants based on the received information;
model the one or more items based on the received information; and
receive inventory data from the participants relating to the one or more items;
the system further comprising at least one software agent operable to;
evaluate the received inventory data according to one or more business rules associated with the agent;
execute a business process associated with the agent based on the evaluation of the inventory data and the models of the relationships and the items; and
communicate output of the business process to one or more of the participants, wherein executing a business process comprises generating an alert when different replenishment policies are used in different tiers in the value chain. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for distributed inventory management, comprising:
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receiving information regarding a plurality of participants in a value chain, information regarding replenishment policies used in different tiers in the value chain, and information regarding one or more items relevant in the value chain;
modeling relationships between two or more of the participants based on the received information;
modeling the one or more items based on the received information; and
receiving inventory data from the participants relating to the one or more items;
evaluating the received inventory data according to one or more business rules associated with an agent;
executing a business process associated with the agent based on the evaluation of the inventory data and the models of the relationships and the items; and
communicating output of the business process to one or more of the participants, wherein executing a business process comprises generating an alert when different replenishment policies are used in different tiers in the value chain. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. Software for distributed inventory management, the software embodied in a computer-readable medium and, when executed, operable to:
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receive information regarding a plurality of participants in a value chain, information regarding replenishment policies used in different tiers in the value chain, and information regarding one or more items relevant in the value chain;
model relationships between two or more of the participants based on the received information;
model the one or more items based on the received information; and
receiving inventory data from the participants relating to the one or more items;
evaluate the received inventory data according to one or more business rules associated with an agent;
execute a business process associated with the agent based on the evaluation of the inventory data and the models of the relationships and the items; and
communicate output of the business process to one or more of the participants, wherein executing a business process comprises generating an alert when different replenishment policies are used in different tiers in the value chain.
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