AUTO-CASCADING CLEAR TO BUILD ENGINE FOR MULTIPLE LOCATION ORDER LEVEL PARTS MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. An order processing method comprising:
- determining a required allocation of parts necessary to build an order;
recursively soft allocating parts in different locations until enough parts have been soft allocated to satisfy the required allocation of parts necessary to build the order; and
,hard allocating the soft allocated parts.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for multiple-location auto-cascading clear to build inventory management. In an embodiment of the invention, an order processing method can be provided. The order processing method can include determining a required allocation of parts necessary to build an order, recursively soft allocating parts in different locations until enough parts have been soft allocated to satisfy the required allocation of parts necessary to build the order, and hard allocating the soft allocated parts. In one aspect of the embodiment, it can be determined that not enough parts remain amongst the different locations to satisfy the required allocation of parts necessary to build the order. In that circumstance, the soft allocated parts can be cleared for allocation by a different order. Alternatively, the order can be built short by hard allocating the soft allocated parts even though not enough parts are soft allocated to satisfy the required allocation of parts.
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1. An order processing method comprising:
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determining a required allocation of parts necessary to build an order; recursively soft allocating parts in different locations until enough parts have been soft allocated to satisfy the required allocation of parts necessary to build the order; and
,hard allocating the soft allocated parts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An inventory management data processing system comprising:
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a data store of parts and stocking locations storing the parts; and
,a multiple location auto-cascading clear to build engine coupled to the data store, the engine comprising program code enabled to determine a required allocation of parts necessary to build an order, to recursively soft allocate parts in different locations specified by the data store until enough parts have been soft allocated to satisfy the required allocation of parts necessary to build the order, and to hard allocate the soft allocated parts.
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9. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for order processing, the computer program product comprising:
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computer usable program code for determining a required allocation of parts necessary to build an order; computer usable program code for recursively soft allocating parts in different locations until enough parts have been soft allocated to satisfy the required allocation of parts necessary to build the order; and
,computer usable program code for hard allocating the soft allocated parts. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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