System and method for managing data associated with available to-promise (ATP) products
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1. A computer-implemented system for managing data associated with available-to-promise (ATP) products, comprising:
- a memory storing a hierarchy of seller models, each seller model representing a seller of a product, the seller being within a hierarchy of sellers, wherein;
the hierarchy of sellers comprises at least one parent seller and at least two sub-sellers associated with the parent seller, andthe parent seller forecasts sales of the product; and
a processor coupled with the memory, wherein the processor;
computes an amount of the product that is ATP at each seller according to, at least, planned supply of the product, one or more customer orders for the product through each seller, a pre-allocated supply of the product to each seller, and an amount of the product that is ATP at one or more other sellers within the hierarchy of sellers;
adjusts the pre-allocated supply of the product to each seller according to customer orders across a time horizon and recomputes the amount of the product that is ATP at each seller according to the adjusted pre-allocated supply.
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Abstract
A software system for managing available to promise and making promises to fulfill customer requests is provided. The software system includes a supply chain model representing a chain of supply. The supply chain model includes site models that represent sites having capacity and that manage material flow. The supply chain model also includes seller models that represent sellers and that manage forecasting and purchasing. Commitments between sites is modeled by requests and promises, and the sellers can post requests on behalf of sites in anticipation of future requests from the sites.
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1. A computer-implemented system for managing data associated with available-to-promise (ATP) products, comprising:
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a memory storing a hierarchy of seller models, each seller model representing a seller of a product, the seller being within a hierarchy of sellers, wherein; the hierarchy of sellers comprises at least one parent seller and at least two sub-sellers associated with the parent seller, and the parent seller forecasts sales of the product; and a processor coupled with the memory, wherein the processor; computes an amount of the product that is ATP at each seller according to, at least, planned supply of the product, one or more customer orders for the product through each seller, a pre-allocated supply of the product to each seller, and an amount of the product that is ATP at one or more other sellers within the hierarchy of sellers; adjusts the pre-allocated supply of the product to each seller according to customer orders across a time horizon and recomputes the amount of the product that is ATP at each seller according to the adjusted pre-allocated supply. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented system for managing data associated with available-to-promise (ATP) products, comprising:
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a memory storing a hierarchy of seller models representing a seller of a plurality of products each product of the plurality of products corresponding to an item having one or more restrictions on its sale, at least two products of the plurality of products corresponding to the same item but with at least one different restriction, the seller being within a hierarchy of sellers, wherein; the hierarchy of sellers comprises at least one parent seller and at least two sub-sellers associated with the parent seller, and the parent seller forecasts sales of the product; and a processor coupled with the memory, wherein the processor; computes an amount of the product that is ATP at each seller according to, at least, a planned supply of the product, one or more customer orders for the product through each seller, a pre-allocated supply of the product to each seller, and an amount of the product that is ATP at one or more other sellers within the hierarchy of sellers; adjusts the pre-allocated supply of the product to each seller according to customer orders across a time horizon and recomputes the amount of the product that is ATP at each seller according to the adjusted pre-allocated supply. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for managing data associated with available-to-promise (ATP) products, comprising:
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accessing by a computer comprising a memory and a processor, a hierarchy of seller models stored in the memory, each seller model representing a seller of a product, the seller being within a hierarchy of sellers, wherein the hierarchy of sellers comprises at least one parent seller and at least two sub-sellers associated with the parent seller, and the parent seller forecasts sales of the product; and computing by the processor, an amount of the product that is ATP at each seller according to, at least, a planned supply of the product, one or more customer orders for the product through each seller, a pre-allocated supply of the product to each seller, and an amount of the product that is ATP at one or more other sellers within the hierarchy of sellers; adjusting, by the processor, the pre-allocated supply of the product to each seller according to customer orders across a time horizon and recomputes the amount of the product that is ATP at each seller according to the adjusted pre-allocated supply. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for managing data associated with available-to-promise (ATP) products, comprising:
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accessing by a computer comprising a memory and a processor, a hierarchy of seller models stored in the memory, each seller model representing a seller of a plurality of products each product of the plurality of products corresponding to an item having one or more restrictions on its sale, at least two products of the plurality of products corresponding to the same item but with at least one different restriction the seller being within a hierarchy of sellers, wherein; the hierarchy of sellers comprises at least one parent seller and at least two sub-sellers associated with the parent seller, and the parent seller forecasts sales of the product; and computing by the processor, an amount of the product that is ATP at each seller according to, at least, a planned supply of the product, one or more customer orders for the product through each seller, a pre-allocated supply of the product to each seller, and an amount of the product that is ATP at one or more other sellers within the hierarchy of sellers; adjusting, by the processor, the pre-allocated supply of the product to each seller according to customer orders across a time horizon and recomputes the amount of the product that is ATP at each seller according to the adjusted pre-allocated supply. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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