Methods, systems, and computer integrated program products for supply chain management
First Claim
1. A computer program product for managing a supply chain process to maintain equipment, said computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied in said medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:
- a first executable portion for identifying and capturing data relevant to one or more sets of equipment maintenance requirements for a customer;
a second executable portion for providing access to the capabilities of a plurality of inventory management, supply chain management, and equipment maintenance applications for preprocessing of the identified and captured data;
a third executable portion for receiving the preprocessed data from the plurality of applications;
a fourth executable portion for integrating the preprocessed data into a solution to the one or more sets of equipment maintenance requirements by;
grouping a plurality of service parts by functionality to create a plurality of functional groupings of service parts,determining an appropriate distribution for statistical demand forecasting of a functional grouping,using the same distribution to generate the statistical demand forecast for service parts of the same functional grouping, andusing a library to cross-reference which distribution applies to which functional grouping; and
a fifth executable portion operable to;
determine a ratio of service part failure rates based upon a percentage of time in which a service part of the plurality of service parts operates in specific operating modes associated with the service part; and
calculate a supply availability of at least a portion of the plurality of service parts based on the determined ratios of service part failure rates corresponding to the portion of the service parts.
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Abstract
A computer program product for managing a supply chain process to maintain equipment is described. The computer program product includes a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied in the medium. The computer-readable program code includes a first executable portion for identifying and capturing data relevant to one or more sets of equipment maintenance requirements, a second executable portion for providing access to the capabilities of a plurality of inventory management, supply chain management, and equipment maintenance applications for preprocessing of the identified and captured data, a third executable portion for receiving the preprocessed data from the plurality of applications, and a fourth executable portion for integrating the preprocessed data into a solution to the one or more sets of equipment maintenance requirements.
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26 Claims
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1. A computer program product for managing a supply chain process to maintain equipment, said computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied in said medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:
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a first executable portion for identifying and capturing data relevant to one or more sets of equipment maintenance requirements for a customer; a second executable portion for providing access to the capabilities of a plurality of inventory management, supply chain management, and equipment maintenance applications for preprocessing of the identified and captured data; a third executable portion for receiving the preprocessed data from the plurality of applications; a fourth executable portion for integrating the preprocessed data into a solution to the one or more sets of equipment maintenance requirements by; grouping a plurality of service parts by functionality to create a plurality of functional groupings of service parts, determining an appropriate distribution for statistical demand forecasting of a functional grouping, using the same distribution to generate the statistical demand forecast for service parts of the same functional grouping, and using a library to cross-reference which distribution applies to which functional grouping; and a fifth executable portion operable to; determine a ratio of service part failure rates based upon a percentage of time in which a service part of the plurality of service parts operates in specific operating modes associated with the service part; and calculate a supply availability of at least a portion of the plurality of service parts based on the determined ratios of service part failure rates corresponding to the portion of the service parts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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