NETWORK-BASED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT METHOD
First Claim
1. A storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for facilitating supply chain collaboration in a network environment, said supply chain including an enterprise and at least one supplier, the storage medium including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method comprising:
- generating and transmitting an unconstrained forecast to said at least one supplier;
receiving, from said at least one supplier, a supplier capability statement;
generating a constrained forecast using at least one supplier capability statement;
transmitting said constrained forecast to said at least one supplier; and
receiving, from said at least one supplier, a formal commitment to product a needed supply indicated in said constrained forecast.
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Abstract
An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a storage medium having instructions for a method for facilitating supply chain collaboration in a network environment, said supply chain including an enterprise and at least one supplier. The method includes generating and transmitting an unconstrained forecast to a supplier; receiving a supplier capability statement in response and generating a constrained forecast utilizing the supplier capability statement. The constrained forecast is transmitted to the supplier which responds with a formal commitment to product a needed supply indicated in the constrained forecast. The method also includes monitoring inventory levels at a replenishment service center by a supplier based upon a formal commitment, refilling inventory items at the replenishment service center; and facilitating delivery of the inventory items to the enterprise site by transmitting a pull signal to the replenishment service center whereby inventory items are delivered in response to the pull signal.
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1. A storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for facilitating supply chain collaboration in a network environment, said supply chain including an enterprise and at least one supplier, the storage medium including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method comprising:
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generating and transmitting an unconstrained forecast to said at least one supplier; receiving, from said at least one supplier, a supplier capability statement; generating a constrained forecast using at least one supplier capability statement; transmitting said constrained forecast to said at least one supplier; and receiving, from said at least one supplier, a formal commitment to product a needed supply indicated in said constrained forecast. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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