Method, system and storage medium for viewing product delivery information

• US 6,530,518 B1
• Filed: 05/19/2000
• Issued: 03/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP BV (Government of Saudi Arabia)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Meyer, Stephen J., Drake, John H., Garnsey, Gil, Krichilsky, Philip
• Primary Examiner(s): Rice, Kenneth R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): JASMIN, LYNDA C
• Application Number:
  US09/575,304
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/385, 707/10, 705/28
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a method for providing information on product delivery in a system having a user system coupled to a host system through a network and a database coupled to the host system. The method includes receiving at the host system a request from a user system for a product delivery report. Order data from the database is obtained in response to the request and a product delivery report is generated in response to the order data. The order data includes a requested delivery date for at least one order and the product delivery report contains a span value for one or more orders. The span value is determined in response to the requested delivery date. The product delivery report is provided to the user system. Further embodiments include a system and storage medium for implementing the method.

Claims

1. A method for providing information on product delivery from a product provider to a product receiver in a system having a user system coupled to a host system through a network and a database coupled to the host system, the method comprising:

receiving at the host system a request from a user system for a product delivery report;

obtaining order data from said database in response to said request;

generating the product delivery report in response to said order data, said order data including a requested delivery date for at least one order, said product delivery report containing a span value for one or more orders, said span value being determined in response to said requested delivery date; and

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providing said product delivery report to said user system.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

said product delivery report is a backorder span driver report containing orders having a requested delivery date prior to a current date,

wherein said span value is equal to the current date minus the requested delivery date.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

said product delivery report is a future order span driver report containing orders having a requested delivery date not equal to a promised delivery date,

wherein said span value is equal to the promised delivery date minus the requested delivery date.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

said product delivery report is a product delivery performance report containing orders shipped during a user-defined time period, the product delivery performance report including an indication of failures to meet the requested delivery date due to supply factors, order management factors and shipping factors.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein:

said indication of failures to meet the requested delivery date includes the number of failures to meet the requested delivery date due to supply factors, order management factors and shipping factors.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein:

said indication of failures to meet the requested delivery date includes a percentage of orders failing to meet the requested delivery date due to supply factors, order management factors and shipping factors.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving from the user system a scope for said product delivery report;

wherein said obtaining order data is limited in response to said scope.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein:

said scope identifies a product.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein:

said product is plastic.

10. A system for providing information on product delivery from a product provider to a product receiver, the system comprising:

a host system;

a database coupled to said host system, said database containing order data for a plurality of products;

a user system connected to said host system through a network;

said host system receiving a request from said user system for a product delivery report;

said host system obtaining order data from said database in response to said request;

said host system generating the product delivery report in response to said order data, said order data including a requested delivery date for at least one order, said product delivery report containing a span value for one or more orders, said span value being determined in response to said requested delivery date; and

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said host system providing said product delivery report to said user system.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein:

said product delivery report is a backorder span driver report containing orders having a requested delivery date prior to a current date,

wherein said span value is equal to the current date minus the requested delivery date.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein:

said product delivery report is a future order span driver report containing orders having a requested delivery date not equal to a promised delivery date,

wherein said span value is equal to the promised delivery date minus the requested delivery date.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein:

said product delivery report is a product delivery performance report containing orders shipped during a user-defined time period, the product delivery performance report including an indication of failures to meet the requested delivery date due to supply factors, order management factors and shipping factors.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein:

said indication of failures to meet the requested delivery date includes the number of failures to meet the requested delivery date due to supply factors, order management factors and shipping factors.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein:

said indication of failures to meet the requested delivery date includes a percentage of orders failing to meet the requested delivery date due to supply factors, order management factors and shipping factors.

16. The system of claim 10 wherein:

said host system receives from the user system a scope for said product delivery report;

wherein said obtaining order data is limited in response to said scope.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein:

said scope identifies a product.

18. The system of claim 10 wherein:

said product is plastic.

19. A storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for providing information on product delivery from a product provider to a product receiver in a system including a user system coupled to a host system through a network and a database coupled to the host system, the storage medium including instructions for causing the host system to implement a method comprising:

receiving a request from a user system for a product delivery report;

obtaining order data from said database in response to said request;

generating the product delivery report in response to said order data, said order data including a requested delivery date for at least one order, said product delivery report containing a span value for one or more orders, said span value being determined in response to said requested delivery date; and

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providing said product delivery report to said user system.

20. The storage medium of claim 19 wherein:

said product delivery report is a backorder span driver report containing orders having a requested delivery date prior to a current date,

wherein said span value is equal to the current date minus the requested delivery date.

21. The storage medium of claim 19 wherein:

said product delivery report is a future order span driver report containing orders having a requested delivery date not equal to a promised delivery date,

wherein said span value is equal to the promised delivery date minus the requested delivery date.

22. The storage medium of claim 19 wherein:

said product delivery report is a product delivery performance report containing orders shipped during a user-defined time period, the product delivery performance report including an indication of failures to meet the requested delivery date due to supply factors, order management factors and shipping factors.

23. The storage medium of claim 22 wherein:

said indication of failures to meet the requested delivery date includes the number of failures to meet the requested delivery date due to supply factors, order management factors and shipping factors.

24. The storage medium of claim 22 wherein:

said indication of failures to meet the requested delivery date includes a percentage of orders failing to meet the requested delivery date due to supply factors, order management factors and shipping factors.

25. The storage medium of claim 19 further comprising instructions for causing the host system to implement:

receiving from the user system a scope for said product delivery report;

wherein said obtaining order data is limited in response to said scope.

26. The storage medium of claim 25 wherein:

said scope identifies a product.