NON-INSTRUMENTED PERISHABLE PRODUCT TRACKING IN A SUPPLY CHAIN
First Claim
1. A method for tracking an inventory distribution of a perishable product in a supply chain, the method comprising:
- receiving shipment data and point of sale data for the perishable product from every location in the supply chain;
automatically creating, based on the obtained shipment data and the point of sale data, a network graph that represents a flow of the perishable product in the supply chain, the graph including a plurality of nodes interconnected by a plurality of arcs, a node in the graph representing a location in the supply chain, an arc representing a shipment of the perishable product from a node to another node, the arc including information of;
a movement date of the perishable product and quantity of the perishable product moved;
automatically identifying an age of unsold inventory of the perishable product at each node of the plurality of nodes of the graph based on one or more of;
the arc information in the created network graph, a manufacture date of the unsold inventory of the perishable product, and a date for which the unsold inventory of the perishable product entered into the supply chain;
comparing, at each node of the plurality of nodes of the created network graph, the identified age of the unsold inventory of the perishable product against a threshold;
automatically providing a notification to a user at each location represented by a node of the created network graph, the provided notification including;
the identified age of the unsold inventory of the perishable product at the location associated with the user, a recommended action to the user, and a percentage of the unsold inventory of the perishable product whose identified age is larger than the threshold at the location associated with the user.wherein a processor coupled to a memory device is configured to perform;
the steps of the receiving, the automatically creating, the automatically identifying, the comparing, and the automatically providing.
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Abstract
There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for tracking an inventory distribution of a perishable product in a supply chain. The system receives shipment data and point of sale data for the product from every location in the supply chain. The system creates, based on the obtained shipment data and the point of sale data, a network graph that represents a flow of the product in the supply chain. The system identifies an age of unsold inventory of the product at each node of the graph based on the created graph. The system provides a notification to a user at each location that informs the age of the unsold inventory of the product at that location.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for tracking an inventory distribution of a perishable product in a supply chain, the method comprising:
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receiving shipment data and point of sale data for the perishable product from every location in the supply chain; automatically creating, based on the obtained shipment data and the point of sale data, a network graph that represents a flow of the perishable product in the supply chain, the graph including a plurality of nodes interconnected by a plurality of arcs, a node in the graph representing a location in the supply chain, an arc representing a shipment of the perishable product from a node to another node, the arc including information of;
a movement date of the perishable product and quantity of the perishable product moved;automatically identifying an age of unsold inventory of the perishable product at each node of the plurality of nodes of the graph based on one or more of;
the arc information in the created network graph, a manufacture date of the unsold inventory of the perishable product, and a date for which the unsold inventory of the perishable product entered into the supply chain;comparing, at each node of the plurality of nodes of the created network graph, the identified age of the unsold inventory of the perishable product against a threshold; automatically providing a notification to a user at each location represented by a node of the created network graph, the provided notification including;
the identified age of the unsold inventory of the perishable product at the location associated with the user, a recommended action to the user, and a percentage of the unsold inventory of the perishable product whose identified age is larger than the threshold at the location associated with the user.wherein a processor coupled to a memory device is configured to perform;
the steps of the receiving, the automatically creating, the automatically identifying, the comparing, and the automatically providing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 26, 27, 28)
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10. A system for tracking an inventory distribution of a perishable product in a supply chain, the system comprising:
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a computing system including at least one memory device and at least one processor device connected to the memory device, wherein the computing system is configured to; receive shipment data and point of sale data for the perishable product from every location in the supply chain; automatically create, based on the obtained shipment data and the point of sale data, a network graph that represents a flow of the perishable product in the supply chain, the graph including a plurality of nodes interconnected by a plurality of arcs, a node in the graph representing a location in the supply chain, an arc representing a shipment of the perishable product from a node to another node, the arc including information of;
a movement date of the perishable product and quantity of the product moved;automatically identify an age of unsold inventory of the perishable product at each node of the plurality of nodes of the created network graph based on one or more of;
the arc information in the created network graph, a manufacture date of the unsold inventory of the perishable product, and a date for which the unsold inventory of the perishable product entered into the supply chain;comparing, at each node of the plurality of nodes of the created network graph, the identified age of the unsold inventory of the perishable product against a threshold; automatically provide a notification to a user at each location represented by a node of the graph, the provided notification including;
the identified age of the unsold inventory of the perishable product at the location associated with the user, a recommended action to the user, and a percentage of the unsold inventory of the perishable product whose identified age is larger than the threshold at the location associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product for tracking an inventory distribution of a perishable product in a supply chain, the computer program product comprising a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions run by the processing circuit for performing a method, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a computing system including a memory device and a processor connected to the memory device, shipment data and point of sale data for the perishable product from every location in the supply chain; automatically creating, by the computing system, based on the obtained shipment data and the point of sale data, a network graph that represents a flow of the perishable product in the supply chain, the graph including a plurality of nodes interconnected by a plurality of arcs, a node in the graph representing a location in the supply chain, an arc representing a shipment of the perishable product from a node to another node, the arc including information of;
a movement date of the perishable product and quantity of the perishable product moved;automatically identifying, by the computing system, an age of unsold inventory of the perishable product at each node of the plurality of nodes of the graph based on one or more of;
the arc information in the created network graph, a manufacture date of the unsold inventory of the perishable product, and a date for which the unsold inventory of the perishable product entered into the supply chain;comparing, at each node of the plurality of nodes of the created network graph, the identified age of the unsold inventory of the perishable product against a threshold; automatically providing, by the computing system, a notification to a user at each location represented by a node of the created network graph, the provided notification including;
the identified age of the unsold inventory of the perishable product at the location associated with the user, a recommended action to the user, and a percentage of the unsold inventory of the perishable product whose identified age is larger than the threshold at the location associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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