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Strategical-tactical logistic system

  • US 5,991,732 A
  • Filed: 03/27/1995
  • Issued: 11/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for controlling inventory resupply processes in a company by means of a computerized production controller, where said company stocks a first plurality of items, said first plurality of items including a second plurality of said items which are manufactured within the company, said method comprising the steps, carried out for each item in said first plurality of items, of:

  • determining the amount of physical inventory on hand;

    computing the sum of said physical inventory and the sum of all pending orders for additional supplies of said item which have not yet arrived;

    subtracting from the result of the preceding step the sum of all pending orders for said item from customers which have not yet been fulfilled;

    subtracting from the result of the preceding step an estimate of the internal demand within said company for said item to determine a reaction capacity;

    computing for said item a minimum reaction capacity; and

    initiating a resupply process for said item when said reaction capacity stands in a predetermined relationship to said minimum reaction capacity.

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