Extreme Capacity Management in an Electronic Marketplace Environment
First Claim
1. A system of electronic marketplace management of excess or under capacity at one or more enterprises in a supply chain, comprising:
- a planning application that receives status data of a plurality of enterprises in the supply chain, the status data reflecting excess or under capacity at a first enterprise in the supply chain, the planning application generates a plan according to the status data of the plurality of enterprises in the supply chain and further according to a model incorporates the plurality of enterprises in the supply chain; and
a manager application that receives the plan and, according to the plan, automatically initiates at least one service in an attempt to resolve at least a portion of the excess or under capacity through interaction with one or more other enterprises, the manager application selects the service from among a plurality of available services based on a monetary value to the first enterprise of a resolution expected to be available using the selected service, the manager application further manages transfer of items from or to the first enterprise from one or more other enterprises to resolve the excess or under capacity, respectively.
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Abstract
A system for managing a capacity extreme at a first entity in a supply chain includes a planning application that receives status data for at least the first entity reflecting the capacity extreme at the first entity and generates a plan according to the status data. A manager application receives the plan and, according to the plan, automatically initiates at least one service in an attempt to resolve at least a portion of the capacity extreme through interaction with one or more other entities. The manager application selects the service from among a plurality of available services based on a monetary value to the first entity of a resolution expected to be available using the selected service relative to other services.
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20 Claims
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1. A system of electronic marketplace management of excess or under capacity at one or more enterprises in a supply chain, comprising:
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a planning application that receives status data of a plurality of enterprises in the supply chain, the status data reflecting excess or under capacity at a first enterprise in the supply chain, the planning application generates a plan according to the status data of the plurality of enterprises in the supply chain and further according to a model incorporates the plurality of enterprises in the supply chain; and a manager application that receives the plan and, according to the plan, automatically initiates at least one service in an attempt to resolve at least a portion of the excess or under capacity through interaction with one or more other enterprises, the manager application selects the service from among a plurality of available services based on a monetary value to the first enterprise of a resolution expected to be available using the selected service, the manager application further manages transfer of items from or to the first enterprise from one or more other enterprises to resolve the excess or under capacity, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer-implemented method of managing a capacity extreme at a first entity in a supply chain, comprising:
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receiving, by a computer, status data of at least the first entity reflecting the capacity extreme at the first entity; automatically generating, by the computer, a plan according to the status data and according to a model incorporating at least a portion of a supply chain that includes the first entity, the status data reflecting capacity extreme at the first entity in the supply chain; and according to the plan, automatically initiating, by the computer, at least one service in an attempt to resolve at least a portion of the capacity extreme through interaction with one or more other entities, the service selected from among a plurality of available services based on a monetary value to the first entity of a resolution expected to be available using the selected service relative to other services. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable medium having encoded theron software when executed by a computer that manages a capacity extreme at a first entity in a supply chain, the software comprising instructions to:
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receive status data of at least the first entity reflecting the capacity extreme at the first entity; automatically generate a plan according to the status data and according to a model incorporating at least a portion of a supply chain that includes the first entity, the status data reflecting capacity extreme at the first entity in the supply chain; and according to the plan, automatically initiate at least one service in an attempt to resolve at least a portion of the capacity extreme through interaction with one or more other entities, the service selected from among a plurality of available services based on a monetary value to the first entity of a resolution expected to be available using the selected service relative to other services. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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