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Regenerative available to promise

  • US 6,463,345 B1
  • Filed: 01/04/1999
  • Issued: 10/08/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for determining product availability, comprising:

  • a) at least one demand source inputting demand information;

    b) a demand configurator receiving demand information from each said at least one demand source and coordinating product requests responsive to said received demand information according to customer request rules and priorities;

    c) a material resource engine providing material supply information responsive to supply data, said received demand information and according to product supply rules and priorities; and

    d) a solver optimizing product availability information responsive to the material supply information and product supply rules and priorities, wherein the demand configurator determines how supply is grouped for a plurality of customers in a plurality of forecast groups, wherein the demand configurator comprises;

    means for retrieving all said received demand information;

    means for individually selecting orders from said all received demand information, means for mapping currently available supply against demand for each of said individually selected orders; and

    means for changing a demand class of each individually selected of said orders, said demand class indicates whether an order is a backorder, a firm order, an order move-in, an order move-out or a new request.

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