Planning a supply of items to a first location associated with a supply chain from one or more second locations associated with the supply chain
First Claim
1. A system of planning a supply of items to a first location within a supply chain from one or more second locations outside the supply chain, the system comprising:
- a computer system comprising one or more memory units and one or more processing units, the computer system configured to;
identify one or more controlling locations in the supply chain to receive items directly from at least one of the one or more second locations outside the supply chain and independent of control from the supply chain, such that only one forward bill of distribution (BOD) is necessary to move an item from a repair vendor to the one or more controlling locations;
identify one or more staging locations in the supply chain to receive items from at least one of the one or more second locations through at least one of the one or more controlling locations, the one or more staging locations having a location in the supply chain such that items move downstream from a repair vendor to the one or more staging locations;
generate a table comprising the one or more controlling locations and the one or more staging locations;
store the generated table in one or more databases coupled with the computer system;
select one or more of the identified controlling locations and staging locations from the table according to a set of rules;
access the table using the set of rules to determine whether one or more of the locations in the supply chain is a controlling location or a staging location; and
generate a plan that supplies items to the first location from one or more of the second locations.
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Abstract
One embodiment includes a computer-implemented system for planning a supply of items to a first location associated with a supply chain from one or more second locations associated with the supply chain. The system accesses a logical representation of the supply chain and identifies one or more controlling locations and one or more staging locations in the supply chain. The system selects one or more of the identified locations according to a set of rules for selecting one or more of the identified controlling locations and identified staging locations for supplying items to the first location from one or more of the second locations and generates a plan for supplying items to the first location from one or more of the second locations according to the selection of one or more of the identified locations.
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13 Claims
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1. A system of planning a supply of items to a first location within a supply chain from one or more second locations outside the supply chain, the system comprising:
a computer system comprising one or more memory units and one or more processing units, the computer system configured to; identify one or more controlling locations in the supply chain to receive items directly from at least one of the one or more second locations outside the supply chain and independent of control from the supply chain, such that only one forward bill of distribution (BOD) is necessary to move an item from a repair vendor to the one or more controlling locations; identify one or more staging locations in the supply chain to receive items from at least one of the one or more second locations through at least one of the one or more controlling locations, the one or more staging locations having a location in the supply chain such that items move downstream from a repair vendor to the one or more staging locations; generate a table comprising the one or more controlling locations and the one or more staging locations; store the generated table in one or more databases coupled with the computer system; select one or more of the identified controlling locations and staging locations from the table according to a set of rules; access the table using the set of rules to determine whether one or more of the locations in the supply chain is a controlling location or a staging location; and generate a plan that supplies items to the first location from one or more of the second locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer-implemented method of planning a supply of items to a first location within a supply chain from one or more second locations outside the supply chain, the method comprising:
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identifying, using a computer, one or more controlling locations in the supply chain to receive items directly from at least one of the one or more second locations outside the supply chain and independent of control from the supply chain, such that only one forward bill of distribution (BOD) is necessary to move an item from a repair vendor to the one or more controlling locations; identifying, using the computer, one or more staging locations in the supply chain to receive items from at least one of the one or more second locations through at least one of the one or more controlling locations, the one or more staging locations having a location in the supply chain such that items move downstream from a repair vendor to the one or more staging locations; generating, using the computer, a table comprising the one or more controlling locations and the one or more staging locations; storing, using the computer, the generated table in one or more databases coupled with the system; selecting, using the computer, one or more of the identified controlling locations and staging locations from the table according to a set of rules; accessing, using the computer, the table using the set of rules to determine whether one or more of the locations in the supply chain is a controlling location or a staging location; and generating, using the computer, a plan that supplies items to the first location from one or more of the second locations. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable media embodied with software for planning a supply of items to a first location within a supply chain from one or more second locations outside the supply chain, the software when executed by one or more computers is configured to:
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identify one or more controlling locations in the supply chain to receive items directly from at least one of the one or more second locations outside the supply chain and independent of control from the supply chain, such that only one forward bill of distribution (BOD) is necessary to move an item from a repair vendor to the one or more controlling locations; identify one or more staging locations in the supply chain to receive items from at least one of the one or more second locations through at least one of the one or more controlling locations, the one or more staging locations having a location in the supply chain such that items move downstream from a repair vendor to the one or more staging locations; generate a table comprising the one or more controlling locations and the one or more staging locations; store the generated table in one or more databases coupled with the system; select one or more of the identified controlling locations and staging locations from the table according to a set of rules; access the table using the set of rules to determine whether one or more of the locations in the supply chain is a controlling location or a staging location; and generate a plan that supplies items to the first location from one or more of the second locations. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system of planning a supply of items to a first location within a supply chain from one or more second locations outside the supply chain, the system comprising:
a computer system coupled with one or more databases, the computer system comprising; means for identifying one or more controlling locations in the supply chain to receive directly from at least one of the one or more second locations outside the supply chain and independent of control from the supply chain, such that only one forward bill of distribution (BOD) is necessary to move an item from a repair vendor to the one or more controlling locations; means for identifying one or more staging locations in the supply chain to receive items from at least one of the one or more second locations through at least one of the one or more controlling locations, the one or more staging locations having a location in the supply chain such that items move downstream from a repair vendor to the one or more staging locations; means for generating a table comprising the one or more controlling locations and the one or more staging locations; means for storing the generated table in one or more databases coupled with the system; means for selecting one or more of the identified controlling locations and staging locations from the table according to a set of rules; means for accessing the table using the set of rules to determine whether one or more of the locations in the supply chain is a controlling location or a staging location; and means for generating a plan that supplies items to the first location from one or more of the second locations.
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