Supply chain reservation
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1. A computer implemented method for managing a supply chain, comprising:
- receiving a first demand at a computer system;
determining, by a processor of the computer system, a first source of a first supply for satisfying the first demand;
creating, by the processor of the computer system, a first reservation linking the first supply from the first source to the first demand, the first reservation reserving the first supply to the first demand;
responsive to the first supply being unavailable;
setting, by the processor of the computer system, a status of the first reservation to indicate that the first demand is unsatisfied;
creating, by the processor of the computer system, a second reservation linking a second demand to a requisition for the second supply;
identifying, by the processor of the computer system, a second source of a second supply that satisfies the second demand;
responsive to identifying the second source that satisfies the second demand, setting, by the processor of the computer system, a status of the second reservation to indicate that the second source satisfies the second demand; and
responsive to the status of the second reservation indicating that the second source satisfies the second demand, setting, by the processor of the computer system, the status of the first reservation to indicate that the first source satisfies the first demand.
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Abstract
A method for managing a supply chain which provides for mapping each demand and its respective source of supply. The method entails attaching a reservation between a demand and a supply. The reservation is updated as the status of the source of supply changes. As a result, the user has complete visibility for modeling the entire supply chain as material moves from one location to another.
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34 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for managing a supply chain, comprising:
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receiving a first demand at a computer system; determining, by a processor of the computer system, a first source of a first supply for satisfying the first demand; creating, by the processor of the computer system, a first reservation linking the first supply from the first source to the first demand, the first reservation reserving the first supply to the first demand; responsive to the first supply being unavailable; setting, by the processor of the computer system, a status of the first reservation to indicate that the first demand is unsatisfied; creating, by the processor of the computer system, a second reservation linking a second demand to a requisition for the second supply; identifying, by the processor of the computer system, a second source of a second supply that satisfies the second demand; responsive to identifying the second source that satisfies the second demand, setting, by the processor of the computer system, a status of the second reservation to indicate that the second source satisfies the second demand; and responsive to the status of the second reservation indicating that the second source satisfies the second demand, setting, by the processor of the computer system, the status of the first reservation to indicate that the first source satisfies the first demand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for a computer system, the non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a series of instructions executable by a processor to manage allocation in a supply chain, the series of instructions comprising:
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instructions that cause the processor to receive a first demand; instructions that cause the processor to determine a first source of a first supply for satisfying the first demand; instructions that cause the processor to create a first reservation linking the first demand and the first supply from the first source, the first reservation reserving the first supply to the first demand; instructions that, responsive to the first supply being unavailable; cause the processor to set a status of the first reservation to indicate that the first demand is unsatisfied; cause the processor to create a second reservation linking a second demand to a requisition for the second supply from the second source; cause the processor to identify a second source of a second supply that satisfies the second demand; cause the processor to, responsive to identifying the second source that satisfies the second demand, set a status of the second reservation to indicate that the second source satisfies the second demand; and cause the processor to, responsive to the status of the second reservation indicating that the second source satisfies the second demand, set the status of the first reservation to indicate that the first source satisfies the first demand. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer implemented method of modeling a supply chain, the method comprising:
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by a computer system, determining each demand; by the computer system, determining each source of supply for each demand, wherein a source of supply is also a second demand when the source of supply is not available and satisfaction of each second demand causes the corresponding source of supply to be available to satisfy the corresponding demand; creating, by the computer system, a reservation between each source of supply and each corresponding demand and storing said reservation in a memory of the computer, each reservation including a status that indicates whether the source of supply linked by the reservation satisfies the demand linked by the reservation; responsive to the status of each demand linked by one or more reservations to a prior demand indicating that the demand is satisfied, setting, by the computer system, the status of a reservation linked directly to the prior demand to indicate that the prior demand is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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