System and method for providing an intelligent configuration rationalization solution

• US 9,971,988 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2017
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blue Yonder Group, Inc. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: JDA Software Group Incorporated (RedPrairie Holding Incorporated)
• Inventors: Rehman, Aamer, Bier, Jonathan, Ganesan, Suriya
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Binh V
• Application Number:
  US15/443,710
• Publication Number:
  US 20170178065A1
• Time in Patent Office: 442 Days
• Field of Search: 707795
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/252 between a Database Management System and a front-end application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for rationalizing configurations associated with one or more products. The system includes a database associated with one or more customers. The system further includes an order analysis system coupled with the database. The order analysis system is capable of rationalizing the differences between configurations of various combinations of options that are stored in the database.

Claims

1. A system for rationalizing configuration option packages displayed in a graphical user interface, comprising:

a computer system coupled with a database and comprising one or more processors and memory, the computer system configured to;

display a filter criteria comprising two or more filter criteria elements within a graphical user interface;

display a configuration listing comprising two or more configuration listings elements within the graphical user interface;

search the database for configuration data representing two or more configuration option packages of one or more products based on a selection of the two or more filter criteria elements;

rationalize differences between the two or more configuration option packages of the one or more products;

display the configuration data within the configuration listing of the graphical user interface based on the rationalization of the differences between the two or more configuration option packages; and

store the configuration data in the database; and

a factory configured to build one or more products using the two or more parts based on the rationalization of the differences between the two or more configuration option packages of the one or more products.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the database comprises data that describes the back-log of orders of one or more customers associated with the one or more products.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the database comprises data that describes the order history of one or more customers associated with the one or more products.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the database comprises data that describes the two or more configuration option packages offered by one or more customers associated with the one or more products.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the two or more filter criteria elements further comprises elements selected from the group consisting of:

a region criteria;

a product category criteria;

a sales industry criteria;

an order code criteria;

an order type criteria;

an order status criteria; and

a date range criteria.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the two or more configuration listings elements comprises elements selected from the group consisting of:

a type element;

a filter element;

a part element;

a search element; and

a configurations element.

7. A computer-implemented method for rationalizing configuration option packages displayed in a graphical user interface, the method comprising:

displaying a filter criteria comprising two or more filter criteria elements within a graphical user interface;

displaying a configuration listing comprising two or more configuration listings elements within the graphical user interface;

searching a database for configuration data representing two or more configuration option packages of one or more products based on a selection of the two or more filter criteria elements;

rationalizing differences between the two or more configuration option packages of the one or more products;

displaying the configuration data within the configuration listing of the graphical user interface based on the rationalization of the differences between the two or more configuration option packages;

storing the configuration data in the database; and

building, by a factory, one or more products using the two or more parts based on the rationalization of the differences between the two or more configuration option packages of the one or more products.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the database comprises data that describes the back-log of orders of one or more customers associated with the one or more products.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the database comprises data that describes the order history of one or more customers associated with the one or more products.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the database comprises data that describes the two or more configuration option packages offered by one or more customers associated with the one or more products.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the two or more filter criteria elements further comprises elements selected from the group consisting of:

a region criteria;

a product category criteria;

a sales industry criteria;

an order code criteria;

an order type criteria;

an order status criteria; and

a date range criteria.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the two or more configuration listings elements comprises elements selected from the group consisting of:

a type element;

a filter element;

a part element;

a search element; and

a configurations element.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising software for rationalizing configuration option packages displayed in a graphical user interface, the software when executed configured to:

display a filter criteria comprising two or more filter criteria elements within a graphical user interface;

display a configuration listing comprising two or more configuration listings elements within the graphical user interface;

search a database for configuration data representing two or more configuration option packages of one or more products based on a selection of the two or more filter criteria elements;

rationalize differences between the two or more configuration option packages of the one or more products;

display the configuration data within the configuration listing of the graphical user interface based on the rationalization of the differences between the two or more configuration option packages;

store the configuration data in the database; and

build, by a factory, one or more products using the two or more parts based on the rationalization of the differences between the two or more configuration option packages of the one or more products.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the database comprises data that describes the back-log of orders of one or more customers associated with the one or more products.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the database comprises data that describes the two or more configuration option packages offered by one or more customers associated with the one or more products.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the two or more filter criteria elements further comprises elements selected from the group consisting of:

a region criteria;

a product category criteria;

a sales industry criteria;

an order code criteria;

an order type criteria;

an order status criteria; and

a date range criteria.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the two or more configuration listings elements comprises elements selected from the group consisting of:

a type element;

a filter element;

a part element;

a search element; and

a configurations element.