METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING PRODUCT ASSETS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN USED TO SATISFY MULTIPLE CUSTOMER DEMANDS
Patent №
US 7,606,743
Granted
2009-10-20
Filed 2004
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
2
planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10708119
A method, a system for practicing the method and a storage device storing the method for identifying product assets in a supply chain used to satisfy customer demands. The method including: receiving a feasible schedule of all components to be assembled into products; receiving customer schedules for delivery of the products; and generating from the feasible schedule, from the customer schedules and from bills of materials listing all components required for a particular product, a set of demand pegging records, the demand pegging records associating a quantity and an availability date of each component of each product with a required quantity of each of the products, each demand pegging record consistent with the feasible schedule.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 143190550
Assignors
ORZELL, ROBERT A., PATIL, SHIVAKUMAR P., WANG, CHI-TAI
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.